| Senators seek more info on dealer closures |
Senators are calling on General Motors and Chrysler to release more details on ongoing talks over the automakers’ plans to close thousands of auto dealerships as part of their bankruptcies.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Holiday travelers waited longer to book this year |
Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren’t going at all.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Ky. court upholds $6M verdict in strip search case |
A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip in a McDonald’s restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| UPS sets new rates for 2010 |
UPS Inc., the world’s largest shipping carrier, is hiking 2010 rates for ground packages by an average of 4.9 percent.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Becton Dickinson buys test maker HandyLab |
Becton Dickinson and Co. said Friday it bought molecular diagnostic test maker HandyLab Inc. for $275 million.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Business events scheduled for the coming week |
WASHINGTON _ National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for September, 10 a.m.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Public to vote on South Dakota’s smoking ban law |
The state has decided not to appeal a judge’s decision that allows South Dakota’s new smoking ban law to be referred to a public vote in the 2010 election.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote |
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Colo. jobless rate dips to 6.9 percent in October |
A shrinking labor force and about 1,000 new jobs have helped put Colorado’s latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at 6.9 percent, a slight decrease from the previous month, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| TRW Automotive completes private debt offering |
Car parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. said Friday that it completed a previously announced private debt offering.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Verigy shares rise on better-than-expected 4Q |
Shares of Verigy Ltd. rose Friday after the maker of chip testing equipment turned in a stronger-than-expected performance in the fourth quarter.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice |
At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| West Virginia lawmakers end special session |
West Virginia’s Legislature ended its special session Friday with tweaks to the gas tax and state energy policy among the final bills to pass.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Chase drops arbitration from card contracts |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration.
Updated: 03:36 PM
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| Ariz. lawmakers may have December special session |
Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state’s budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held in December to do more to close the $2 billion shortfall.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year |
The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| New questions arise in Pequot trading probe |
A new development related to the government’s investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Indiana’s jobless rate hits 9.8 percent in October |
Indiana’s unemployment rate was almost unchanged from September to October, but officials said it’s too early to tell whether the stability marks a long-awaited awaited rebound in employment.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| SC jury finds ’3 Hebrew Boys’ guilty in scam |
Three South Carolina men have been found guilty of bilking thousands of investors out of more than $80 million.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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| Maine governor orders $63M in department cutbacks |
Gov. John Baldacci ordered Maine state departments Friday to curtail spending by $63 million to make sure the budget is balanced.
Updated: 03:07 PM
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