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  • JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Struggling but deserving designers got a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township as Soweto's first fashion week opened Thursday....
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  • WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter....
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    Brownsville Herald sold to Texas newspaper company
    BROWNSVILLE - The Brownsville Herald, along with the rest of the Texas daily and weekly newspapers owned by Freedom Communications Inc., has been sold to AIM Media Texas LLC, a company that will be headquartered in McAllen and was put tog... Full story
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    NEW YORK (AP) — After all the hype, Facebook's first day as a public company ended where it began. In its much-anticipated debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Facebook's stock closed Friday at $38.23, up 23 cents. It had been priced at $38 per... Full story

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