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Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
Philadelphia Daily News
| MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages of New England, a weakened but stil...
Ex-bank manager, recruiter charged in Boston loan case
The Boston Globe
| A former branch manager and a Virginia-based real estate recruiter were charged with wire fraud in federal court in an unfolding case of an alleged long-running mortgage fraud scheme that led to foreclosures and abandoned buildings in Dorchester an...
Business
Sydney Morning Herald
| Goldman Sachs Group is shutting its principal-strategies business, a group that makes bets with the firm's own capital, to comply with new US rules aimed at curbing risk, two people with knowledge of the decision said. | Wall Street's most profitab...
UPDATE 1-US tanker award date becomes more uncertain
The Guardian
* Spokesman says decision will be in the fall * Drops previous mid-November formulation * Analysts see potential political factors (Adds ability to increase or decrease prices) By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The target date for the much-d...
Holiday Baking Company now has new store hours
The Examiner
| Holiday Baking Company is now offering new bakery hours for fall.  The new hours are as follows: | Beginning Tuesday, September 7th  | Tuesday thru Friday 10am-6pm | Saturday 8am-2pm | These hours include retail walk-in sales as well as order pic...
US tanker award date may be pushed back again
The Guardian
* Spokesman says decision will be in the fall * Drops previous mid-November formulation * Analysts see potential political factors By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The target date for the much-delayed award of a possible $50 billion U.S. Ai...
Earl sideswipes NC, takes aim at New England
Philadelphia Daily News
| MIKE BAKER | The Associated Press | BUXTON, N.C. - Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at the gray-shingled cottages and fi...
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010
AP / Richard Drew
Stocks end worst week in six with another down day
The Times Of India
NEW YORK: Stocks closed out their worst week in six with a whimper on Friday, slumping toward the close as economic data gave little reason to reverse a string of sell-offs. | In a...
Trader Michael McCabe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Stocks have plunged again to levels not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that lawmakers will soon put together an aid package for U.S. automake
AP / Richard Drew
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 22:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 09, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 09-Aug-10 22:00 ET | 19:29 | CWCO Consolidated Water misses by $0.14 (11.19 -0.14) | Reports Q2 (Jun) earn...
A screen in background shows the news of American International Group (AIG) as an investor checks the share index at an investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Most Asian stock markets extended their slump Tuesday after unremitting troubles at financial giants like American International Group and HSBC sent Wall Street tumbling to new multiyear lows overnight. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) dipped 9.59 points to 866.97 after opening 9.35 points lower at 867.21. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
AP / Lai Seng Sin
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 16:00 ET
Insurance Newsnet
| Aug 09, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 09-Aug-10 16:00 ET | 15:45 | SPY Late day push back toward afternoon/session highs -- S&P +7, Nasdaq +...
Research
Harvard Business Review
| If you really want to take a break from your managerial labors, don't just ignore the BlackBerry. Stop empathizing. Stop being positive. Stop being Mr. or Ms. Confident. | On Monday, millions of Americans will observe Labor Day by studiously avoidi...
Railroad Company says it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 475,000 metric tons by 2014
The Examiner
| A rail company attempting to reduce its carbon footprint? Ridiculous you say. Well, not so in the case of Norfolk Southern. | According to NBC12.com, Norfolk Southern, a Norfolk-based railroad company, says that it has created a five year goal to s...
Earl weakens but still powerful as it passes NC
The Boston Globe
| BUXTON, N.C.-The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive st...
Earl weakens but still powerful as it passes NC
Herald Tribune
| BUXTON, N.C. - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop o...
Money
This aerial view of the river entrance of the Pentagon shows some of the ongoing renovation that will continue for several more years.
(photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.)
Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit
Asia Times
|      Sep 2, 2010 Pentagon watchdog misses US$1bn audit | By Pratap Chatterjee | WASHINGTON - Military auditors failed to complete an audit of the business systems of an Ohio-based company - Mission Essential Personnel - even though it had billed for US$1 billion worth of work largely in Afghanistan over the past four years. | ...



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