Pet-friendly dating sites match up people, pooches

LOS ANGELES — On these dating sites, a passion for pets will help you find more than just puppy love. Sites like PetsDating.com and YouMustLoveDogsDating.com have found a new niche as singles flock to computers and smartphones to find relationships,...

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Argentina to pay creditors, avoid US courts

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina will make its next round of scheduled debt payments, the economy minister said Wednesday as he defended a new plan to pay creditors locally and avoid the jurisdiction of a U.S. court that forced the country into default...

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GE Healthcare Life Sciences to open HQ in Marlboro

Marlboro will be home to GE Healthcare Life Sciences' new $21 million, 160,000-square-foot headquarters for U.S. operations, the company announced today. "Our new facility in Massachusetts will position us for continued innovation and competition in...

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German retailer opening US flagship in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Picture this: A woman walking down the street wearing a dirndl skirt and bust-hugging bodice paired with ankle boots. Or a man sporting lederhosen — leather shorts, traditionally worn with suspenders — with a T-shirt and sneakers. Wiesnkoenig...

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Egypt says rolling blackouts to end in 4 months

CAIRO — Egyptian officials promised Wednesday to end rolling power blackouts that have plagued the country within four months, blaming the outages on a fuel shortage, hot weather and poor maintenance of power plants. Neighborhoods in Egypt sink into...

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Zimbabwe economy takes another dive

HARARE, Zimbabwe — It is 4 a.m. and people are already lining up outside Zimbabwe's main passport office — four hours ahead of opening time — in hopes of securing a passport that will allow them to escape their country's dearth of opportunities and search...

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SeaWorld drops appeal of OSHA violation

ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Entertainment has dropped an appeal of citations it received after the drowning of a trainer who was pulled under by a killer whale. The marine park company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that...

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US: Slow growth seen in Conn., Maine economies

HARTFORD, Conn. — New federal statistics show economic growth in New England has been slowest in Connecticut and Maine since the end of the recession in 2009. The Commerce Department released statistics of quarterly gross domestic product — the measure...

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B&N, Samsung unveil reading-focused Nook tablet

NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble and Samsung unveiled a new reading-focused tablet that will replace the bookseller's own Nook tablets. The 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook will sell for $179, the same entry price of the non-branded Samsung Galaxy Tab...

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Target cuts outlook as breach fallout lingers

NEW YORK — Target Corp. slashed its annual profit outlook for the second time in three months as the retailer continues to reel from costs related to a massive data breach, a botched expansion in Canada and sluggish sales in the U.S. The nation's third-largest...

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