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Saturday mail cutback still being debated
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday appears to continue the requirement for six-day mail delivery, but some lawmakers and postal officials say plans to cut Saturday service should proceed. The financially troubled ...
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A Slaughterhouse for Horse Meat Waits in New Mexico
Businessweek
Horse meat isn't for everybody, as Europe's recent uproar over mislabeled burgers made clear. But those who have the taste for it tend to be true believers. One is 54-year-old Tim Sappington of Roswell, N.M., who's owned and eaten horses his whole life.
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Massachusetts Department of Revenue says film incentives continue to attract ...
Boston Globe
Facebook · Google+ · latest annual report on the incentives. The state Department of Revenue found most of the economic benefits went to Hollywood and other locales. Only 35 percent of the $176 million in production companies spent in Massachusetts in ...
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Yosemite revamp plan gets mixed response
San Francisco Chronicle
A National Park Service plan to take out swimming pools, eliminate bicycle and horse rentals, and remove the ice rink in Yosemite Valley in an attempt to restore some native habitat got a decidedly mixed reception during a public hearing Thursday at San ...
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Two biotechnology start-ups based in Watertown raise more than $130 million in ...
Boston Globe
A pair of Watertown biotechnology start-ups together raised more than $130 million through initial public offerings this week, a sign that the long-sluggish IPO market may be rebounding. But investor appetite for the newly public companies diverged. Shares of ...
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Chicago-area home sales spike, prices edge up in February
Chicago Tribune
Sales of existing homes in the Chicago area last month rose dramatically from their year-ago pace. Prices rose too but at a much smaller rate. February home sales in the nine-county Chicago area totaled 5,935, a 20.2 percent increase from the same month a ...
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Chicago Tribune
Push for fracking bill delayed by surprise amendment
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD —. — A coalition of business, labor, construction, transportation and agricultural organizations Thursday pulled support for a bill that would open the state to horizontal hydraulic fracturing, after a last-minute amendment was added that would ...
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Renewed Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects
New York Times
After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. Enlarge This Image. Toby Talbot/Associated Press. A wind turbine near Sheffield, Vt. Demand for new projects is hampered by the sluggish economy and low prices for natural gas.
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KB Home Narrows Loss in Q1
Motley Fool
KB Home (NYSE: KBH ) results for the company's Q1 2013 have been released. For the quarter, total revenues were $405 million, nearly 60% higher than the $255 million of the same period the previous year. Net loss narrowed significantly over that time ...
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Japan agency: preparations for Boeing 787 test flight not yet complete
Reuters
TOKYO, March 22 | Fri Mar 22, 2013 12:27am EDT. TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau said on Friday that preparations are not yet complete for any test flight of Boeing Co's grounded 787 Dreamliner this week. "It's Thursday (in the ...
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Home insurer to pay $14M to settle NYS charges
Newsday
An insurance company settled New York State allegations that it charged homeowners "unfair and unnecessary costs" and agreed to pay a $14-million civil penalty. In the settlement announced Thursday, the company, Manhattan-based Assurant Inc., also ...
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Newsday
Raj Rajaratnam's brother charged with insider trading in US
Economic Times
The younger brother of jailed hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam has been charged by US prosecutors with conspiring in an insider trading scheme to cheat on Wall Street and earn nearly $1.2 million illegally. NEW YORK: The younger brother of jailed ...
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Economic Times
Yahoo to hire 115 for second data center, call center in Lockport
Buffalo News
... Myers leaves you wanting more · Video: Sabres' postgame reaction · Niagara, Canisius take rivalry to postseason · Bucky Gleason: Griffs-Eagles should be talk of the town · View more » · Ott shootout goal lifts Sabres. Steve Ott and Ryan Miller gave Buffalo ...
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High gas prices endure, despite US oil boom
The Durango Herald
The Pioneer oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun in El Dorado, Kan. U.S. oil output is on track to overtake world leader Saudi Arabia by 2020. NEW YORK – The U.S. is increasing its oil production faster than ever, and American drivers are guzzling ...
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At Sumner's table
New York Post
No, the 89-year-old media mogul did not order his MTV unit to shoot another pilot for a no-name girl rock band he's sweet on. Redstone's surprise move yesterday was to nominate TV journalist Deborah Norville to the Viacom board. Norville, the host of "Inside ...
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New York Post
Hawaii Senate Committees Hear Then Kill GMO Labeling Bill
Food Safety News
Three committees of the Hawaii Senate Thursday heard the House proposal to require labels on genetically modified food produced outside the state, and then they voted to table the bill for the current legislative session, effectively killing the bill. Once again.
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Food Safety News
Micron Technology's CEO Discusses F2Q 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Good day ladies and gentlemen and thank you for standing by. My name is Hui and I will be your conference facilitator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Micron Technology's Second Quarter 2013 Financial Release Conference Call.
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Mortgage Rates : 30-Year To 3.54%; Largest 1-Week Drop In 6 Months
The Mortgage Reports
Mortgage rates have moved markedly lower since last week, according to Freddie Mac's weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS). The once-weekly survey of one hundred twenty-five banks puts the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage down 9 basis ...
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MoDOT director Kevin Keith resigns
STLtoday.com
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Department of Transportation Director Kevin Keith stepped down Thursday for an undisclosed medical reason and will retire effective July 1. Keith, 52, was named director in November 2010 following a national search. Keith, who ...
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Australia's Leading Index Improves In January
RTT News
Australia's leading as well as coincident indices improved in January after easing in December, but their components suggest that the pace of economic growth could slow in the near term, the Conference Board said Friday. The leading economic index rose ...
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The True Cost of Leaning In
Daily Beast
Nanny ($709/week) + Baby Nurse ($1,680/week) + Housekeeper ($125/week) = the true price of "having it all." Hannah Seligson does the math. Like · Tweet. How much do you have to spend on household help to replace a traditional at-home mom--someone ...
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Daily Beast
Pepsi rolls out a new shape for bottle
NewsOK.com
NEW YORK — Pepsi is rolling out a new shape for its 20-ounce bottle for the first time in about 17 years. The new bottle has a contoured bottom half that appears easier to grip, and the wraparound label is shorter so that more of the drink is exposed.
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AstraZeneca: Another 2300 cuts globally
The News Journal
Another 2,300 AstraZeneca workers worldwide will be laid off by 2016, lifting the number of staff cuts by the troubled drugmaker in the past 15 months to 5,050, the company said Thursday. The 5,050 includes reductions at its offices for the Americas in Fairfax, ...
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US won't gain by keeping natural gas boom to itself
STLtoday.com
The U.S. likes to hector the rest of the world about free trade. We complain when China limits exports of rare-earth minerals, and we criticized Vietnam in 2007 for banning rice exports. When it comes to natural gas, however, the U.S. isn't so sure about trade.
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Employees, study subjects left hanging as next step for PRACS unclear
In-Forum
FARGO – PRACS Institute founder James Carlson said Thursday that he is striving to salvage the clinical drug research firm, the day after hundreds of employees were told they are out of work. "It may be vapor, but until the final paperwork is signed" the matter ...
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Apple Says Data Centers Now Use 100% Renewable Energy
Bloomberg
Apple Inc. via Bloomberg. In its environmental update, Apple said a 100-acre solar farm next to its largest data center, in Maiden, North Carolina, became fully operational in December. Apple Inc. (AAPL) now uses only renewable energy sources to power its ...
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Bloomberg
Scholastic loss widens; 'Hunger Games' sales weak
MarketWatch
Scholastic Corp.'s (NASDAQ:SCHL) fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the children's book publisher said revenue dropped during the seasonally soft period on lower-than-expected sales of "The Hunger Games" trilogy and weaker book-club sales.
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Blogs12 new results for Finance
 
Now Powering Finance Data For 300 Startups, Yodlee Peels Back ...
By Rip Empson
Compared to the glut of young tech startups that have popped up in the financial services space over the last several years, Yodlee is a veteran. Founded in 1..
TechCrunch
The Daily Tar Heel :: Finance sector one of state's draws
She said her UNC-CH education prepared her well for life after Chapel Hill. Beasley graduated in 2012, trading her waitress job at Spanky's for a briefcase and settling into a position as a financial analyst for Wells Fargo in Charlotte.
The Daily Tar Heel
Bernanke Absolves Fed, Says Nothing Out of Line ... - Yahoo! Finance
From the blog Breakout: When Alan Greenspan famously referenced the possibility of "irrational exuberance" boosting the market in December of 1996, stocks had risen roughly 70% in the prior two years and were sitting at unforeseen levels.
Yahoo! Finance: Breakout
Full transcript of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's 2013 budget speech ...
By Nick Taylor-Vaisey
A transcript of the 2013 edition of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's budget speech: Mr. Speaker, I rise to present Canada's Economic Action Plan 2013. A plan for jobs, growth and long-term prosperity. Canada is in an enviable position among ...
Macleans.ca
BlackBerry World enters the world of high finance with the Wall ...
By Phone Arena
Wouldn't it make sense that an OS designed with the enterprise in mind offer an app for the Bible of business? That is why the Wall Street Journal has announced that it has an app for BlackBerry 10 that is now in BlackBerry World; the whole ...
PhoneArena - News
March thaws freeze on finance position | The Southwest Times
By Editor
A vote by Mayor Jeff Worrell Tuesday broke a tie that gave Pulaski's town manager the authorization to proceed with hiring a new finance director. Current director Sherry Boyd is retiring in June. Vice Mayor Joseph Goodman made the motion ...
The Southwest Times
Consumer Finance ETFs | ETF Trends
By Tom Lydon
The financial sector appears to have turned over a new leaf as the country takes more conservative measures in response to the 2008 financial crisis. Consequently, consumer finance exchange traded funds are looking much healthier.
ETF Trends
The one area of finance where the bonus Wild West still ... | Job ...
By Paul Clarke
Insurance firms still pay all cash bonuses and offer guaranteed bonuses, but should expect regulators to crackdown on pay as they have in banking.
eFinancialCareers » en-uk-language
Once-obese Goldman analyst becomes fitness evangelical, gym ...
By Lauren Tara LaCapra
He met with an Unstructured Finance reporter for coffee in Midtown this week to explain his mission: motivating obese people to get into shape without feeling ashamed, ostracized or alone. It was intimidating for 400-lb Shah to go into a gym ...
Unstructured Finance
Administrative Appointments, Finance Reports and More at the ...
Read our transcript from Thursday night's Orland School District 135 Board of Education meeting.
Orland Park Patch
Campaign Finance Bill Heard in Assembly Committee
Republicans who want to close a campaign finance loophole that allows some former elected officials to hold onto campaign cash present their bill Thursday, a day after being blindsided by a complaint alleging violations by a former ...
KOLO - HomePage - Headlines
Finance bill gets a big tweak | EdNewsColorado
By Todd Engdahl
But approval came only after passage of an amendment that increases the bill's price tag by about 20 percent, an issue certain to be revisited when the bill reaches the Senate floor, which probably won't happen until April Fool's Day at the ...
EdNewsColorado

Web6 new results for Finance
 
EU Finance Experts Seeking Ways to Get Cyprus Bailout Deal
EU officials worked on a rescue package for Cyprus on Friday, hoping to get approval from the IMF and euro zone finance ministers later in the day.
www.cnbc.com/id/100556841
Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest | Reuters
March 22 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-relatedstories were reported by media on Friday:* Dell Inc is set to disclose next week that itslargest ...
www.reuters.com/.../market-chatter-idUSL3N0CEAMS201303...
Finance board member plans to run for top post Republican American
THOMASTON — Kristin L. Mosimann, a Board of Finance member, on Wednesday announced plans to challenge Republican First Selectman Edmond V. Mone ...
www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/03/22/news/local/712107.txt
Vice President of Finance Keller Augusta Partners - SelectLeaders
Real Estate job network for qualified industry professionals specialized in management, brokerage, research, finance and all sectors of commercial Real Estate.
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Federal budget 2013 - CBC News Live
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty keeps focus on balancing budget by 2015-16. Re- read our budget live chat below and watch video of Finance Minister Jim ...
www.cbc.ca/news/live/2013/03/federal-budget-2013.html
Pepperell Finance Committee reviews fiscal 2014 budget - Lowell Sun
PEPPERELL -- With just over a month before Town Meeting, the Finance Committee is almost finished with their review of individual departmental budgets .
www.lowellsun.com/.../pepperell-finance-committee-reviews-f...


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