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Exxon's Tillerson Bets Gas, Not Oil, Is Key to Growth
BusinessWeek
(Adds outlook for gas versus coal in fifth paragraph, expected production increase in seventh paragraph.) By Joe Carroll March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp., which pumps more oil than every member of OPEC except Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq, ...
Exxon Mobil to lift 2010 project spendingMarketWatch
Exxon's Annual Production To Rise 2%-3% Through 2013Wall Street Journal
Exxon Mobil Plans To Spend Billion On Capital Projects In 2010 (XOM)FOXBusiness
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Pork Problems Can't Spoil Smithfield's Profit
Forbes
Meat producer posts first profit in more than a year, thanks to strength in packaged meats. Pork is a problem for meat processors, as two industry leaders have struggled to respond to a deadly combination of weak demand and excess supply. ...
Smithfield returns to profit, tops Street viewReuters
Smithfield Says US Hog Farmers May Have Stopped Culling SowsBusinessWeek
Smithfield Foods Returns to the BlackWall Street Journal
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down. RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of US households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from a year ago, the smallest annual ...
Maryland foreclosures rise in FebruaryBizjournals.com
Foreclosure Filings Increase at Slowest Pace in Four YearsWall Street Journal
RPT-US foreclosures drop 2nd straight month in Feb-RealtyTracReuters
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US Stocks Fall As Jobs Data, China Stoke Worries
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks pared some of their earlier losses Thursday as the dollar weakened, but disappointing jobs data and concerns over monetary tightening in China dampened sentiment. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 16 points, ...
US Stocks Drop on Chinese Inflation, Fewer American ExportsBusinessWeek
Stocks in early selloffCNNMoney.com
Stocks fall on concern about inflation in ChinaThe Associated Press
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