President Obama is pledging to propose a new package of job-boosting ideas next week — just don’t call it stimulus.

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[at Financial Times] – For centuries Fenchurch Street in the heart of the City has bustled with armies of insurance brokers clutching their trademark slipcases, the flimsy leather sheaths that bulge with bundles of papers.

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Lloyd’s brokers weigh up iPads

[Business Wire] – NEW YORK—-Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings , the global insurance broker, announced that Colleen McCarthy has joined the company as director of communications for Willis North America.

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Willis Boosts Communications Team with Colleen McCarthy as Director of Communications, Willis North America

[GlobeNewswire] – BUFFALO, N.Y. — First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. announced today that investors will have an opportunity to listen to a webcast of the Company’s strategy and outlook as it presents at the Barclay’s Capital 2010 Global Financial Services Conference.

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First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. to Present at Barclay’s Capital 2010 Global Financial Services Conference

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U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today is better than expected.

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Where the jobs are now, and where they’ll be next

As better-than-expected economic data boosted investor morale this week, the greenback lost some of its luster, falling against a basket of currencies.

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Dollar slips on return to risk

Stocks pared earlier gains in Friday’s pre-holiday session as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.

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Stocks lifted by jobs report

It’s not yet clear what Burger King’s new owner, the Brazilian-backed private equity firm 3G Capital, has in mind for the troubled No. 2 fast-food chain

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What went wrong at Burger King

[PR Newswire] – HF Financial Corp.

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HF Financial Corp. to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference