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30 липня, 2010 17:17
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New BP CEO Says Some Gulf Efforts To Be Scaled Back
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The time has come to scale back parts of the Gulf spill cleanup, incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley said Friday "You will see the evidence of a pullback," Dudley told reporters in Biloxi, Miss "Where there is no oil on the beaches you probably don't need people walking up and down in hazmat suits So you'll probably see that kind of a pullback," he said, adding...
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30 липня, 2010 12:47
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Opponents Protest Arizona Immigration Law
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Arizona is fighting for its new immigration law meant to keep illegal immigrants out of the state It asked an appeals court to reverse a federal district judge's decision to block key portions of the measure The remaining parts of the law did take effect Thursday, and opponents took to the streets of Phoenix Methodist pastor Laurel Scott came from...
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30 липня, 2010 12:47
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Cities, Websites And Hotels At Odds Over Taxes
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Atlanta won a court case last week that will bring in more money for the city And the same legal argument heard there — about whether the city now is simply able to collect taxes that it said it was already owed, or whether it's imposing a new tax altogether — has taken place in courtrooms all across the country A seemingly technical question...
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30 липня, 2010 12:47
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Why Same Hotel Rooms Generate Different Tax Bills
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Cities, online travel sites and hotel companies are at odds over taxes — because the local governments often receive less in tax revenue when a hotel room is booked through one of those sites, rather than directly with the hotel (story here) Reporter Alan Greenblatt explains how that happens: Hotel prices always vary People sleeping down the...
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30 липня, 2010 12:47
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SEC Cites Brothers In $550 Million Insider Scheme
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Sam and Charles Wyly, Dallas billionaire investors known for their support of conservative candidates and causes, made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday In a 78-page complaint filed in a Manhattan federal court in New York, the SEC said...
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30 липня, 2010 12:47
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Growth Slows To 2.4 Percent Pace In 2nd Quarter
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The recovery lost momentum in the second quarter as growth slowed to a 24 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment Weaker spending by consumers, less growth coming from companies restocking shrunken stockpiles and a bigger drag from the nation's trade deficits were the main factors behind the...
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30 липня, 2010 09:59
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Pricing The Non-Human Cost Of BP Spill
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BP has spent more than $4 billion cleaning up the oil spill But what about the non-human cost How much should BP pay for dead and injured animals? ...
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30 липня, 2010 09:59
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Is Auto Recovery Here To Stay?
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President Obama on Friday wants to call attention to the successes of the bailed-out companies by visiting automakers in Michigan Micheline Maynard, who has covered the industry for more than two decades, discusses whether or not the good news in Detroit will last ...
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30 липня, 2010 09:59
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Disney Sells Miramax
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Miramax will no longer be part of Disney's entertainment empire The Walt Disney Co said it has sold the film studio -- famous for offbeat hits like Pulp Fiction -- to an investment company partly run by a construction magnate ...
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30 липня, 2010 09:59
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Microsoft Bing Cashback Program Ends
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Microsoft is pulling the plug Friday on a program that paid people to use its Bing search engine The company said it did not see the broad adoption of the search engine that it had hoped for ...
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30 липня, 2010 09:59
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Disney Sells Miramax For $660M
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The Walt Disney Co says it will sell Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process The New York Times and Los Angeles Times report that Disney signed the agreement late Thursday with Filmyard Holding The investor group is led by construction magnate Ronald Tutor...
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30 липня, 2010 06:51
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U.S. Is A Spicier Nation (Literally) Since 1970s
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This summer, as you season a pasta salad or make a rub for your favorite meat, consider this: The US is a far spicier nation than it used to be The consumption of spices in the United States has grown almost three times as fast as the population over the past several decades Much of that growth is attributed to the changing demographics of America...
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30 липня, 2010 04:36
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New York Launches Probe Of Life Insurance Industry
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New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he had opened a fraud investigation into how life insurers pay out benefits after policyholders die He said his office served subpoenas on Prudential Financial Inc and MetLife, Inc as part of the probe, seeking information on life insurance policies Your Money Life Insurance Firms Profit...
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30 липня, 2010 04:36
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Optimism Revs Up At GM, Chrysler Plants
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President Obama visits GM and Chrysler auto plants in Detroit on Friday to call attention to the successes — so far — of the bailed-out companies And while he's likely to acknowledge that the decision to bail out the companies was widely unpopular outside the industrial Midwest, he's expected to make the case that government investment...
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29 липня, 2010 22:34
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Thomas Day: A Master Craftsman, With Complications
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In the decades before the Civil War, it was a mark of distinction and prestige for a wealthy tobacco farmer to own furniture made by a North Carolinian named Thomas Day Now, there's renewed interest in this master craftsman's legacy and personal history — in part because of the quality of his work, and in part because he was a black man who appeared...
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29 липня, 2010 22:34
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Hugh Hefner: A Radical, And Not Just In The Bedroom
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If your sole image of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner is that of a lanky, silk-jammied sybarite strolling the grounds of his mansion with a jiggling blond on either arm, Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel will knock your socks off Functioning as a kind of corrective to a media culture that relies on selective memory and endlessly recycled archive...
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29 липня, 2010 22:34
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Obama: U.S. Has Long Way To Go In Race Relations
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In remarks to the Urban League and in a taped TV appearance, President Obama said Thursday that the Shirley Sherrod firing last week showed how racial tension remains a problem for the nation ...
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29 липня, 2010 22:34
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Budget Crunch Hits Atlantic City Hard
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Three years ago, Robert Mooney finally reached his goal of becoming a police officer He grew up in Atlantic City, NJ, and says he decided to become a police officer when he was a small kid "My best friend was killed when he was younger and it kind of motivated me," Mooney says "I always thought about it" But last month he had to turn in his gun and...
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29 липня, 2010 22:34
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Citigroup Paying $75 Million To Settle Civil Charges
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Banking titan Citigroup Inc is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement with Citigroup on Thursday It said the company repeatedly made misleading statements in calls with analysts...
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