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Automakers try to sell Congress on rescue
The Associated PressU.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers today in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive. Congressional analysts said one bailout plan under consideration would fall...Tags: Heads of State, Automotive Equipment, Contracts, Nancy Pelosi, Parliament
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Retailers report miserable November; face lull until final days before Christmas
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Retailers who suffered through a miserable November — despite a surge in sales the day after Thanksgiving — are worried that the usual lull between the holiday weekend and the final days before Christmas could be...Tags: The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Sales, Nordstrom Incorporated, Kohl's Corporation, Religious Festivals
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Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip, brings green message to climate talks
Associated Press WriterPOZNAN, Poland (AP) — If a solar-powered car can drive 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) around the globe without using a drop of oil, perhaps it can be forgiven for not having a coffee cup holder. Or maybe that makes Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Global Warming, Daimler AG
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Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip
Associated Press WriterIf a solar-powered car can drive 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) around the globe without using a drop of oil, perhaps it can be forgiven for not having a coffee cup holder. Or maybe that makes Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's journey even more...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Petroleum Industry, Global Warming, Daimler AG
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Retailers see sales drop in dreary November
AP Retail WriterRetailers who suffered through a miserable November -- despite a surge in sales the day after Thanksgiving -- are worried that the usual lull between the holiday weekend and the final days before Christmas could be dangerously quiet this year. With...Tags: The Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated, Sales, Nordstrom Incorporated, Kohl's Corporation, Religious Festivals
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NBC Universal cuts 500 jobs as part of $500 million cut; correspondents let go
AP Business WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — General Electric Co.'s media and theme park subsidiary, NBC Universal, this week laid off about 500 employees — about 3 percent of its work force of 15,000 — as part of a plan to trim $500 million next year, a person...Tags: Employers, Employees, Beijing Games, Consumer Confidence, John Larson
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3 weeks, 3 US residents killed in Ciudad Juarez, explosive Mexican city across from El Paso
Associated Press WriterEL PASO, Texas (AP) — At least three U.S. residents have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in as many weeks as the death toll in the violent border city surpasses 1,400. The latest victim, a 32-year-old American woman, was shot several times...Tags: Corporate Crime, Social Sciences, Mexico Vacations, College of William and Mary, El Paso
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Poor economy is the nail in the RV industry's tire
Associated Press WritersUnder the gloom of plunging motor home sales and with travel trailers stacking up on lots, recreational vehicle makers and dealers at their national trade show this week tried to lift their spirits by joining in song. "You gotta have heart," they sang...Tags: Riverside (Riverside, California), Sales, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Fleetwood Enterprises Incorporated, University of Michigan
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Two bowl games are better than one
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsEven with all the economic uncertainty we???re facing ??? now that we???re officially in a recession -- Orange Bowl Committee officials are still happy to be hosting two bowl games this year: the 75th FedEx Orange Bowl on Jan. 1......Tags: Colleges and Universities, FedEx Corporation, Orange Bowl, Business Trips, Virginia Tech
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Warming to cold reality
It almost sounds like a crazy answer to a game of Telephone, a twisted final version of a sentence whispered from player to player at a party.
"Female polar bears are having difficulty conceiving and feeding their newborn cubs due to global warming."...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Nature, Forests, Energy Resources, Al Gore
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Walk across America glimpses its spirit
There was the well-considered - or at least alliterative - sack of sustenance that someone gave him in Nevada, containing a banana, a beer, and a bag of chips. There was the family in Nebraska that invited him in for dinner and put him up for the night in...Tags: Fells Point, National Government, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Government
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UAW grants concessions, Chrysler exec warns of depression as bailout lobbying intensifies
AP Auto WritersDETROIT (AP) _ Worried about their jobs and warned that the cost of failure could be a depression, hundreds of leaders of the United Auto Workers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to make concessions to the struggling Detroit Three, including all but...Tags: Employees, Automotive Equipment, Contracts, Nancy Pelosi, Consumer Confidence
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