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McCain Defends Trade Pact
Categorie : Business NewsOTTAWA -- Sen. John McCain traveled to Canada on Friday to offer a vigorous defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement, as his campaign sought to portray rival Sen. Barack Obama as inconsistent on free trade. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Exits May Hurt Yahoo's Recovery
Categorie : Business NewsYahoo may have fended off a takeover bid by Microsoft, but the prolonged and continuing fight for control of the Internet giant appears to have left it a weaker company. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
White House Refuses To Release Documents On Air-Quality Policy
Categorie : Business NewsThe Bush administration yesterday invoked executive privilege and refused to turn over key documents sought by a House investigative committee, escalating a fight over the White House role in U.S. policy on greenhouse-gas emissions and ozone air quality standards. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
A Crack in the Fed's Door
Categorie : Business NewsThe economic action this week isn't the release of data but a meeting of the Federal Reserve policymakers. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee will probably decide to leave the bank lending rate it controls unchanged at 2 percent. Futures markets price in a 90 percent chance. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Tech's Upgrade
Categorie : Business NewsThe need to upgrade the tech capabilities of business and government is a constant -- whatever the economic conditions. That's good news for some information technology companies, such as Integral Systems, which was up 68 percent over the 12 months ended Wednesday. The Hackett Group rose 60 percent, ...
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Sun Jun 2008
A Stock Answer That's Changing
Categorie : Business NewsFund managers around the world have become an awfully gloomy bunch. Peering into the future, they detect a gathering tide of declining profits, higher interest rates and rising inflation, according to this month's Merrill Lynch survey of asset allocations and market expectations. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
An Outgoing Tide
Categorie : Business NewsThe pool, hot tub and ocean view are the same this summer at Bandit's Lair, but the seven-bedroom luxury home in North Carolina's Outer Banks is missing something critical: enough renters to keep it fully booked, even at a 10 percent discount. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
House Passes Spy Bill; Senate Expected to Follow
Categorie : Business NewsThe House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, yesterday approved a sweeping new surveillance law that extends the government's eavesdropping capability and effectively would shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits for cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping... ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Former Fund Managers Face Fraud Charges In Credit Crisis
Categorie : Business NewsTwo former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were arrested yesterday and charged with fraud related to the collapse of a pair of investment funds that helped usher in the current financial crisis that grew out of the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market. They are the first top Wall Street... ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Paid Parental Leave Act Passes House, but Faces Veto Threat
Categorie : Business NewsA bill to enhance parental leave benefits for federal employees passed the House by a wide margin yesterday, despite a White House veto threat. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
The Pentagon's Procurement Problem
Categorie : Business NewsThe giant award for a new refueling tanker was going to give the Air Force a chance to redeem itself. The service set out two years ago to create a demonstrably clear and straightforward process to avoid past missteps in replacing its aging aircraft fleet. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
For Rural Tibetans, the Future Is in Town
Categorie : Business NewsGEZA, China -- Her elder sister is the first to rise, bringing in wood to light the cooking fire and setting water to boil for yak butter tea. Her mother is next, grabbing clumps of freshly picked dandelion greens from a metal tub to mix with barley powder and water to feed the pigs. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Surveillance Bill Offers Protection To Telecom Firms
Categorie : Business NewsHouse and Senate leaders agreed yesterday on surveillance legislation that could shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits, handing President Bush one of the last major legislative victories he is likely to achieve. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
Court Backs Workers In Age Bias Lawsuit
Categorie : Business NewsThe Supreme Court yesterday made it easier for fired workers to pursue claims that they lost their jobs because of age discrimination. ...
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Sun Jun 2008
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