October 28th, 2011
Americans’ incomes have stagnated for three straight months. Yet they boosted their spending in September 0.6 percent _ three times the increase in August.
Under normal circumstances, that would be a troubling sign for the economy.
But a closer look at Friday’s report from the Commerce Department on September income and spending suggests another possibility: Many people […]
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October 23rd, 2011
Online coupon seller Groupon Inc. is discounting its expectations for its first stock offering.
The Chicago-based company, which offers consumers daily discounts targeted toward their city and preferences, now expects net proceeds of about $478.8 million from its initial public offering of 30 million shares. In June, it said it hoped to raise up to $750 […]
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October 9th, 2011
Not all stocks perform poorly during a tough year for the market. Some that you might consider yawners in more robust times actually hang in there and prosper.
For example, stock for the global health and hygiene company Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB) and the Georgia-based electric utility Southern Co. (SO) have each posted price gains in the […]
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October 2nd, 2011
Double-dipping _ the well-established practice of public workers collecting government pensions and salaries at the same time _ has become a hot topic for lawmakers struggling with strained budgets.
Even as some states have begun curbing the practice, a review by The Associated Press found tens of thousands of state and public school employees drawing government […]
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October 1st, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a third Colorado death linked to listeria in cantaloupes, bringing the nationwide death toll in the outbreak to as many as 17 people.
The CDC said Friday that 84 people in 19 states have become ill after eating Colorado cantaloupes. That number includes 15 deaths, the CDC […]
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August 22nd, 2011
An Aug. 20 article about the drug hydrocodone erroneously stated how many times a prescription can be refilled under federal law. It can be refilled five times after the initial dispensation, not six. The article also should have made clear that federal law says controlled medicines must be kept in a locked cabinet unless the […]
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August 14th, 2011
Community groups held a peace rally Sunday in England’s second-largest city against the hit-and-run attack that claimed three lives during rioting in Birmingham.
Scores of people gathered in Winson Green, where three Muslim men _ Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31 _ were mowed down and mortally wounded Wednesday when […]
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August 5th, 2011
Even the human bloodstream isn’t safe from computer hackers.
A security researcher who is diabetic has identified flaws that could allow an attacker to remotely control insulin pumps and alter the readouts of blood-sugar monitors. As a result, diabetics could get too much or too little insulin, a hormone they need for proper metabolism.
Jay Radcliffe, a […]
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July 27th, 2011
Invoking the Arab Spring, the Palestinian president on Wednesday urged his people to take to the streets for massive rallies in support of his government’s bid to get the U.N. to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
The call by President Mahmoud Abbas for peaceful, “popular resistance” throughout the West Bank was likely to fuel Israeli concerns […]
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July 11th, 2011
Two people briefed on the matter say General Motors has decided to sell a diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze car in the United States.
They say the car would get about 50 miles per gallon on the highway and help GM meet stricter government fuel economy standards.
One of the people says the diesel version is […]
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