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Movers roundup: Starbucks, Seagate Technology

Jul. 22, 2009
Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Starbucks Corp. soared after a number of analysts praised the company's cost-cutting efforts following the gourmet coffee chain's fiscal third-quarter...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch