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Saudi king 'ready to tackle rising oil prices'
15.06.2008 16:19
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Saudi Arabia’s king is ready to help restore the soaring oil prices to more “appropriate” levels, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said today.
Ireland
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Canadian union says GM blockade coming down
15.06.2008 15:20
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A Canadian Auto Workers official leading protests against General Motors Corp.'s closing of a truck plant says the union is ending a blockade of GM's Canadian headquarters in Oshawa, Ontario.
USA
Small Business
More flexible approach needed to pensions - IAPF
15.06.2008 07:22
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The Government has been encouraged to take a more flexible approach to the pensions system.
Ireland
Small Business
MITCH ALBOM: Old blue skies ain't what they used to be
15.06.2008 07:21
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NEWS ITEM: American Airlines now will charge $15 to check your first bag. Last week other airlines announced they would do the same.
USA
Small Business
TOM WALSH: Web hysteria a danger to Korean deal
15.06.2008 03:30
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Barack Obama and Sander Levin thought our trade troubles with South Korea were largely about automobiles. Silly them.
USA
Small Business
BUILDING A BUSINESS: Funding isn't child's play
15.06.2008 03:30
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Four weeks ago, first-time entrepreneur Merrill Guerra thought all her money problems were about to be solved.
USA
Small Business
Spending to make it Wright
15.06.2008 03:30
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Norman Silk and Dale Morgan are packing their belongings at the Palmer Woods Mediterranean palace they've called home for 23 years and are moving into very famous, historic digs. It's the Dorothy Turkel house, designed in 1955 by world-famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
USA
Small Business
AT ISSUE: ENERGY AND ECONOMY: Americans watching their wealth slip away
15.06.2008 03:29
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Sky-high gasoline prices aren't just raising the cost of Eugene Marino's 120-mile round-trip to his job in the Washington area. They're reducing his wealth, too.
USA
Small Business
LAURA ORTIZ: These condos come with extras
15.06.2008 03:29
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Project: North Pointe, two-bedroom, two-bath ranch-style condominiums that range from 1,775 to 2,150 square feet and are base-priced from $259,900 to $294,900. Place: Sterling Heights. Builder: Arrow Building Co.; president, Joseph D'Angelo.
USA
Small Business
JAMES DULLEY: Some air cleaners can catch just about anything
15.06.2008 03:29
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Dear Jim: I want the best quality air at home for my family. I am trying to decide which type of central air cleaner is best. Will installing a central air cleaner make my heating and cooling more efficient? -- Steve D.
USA
Small Business
MARK PHELAN: Hummer might get reprieve
15.06.2008 03:29
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The music may not have stopped playing for Hummer. General Motors' decision to keep, kill or sell the brand revered and reviled for its rugged SUVs is less clear-cut than Hummer haters might expect. GM's leaders must evaluate a complex set of economic and emotional factors as they weigh Hummer's fate.
USA
Small Business
Michigan briefcase
15.06.2008 03:29
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Lawrence Technological University in Southfield has agreed to faculty and student exchanges and cooperation on academic programs with the National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India. The agreement was signed recently by Lawrence Tech President Lewis N. Walker and NITW Director Venkateswara Rao.
USA
Small Business
Home calendar
15.06.2008 03:29
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Rehab for profit: National real estate speaker Pete Youngs will speak at the monthly meeting of Dollars, an independent real estate investors group, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gazebo Banquet Center, 31104 Mound in Warren. $20 includes appetizers. For reservations, call 313-836-7272.
USA
Small Business
People making news
15.06.2008 03:29
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Presbyterian Villages of Michigan announced that Dana Hall has been appointed to compliance and training specialist from administrator at the Village of Lake Huron Woods in Ft. Gratiot. Hall is a certified tax credit professional and a certified housing manager. In her new position, Hall will be responsible for conducting audits to make sure the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and tax-credit housing properties remain in compliance, serves as support to the Villages with various software programs and conducts program training for all new HUD and tax-credit administrators.
USA
Small Business
CHEMICALS: Dow takes on roofing
15.06.2008 03:29
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Dow Building Solutions, a unit of Midland-based Dow Chemical Co., has signed an agreement to acquire Stevens Roofing Systems and Geomembrane Systems, a business of JPS Industries Inc. based in Holyoke, Mass.
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