New police car, where are you? - Business - Autos - The Driver Seat - msnbc.com MSNBC (USA) - 9-9-2010 Detroit's Big Three automakers vie for the law enforcement market. The three makers are all vying for the police interceptor market Ford will vacate when it pulls the plug on its time-worn Crown Victoria, long the vehicle of choice for the nation's law enforcement community, in September 2011 ... |
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As Recovery Boosts Big Banks, Smaller Lenders Are Still Struggling Wall Street Journal (USA) - 9-9-2010 View Full Image T.J. Kirkpatrick for The Wall Street Journal Maryland's 1st Mariner Bank has been marked as out of compliance with Nasdaq rules. It is one among many small banks facing challenges. Some have fallen out of compliance with stock-exchange requirements, and others have gotten delisted ... |
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Gulf oil dilemma: accept payout from BP or sue? Houston Chronicle (USA) - 18 ore fa Those who accept a check for their long-term losses from the victims' compensation fund will have to give up their right to sue BP. Scott, who runs Destin Connections Seafood Market in Montgomery, Ala., said business was off more than $49,000 in May and June compared with the year before. He said ... |
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Honda raises price for 2011 Odyssey to $27,800 SFGate (USA) - 18 ore fa Honda set the pricing for its all-new 2011 Odyssey minivan Thursday at $27,800, about $840 more than the 2010 version. The minivan goes on sale Sept. 30. It faces tough competition from the 2011 Toyota Sienna, which was introduced in June and starts at $24,460. Honda says the new Odyssey has ... Honda raises price for 2011 Odyssey to $27,800- Houston Chronicle (USA) |
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Microsoft: No, Bing Is NOT Powering All Android Phones (MSFT, GOOG, VZ) SFGate (USA) - 18 ore fa Earlier today, we wrote about a rumor that was kicking up on a few Android blogs that Bing would be the default search engine on ALL Android smartphones for Verizon in the future. Microsoft finally got back to us and shot down the rumor saying through a spokesperson, "Over the coming months ... S.F.'s CMEA Capital teams with Eli Lilly on fund- SFGate (USA) Burger King buyer names rail exec as future CEO- SFGate (USA) |
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Strong Australia Job Numbers Mean Rate Hike Likely Wall Street Journal (USA) - 20 ore fa Full-time workers made up the bulk of the employment gains, rising 53,100. The number of part-time workers fell by 22,100, continuing a trend of workers moving into full-time jobs. Unemployment fell from 5.3% in July, sweeping aside concerns that job creation was about to stall. Aggregate monthly ... |
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Scottish business start-ups fall BBC (UK) - 9-9-2010 That is a 7% fall on the previous quarter and a drop of 8% on the same period a year ago. The survey is based on statistics from the Bank of Scotland, the Clydesdale Bank, Lloyds TSB Scotland and RBS ... Weir Group elevated to FTSE 100- BBC (UK) New bank cash ratio 'to be set at 7%'- BBC (UK) |
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Do You Trust the Earnings at Western Digital? - Business - Motley Fool - msnbc.com MSNBC (USA) - 16 ore fa All cash flow is not created equal.. Earnings' unreliability is one of the reasons Foolish investors often flip straight past the income statement to check the cash flow statement. In general, by taking a close look at the cash moving in and out of the business, you can better understand whether ... |
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Huge fire at Venezuelan fuel terminal in Bonaire Houston Chronicle (USA) - 20 ore fa Glenn Thode says crews have isolated the fire and should extinguish it by the end of Thursday. The fire is visible across the small island in the southern Caribbean that is best known as a destination for divers. Thode says there have been no injuries or damage to other parts of the island ... |
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AEP to meet new Ohio standards to lessen outages Houston Chronicle (USA) - 20 ore fa The winds knocked out electrical service to more than 2 million Ohio utility customers. The standards adopted Wednesday by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio are aimed at reducing the average duration of a power failure by about a half-hour or more and the frequency of AEP's outages. Ohio ... Oil prices up on jobless and crude supply reports- Houston Chronicle (USA) |
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