Ex-BP engineer convicted on 1 obstruction charge

NEW ORLEANS — A former BP drilling engineer was convicted Wednesday of deleting text messages from his cellphone to obstruct a federal investigation of the company's massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He was found guilty on one charge and...

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Janet Rowley, cancer genetics pioneer, dies at 88

CHICAGO — Dr. Janet Rowley, a pioneer in cancer genetics research, has died at age 88. The University of Chicago, where Rowley obtained her medical degree and spent most of her career, says in a statement she died Tuesday of ovarian cancer complications...

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JPMorgan Chase sues FDIC for more than $1B

JPMorgan is suing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to recover more than $1 billion tied to its purchase of Washington Mutual when that bank failed in 2008. In a federal court complaint, the biggest U.S. bank said that the FDIC failed to honor obligations...

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Delta: No voice calls on our planes

MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines won't allow passengers to make voice calls from its planes. Right now, federal rules prohibit voice calls on planes. But the government is indicating that it might loosen those rules. If that happens, it could be up to...

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Calif. wine collector convicted of fraud in NY

NEW YORK — A California wine collector has been convicted of fraud at a trial in New York. Rudy Kurniawan was expressionless as the verdict was rendered Wednesday. Prosecutors say Kurniawan put on a "magic show" to fool aficionados into thinking he...

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SABMiller announces death of its chairman

LONDON — Graham Mackay, the SABMiller PLC chairman who helped guide the company from a South African industrial conglomerate into one of the world's biggest brewers, died Wednesday after suffering from a brain tumor. He was 64. Mackay helped lead the...

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Ford shares drop 7 percent on profit outlook

DETROIT — Shares of Ford Motor Co. fell more than 7 percent Wednesday after the company warned that profits next year would soften from near-record levels in 2013, and its targets for profit margins in the middle of the decade could be at risk. Ford...

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Report: $4.5 million seized from bank chief's home

ANKARA, Turkey — Istanbul police, who are leading a major corruption and bribery investigation targeting allies of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, have seized shoeboxes stashed with $4.5 million in cash at the home of a state-owned bank's chief...

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Global stocks rise on bet Fed won't taper yet

PARIS — Global stocks mainly rose Wednesday as investors appeared increasingly confident that the U.S. Federal Reserve won't announce a reduction in its economic stimulus later. The Fed's $85 billion of monthly bond purchases have kept U.S. interest...

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Investors wait for final Fed decision of 2013

NEW YORK — Stocks were flat on Wall Street on Wednesday as investors wait for the Federal Reserve to end its last two-day policy meeting of 2013. Homebuilder stocks rose sharply after the government reported that construction of new homes surged in...

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