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Dow Jones up
17.07.2008 04:27
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NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed up 276.7 at 11239.3.
Ireland
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Mothercare reports positive sales
17.07.2008 04:27
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Retailer Mothercare today reported a positive sales performance in the first quarter of its financial year.
Ireland
Small Business
Eurotunnel profits steam ahead
17.07.2008 04:27
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Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel today reported a hike in half-year earnings after “spectacular” growth in passenger numbers using the Eurostar service.
Ireland
Small Business
Business lobby urges unions to 'get real' on wage demands
17.07.2008 04:27
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Ireland’s business lobby today warned trade unions they must face up to the economic realities and give up their pay demands.
Ireland
Small Business
Trump sells mansion to Russian oligarch
17.07.2008 04:27
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The real estate market might be slumping, but not for Donald Trump who has sold a Palm Beach mansion for $100m (€63m) to a Russian billionaire.
Ireland
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GM tries to soften blow to retirees' health care
17.07.2008 04:22
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One day after General Motors Corp. surprised 97,400 salaried retirees with news that it no longer will provide group health benefits for those 65 or older, it rushed to assure them that a plan is in place to make the transition to Medicare plan choices as seamless and helpful as possible.
USA
Small Business
Analyst: 2 GM plants in Mich. face cuts, but 1 could revive
17.07.2008 04:22
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Two General Motors Corp. Michigan assembly plants could feel the pinch of further production cuts soon but one could get more work, according to one automotive forecast that seeks to interpret GM's announcement this week that it will slash 300,000 units of truck production by the end of 2009.
USA
Small Business
Despite slow economy, many in the area are still shopping
17.07.2008 04:22
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Retail development activity has started to slow in metro Detroit, after years of expansion fueled by resilient consumers.
USA
Small Business
MARK PHELAN: VW's Jetta Sportwagen has a a sleek and sexy side
17.07.2008 04:22
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Somebody please remind me why the station wagon has been dismissed as the culmination of uncool, the generic mom-mobile. The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen is the most exciting and enjoyable compact car I've tested in years. It drives like a sport sedan, hauls cargo like a small SUV or crossover and uses less fuel than smaller, duller cars.
USA
Small Business
SYLVIA RECTOR | WORD OF MOUTH: These are fast times at Slows; Pi ready to rock your mornings
17.07.2008 04:21
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Barbecue meister Brian Perrone, founder of the popular Slows Bar BQ in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, and his partners plan to open a Slows carryout and commissary kitchen at the corner of Cass and Alexandrine, across the street from the Old Miami bar, in early 2009.
USA
Small Business
PHELAN'S CORNER: Hybrid line is growing family at Saturn
17.07.2008 04:21
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Saturn will drop its Green Line badge with the 2009 model year, though the General Motors brand will introduce a growing family of the hybrid gasoline-electric models for which it created the Green Line name.
USA
Small Business
Detroiters wanted for Greektown Casino jobs
17.07.2008 04:21
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Weeks after it laid off 89 workers as part of its Chapter 11 cost-cutting plan, Greektown Casino will begin screening 400 new job applicants for its permanent casino and hotel, starting today. The casino is focusing its efforts on hiring Detroit residents for positions that start as early as August, said spokesman Roger Martin. The 400-room hotel will open in 2009.
USA
Small Business
Ford shows shape matters when it comes to saving fuel
17.07.2008 04:21
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Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday showed off the aerodynamic qualities of its boxy new 2009 Flex, which was designed to let wind sail with ease over its bumper, hood and pillars -- despite its square shape -- in an effort to improve fuel economy.
USA
Small Business
VW is rethinking its plans for cars and pickups, too
17.07.2008 04:21
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It's not just the Detroit Three that are reevaluating their pickup lineups: Volkswagen recently killed plans to build a compact pickup in Europe because of high fuel prices. The small front-wheel drive pickup had been due to enter production at VW's Hanover plant in 2010.
USA
Small Business
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: Retirees can keep GM plan until they're 65
17.07.2008 04:21
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Here are answers to commonly asked questions about health benefit changes for salaried General Motors Corp. retirees and their surviving spouses.
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