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Ronald Paule wins founders award

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Fed to move bonds

Central Bank set to reduce portfolio

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will begin shrinking the enormous portfolio of bonds it amassed after the 2008 financial crisis, trying to sustain the economy.

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Watchdog: Airfares to rise

Fees for checked bags the reason

WASHINGTON — Travelers who check at least one bag when flying domestically are paying more overall than they did before airlines began unbundling fares in 2008 and charging separately for checked baggage, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

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Small biz coverage is vanishing

They claim health benefits are too costly

Only half of America’s smallest businesses now offer health coverage to their workers because many say steady cost hikes have made it too expensive to afford a benefit that nearly all large employers still provide.

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The Butler County Tourism and Convention Bureau has been recognized with the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program certification.

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Toys R Us latest retailer filing for bankruptcy

NEW YORK — In filing for bankruptcy, Toys R Us joins a list of dozens of store chains that have done so already this year as online leader Amazon increasingly exerts its influence over a huge part of the retailing world.

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Walgreens, Rite Aid trim store purchase deal to $4.38B

Walgreens and Rite Aid have finally devised a deal between the nation’s largest and third-largest drugstore chains that will get past antitrust regulators.

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New BK coming to twp.

New Castle Road will be home to a new Burger King franchise in the coming months, after a project’s land use application received conditional approval from the township Monday night.

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Westinghouse inks deal with Ukraine

Contract will cover power plant systems

Westinghouse Electric Company announced Monday that it has signed a contract with Ukraine’s State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generation Company Energoatom to deliver important monitoring instrumentation systems to four units at the Zaporizhzhya power plant.

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GOP may eliminate popular deductions

Changes sought to finance tax cuts

WASHINGTON — Republicans straining to find about $1 trillion to finance sweeping tax cuts are homing in on two popular deductions that are woven into the nation’s fiscal fabric — the mortgage interest deduction that millions of homeowners prize and the deduction for state and...

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Amazon announces center in Ohio

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Senate ready to pass $700B defense bill

GOP, Dems cooperate

WASHINGTON — The Senate is on track to pass a defense policy bill that pumps $700 billion into the Pentagon budget, expands U.S. missile defenses in response to North Korea’s growing hostility and refuses to allow excess military bases to be closed.

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