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Bacon shortage 'baloney,' but prices to rise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By JIM SUHRAP Business Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) - Bacon lovers can relax. They'll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit. The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next

Bacon shortage 'baloney,' but prices to rise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

Analysis: Candidates' deficit plans don't add up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Here's the rap on the presidential candidates' plans for cutting federal deficits: Mitt Romney's is too bold and the numbers don't add up, while President Barack Obama's is too timid and his numbers don't add up, either. As

WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion and birth control

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer The issue: Whether women have access to abortion services and birth control is a long-standing and divisive issue in politics, and it has flared up from time to time in this campaign despite the candidates' reticence to dwell on such hot-button topics. ___

WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion and birth control

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

Asia stocks gain on US manufacturing upswing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Asian stock markets were boosted Tuesday by an upbeat report showing U.S. manufacturing grew in September month for the first time in four months. Hopes that the U.S. economy might be picking up helped push Japan's Nikkei 225 index 0.3

Survey shows China manufacturing contracting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - China's manufacturing contracted again in September but improved from the previous month in a possible sign an economic slowdown is bottoming out. An industry group, the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing, said Monday its monthly

Brown vetoes Calif. domestic workers rights bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By HANNAH DREIERAssociated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday announced that he had vetoed legislation that would have provided overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections to an estimated 200,000 caregivers, nannies and house cleaners in California. Brown

Sony-Olympus alliance aims for high-tech surgery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Sony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies. Sony Corp.

Investors eye the 'cliff' as Obama gains in polls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 30th

By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - As President Barack Obama widened his lead over Mitt Romney in polls this month, traders at hedge funds and investment firms began shooting emails to clients with a similar theme: It's time to start preparing for an Obama victory. What many