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  • BusinessAssociated Press

    Zombies: Ranks of world's most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive

    They are called zombies, companies so laden with debt that they are just stumbling by on the brink of survival, barely able to pay even the interest on their loans and often just a bad business hit away from dying off for good. An Associated Press analysis found their numbers have soared to nearly 7,000 publicly traded companies around the world — 2,000 in the United States alone — whiplashed by years of piling up cheap debt followed by stubborn inflation that has pushed borrowing costs to deca

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  • USLive Science

    Bear vs tiger: Watch 2 of nature's heavyweights face off in the wild in India

    Visitors at a tiger reserve in India recently filmed an encounter between a tigress and a bear, with the bear charging after the tigress but deciding at the last minute it was not worth the fight.

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  • USWFXT

    Officials warn of quicksand conditions at popular New England beach

    Park managers at a popular New England beach are warning visitors of quicksand-like sinkholes after several people recently got their legs stuck.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Airbus builds new A320neo assembly line in historic hangar swap

    Airbus has started building a new A320neo-family assembly line in Toulouse to replace an older and less efficient facility and help speed up production from next year. The move will not lead to a net increase in the number of assembly lines but is part of plans to modernise and speed output of the best-selling A320neo/A321neo family to meet rising demand at a time when aircraft supplies are under pressure. Last year Airbus added a new production line for its A321neo model at one end of a colos

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  • USUSA TODAY

    Tiger shark vomits entire spikey land creature in rare sighting: 'All its spine and legs'

    "When it spat it out, I looked at it and remarked 'What the hell is that?'" one student recalled of what could be a first-ever in the world sighting.

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  • WorldCBS News Videos

    Polish general examines Putin threat to arm West's enemies

    Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this week that the Kremlin could supply weapons to nations intent on striking targets in Western-allied countries. The threat came after several nations allowed Ukraine to use their weapons to strike targets inside Russia. Polish Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, a former Polish army chief of staff, joins CBS News with analysis.

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  • USAssociated Press

    Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he'll vote against recreational pot after brother's death

    Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he'll be voting in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state, a deeply personal decision based on his brother's long history of addiction. The senator and former Florida governor said he watched his brother Roger Scott begin smoking marijuana as a teenager and then struggle with substance use for the rest of life. When Roger Scott died in April at 67, the cause wasn't substance abuse, but rather “a life of dru

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