World / Small Business
Asian markets on the up
11.07.2008 06:22
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HONG KONG: The Hang Seng index closed up 362.8 at 22184.5. SINGAPORE: The Straits Times index closed up 25.3 at 2926.8.
Ireland
Small Business
76% rise in number of firms going out of business
11.07.2008 06:22
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The number of companies going out of business because of the economic downturn has surged in the first half of this year, according to figures published today.
Ireland
Small Business
RBS in talks over Amro disposal
11.07.2008 05:21
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Royal Bank of Scotland today confirmed it was in talks to sell ABN Amro’s Australian and New Zealand operations.
Ireland
Small Business
New business park opens in Kilkenny
11.07.2008 05:21
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Minister for Trade and Commerce, John McGuinness TD is to officially open Kilkenny’s newest business district, Danville Business Park today.
Ireland
Small Business
Down Jones on the up
11.07.2008 04:20
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NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed up 81.6 at 11229.0.
Ireland
Small Business
Travel firms call off Condor deal
11.07.2008 04:20
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Plans by German carrier Air Berlin to buy a majority stake in Thomas Cook’s charter airline Condor have been scrapped due to soaring jet fuel costs.
Ireland
Small Business
MIKE WENDLAND: It's iPhone 3G day with a new phone and hundreds of new App Store programs
11.07.2008 04:18
freep.com
It reminds me of Black Friday and the shopping craze the day after Thanksgivong. Except this Friday is the Second Coming of the IPhone, and across the country, tech fans are planning to get up early to be among the first to get the new iPhone 3G when it officially goes on sale at 8am local time.
USA
Small Business
Dow's purchase firms up its future
11.07.2008 04:18
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In a move that counters the job cuts, selloffs and bankruptcies testing Michigan's economy, Midland's Dow Chemical Co. is signaling it has control of its future by acquiring chemical company Rohm and Haas Co. for $18.8 billion.
USA
Small Business
Toyota to build Prius in U.S.
11.07.2008 04:18
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After reviewing options for months, a steeper-than-expected sales decline in June forced Toyota Motor Corp. to speed its decision to shuffle production sites for several vehicles and to bring assembly of the world's most popular hybrid, the Prius, to the United States.
USA
Small Business
Hot corner for new stores
11.07.2008 04:18
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Yolanda Holman of Pontiac is really put out by the closure of the Costco Warehouse at Square Lake and Telegraph roads in Bloomfield Township. But while the popular store closed in May, it will reopen on the same site in November, part of a flurry of retail development at Square Lake and Telegraph.
USA
Small Business
TOM WALSH: Vanpools rise with gas price
11.07.2008 04:18
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Who says nobody is buying big vans anymore? VPSI Inc. of Troy is buying them like crazy, having grown its fleet of vehicles for vanpools across the nation to 4,553 as of this week, up 16% from 3,925 at the start of the year. "I love the problem of growing too fast," Jeff Henning, president and CEO of VPSI, told me Thursday.
USA
Small Business
GM denies Chapter 11 plans
11.07.2008 04:18
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DALLAS -- The chief executive of General Motors Corp. dismissed speculation that the largest U.S. automaker might soon seek bankruptcy protection, but the company's stock plunged further to depths not seen in decades. Comments in the past week about a potential bankruptcy are "not at all constructive or accurate," Rick Wagoner said Thursday.
USA
Small Business
Smart intersection alert system gets trial run in metro Detroit
11.07.2008 04:18
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The nation's first concrete road was installed on Woodward Avenue in Detroit in 1909. The nation's first four-way traffic signal followed, also on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, in 1920.
USA
Small Business
DMC to add pediatric care in Madison Heights
11.07.2008 04:18
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The Detroit Medical Center has changed the name and expanded the scope of services at its Madison Heights hospital to include a wide range of specialized pediatric services. The financially struggling Michigan Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital has been renamed the DMC Surgery Hospital, the health system announced Thursday.
USA
Small Business
People making news
11.07.2008 04:18
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Advertising Bloomfield Hills-based Berline has named Melissa M. Jones as production/traffic assistant. Jones' experience includes event management and organization, customer service and accounting. Education
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