WASHINGTON -- Last year, pharmaceutical companies spent more than $4 billion urging patients like you to "ask your doctor" about their drugs. But if you want a prescription that won't empty your wallet, while still keeping you well, you might start asking your doctor about drugs you don't…

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At the watercooler

Associated Press

No bonus

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Q & A with The Work Coach

By Marie G. McIntyre McClatchy Newspapers

Q: A few months after I became a supervisor, my manager "wrote me up" because of conflicts with my employees. These people used to be my peers, and they were upset when I was promoted. Since then, my boss and I have bumped heads over several other issues. She says I can't take feedback, w…

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Group: Finch among top polluters

By BLAKE JONES bjones@poststar.com

A new report from advocacy group Environment America says Finch Paper LLC is among the nation's top 10 industrial emitters of cancer-causing chemicals into U.S. waterways.

Nov 04, 2009 | 8:20 pm | (3) Comments

Fed stays light on rates

By JEANNINE AVERSA, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- With the recession apparently over, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday held a key interest rate at a record low and again pledged to keep it there for an "extended period" to foster the fragile economic recovery.

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Staff and wire reports

Arrow declares cash dividend

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PayPal may outgrow parent eBay

By RACHEL METZ, Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO -- Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay's biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily even as the economy has stumbled.

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Officials blame Wall Street for oil prices

By CHRIS KAHN, Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy.

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State: Intel used threats to hinder AMD

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press

NEW YORK -- New York's attorney general hit Intel Corp. with an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday, claiming the company used "illegal threats and collusion" to dominate the market for computer microprocessors.

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Finch eyes new ways to be efficient

By Blake Jones bjones@poststar.com

GLENS FALLS -- When a small valve broke on one of the Finch Paper machines recently, an energy-consumption report was the only indication that something had gone awry.

Nov 01, 2009 | 12:15 am | (0) Comments

Changing Scene

Family physicians welcome Dr. Izzo

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Let the toy wars begin

By SCOTT DONNELLY sdonnelly@poststar.com

One could call them toy soldiers.

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A home with a view - that I want to keep

By BLAKE JONES bjones@poststar.com

My old apartment is about a mile from my first home, but in many ways, the two places are worlds apart.

Nov 01, 2009 | 12:15 am | (0) Comments

GlobalFoundries official named in probe

Staff and wire reports

LOS ANGELES -- Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is "thoroughly reviewing" published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the Galleon Group insider trading case.

Oct 28, 2009 | 10:45 pm | (0) Comments

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