US HOT STOCKS: Starbucks, Allstate, EBay Active In Late TradingWall Street Journal(ALL) and EBay Inc. (EBAY). Starbucks's fiscal second-quarter earnings rose 20% to meet a weak target, but the coffee giant raised its full-year profit outlook even as it predicted high commodity costs will take an even bigger bite out …
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Royal wedding stirs fond memories for Regina seniorsOttawa CitizenHe presented attendees with Canada Post stamps commemorating the royal wedding. Here, Florence Birtwistle, 93, recieves her stamp. REGINA — Vesta Pickel has done a lot of royal watching in her 99 years. Her earliest glimpse of a royal was when the …
Read More »Arlington post office shut down under emergency suspension
The post office in Arlington has been closed due to failed lease negotiations. It remains uncertain when, or if, it may be able to reopen. More: continued here
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First-quarter results exceed expectations, with profits up 20 percent from the same period a year to a total of $475.9 million, or 36 cents a share. More: continued here
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Read More »The Royal Wedding: Trees, tiaras and trestle tables
* At 11am tomorrow, 66 years to the day after Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker, Prince William of Wales, 28, geography graduate, water polo player, helicopter pilot and second in line to the throne, will marry Catherine Middleton, 29, history of art graduate, former fashion buyer …
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