Business_Finance

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National Edition News cover for January 30, 2014 - Postal Service opts for stamp hike over deeper spending cuts: Mark Jackson, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service delivers mail in St. Louis Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005 in the snow. The St. Louis area was hit with its first significant snow that dropped nearly a foot of on parts of Kansas and Missouri by Thursday afternoon. The St. Louis area received 2-4 inches. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)

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Franco Gussalli Beretta, a director of Beretta USA Corp., speaks Wednesday during a ceremony at the state Capitol in Nashville, Tenn., to announce that the Italian firearms maker is building a new manufacturing a research facility in the state. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig

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In this undated photo Denver Post Business Editor Steve McMillan poses for a photo, in Denver. The Associated Press has named Steve McMillan, a seasoned editor who has overseen such coverage as the foreclosure and financial meltdown and the buyout of Qwest Communications, news editor for Virginia and West Virginia. (AP Photo/Denver Post, Hyoung Chang)