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A Labor-Market (and Baseball) Mystery (Jun-14, 09:36 EDT )-- What explains the rise of good-hitting middle infielders?
U.S. Indexes Try to Build on Last Week’s Rally (Jun-14, 09:30 EDT )-- Investors seemed encouraged by a report that industrial production in the countries that use the euro grew more than expected in April.
Pressed by Obama, BP Weighs Options on Dividend (Jun-14, 08:56 EDT )-- As President Obama headed to the Gulf Coast on Monday, BP is searching for a way to satisfy both the United States government and its shareholders.
Twilight of the Coal Era? (Jun-14, 08:54 EDT )-- Siemens is announcing that it has won contracts to supply five new high-efficiency gas plants to Progress Energy at two sites in North Carolina that have six old coal-fired generators.
Stanford's Co-Defendants Try to Flee the 'Circus' (Jun-14, 08:52 EDT )-- White Collar Watch examines why co-defendants of R. Allen Stanford do not want to be put on trial with him for fraud and their prospects for getting separate trials.
23 Things Not To Write In An E-mail (Jun-14, 07:46 EDT )-- If you can't help yourself -- if you just have to write that incriminating e-mail -- you can at least avoid a few obvious red flags.
Gas Station Owners Pay The Price For BP Affiliation (Jun-14, 07:40 EDT )-- The anger against BP has prompted some protesters to picket in front of BP-branded gas stations. But BP sold off its retail gas business, so the 13,000 BP gas stations are generally independent franchisees. Betty Camacho, who owns a station in suburban...
There's a Business in My Trash (Jun-14, 07:36 EDT )-- There are many things we could be making with our scraps. So why aren't we making any of them?
Cablevision Strikes $1.36 Billion Deal for Bresnan (Jun-14, 07:34 EDT )-- Updated: Cablevision announced Monday that it will buy Bresnan Communications for $1.365 billion in cash, and will commence a share repurchase program of up to $500 million.
Report: U.S. Discovers Huge Afghan Mineral Wealth (Jun-14, 07:18 EDT )-- team of U.S. geologists and Pentagon officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers, The New York Times reports.
The Sagging of the Middle Class (Jun-14, 06:33 EDT )-- Increased global trade and technological change have devalued skills that people spent time and effort to acquire, an economist writes.
Spirit Airlines Cancels Flights Through Tuesday (Jun-14, 03:34 EDT )-- Spirit Airlines is canceling all of its flights through Tuesday, stranding thousands more passengers as a pilot's strike continues. The discount carrier said on its website Sunday that all Spirit Airlines flights have been canceled through June 15....
Despite Deficit, U.S. Still Able To Borrow (Jun-14, 03:00 EDT )-- There's been a lot of talk recently about government budget deficits. Some people advocate for bigger deficits -- here and abroad -- to help spur the economy. Others say we need to shrink deficits, to reduce government debt from dangerously high levels...
Spirit Airlines Grounds Flight Until Tuesday (Jun-14, 03:00 EDT )-- Thousands of passengers have been stranded after pilots for Spirit Airlines walked off the job Saturday. The discount carrier said on its website Sunday that all flights have been canceled through June 15.
Hedge Fund Managers Make 'More Money Than God' (Jun-14, 03:00 EDT )-- When the financial crisis hit, some people made a mint. Hedge fund traders carrying out complex trades -- largely unregulated -- made sophisticated bets that netted them millions, in some cases billions. Deborah Amos talks to financial writer Sebastian...
Sunbathers Outnumbered On Florida's Emerald Coast (Jun-14, 03:00 EDT )-- President Obama returns to the Gulf Coast Monday for the fourth time since the oil spill. He'll tour Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. When he gets to the vacation paradise of the Emerald Coast in Florida's panhandle, it's likely Obama will get an...
Orphan Annie Comic Strips Ends (Jun-14, 03:00 EDT )-- Tribune Media Services has determined there will be no more newspaper tomorrows for Annie. In recent years, the comic appeared in less than 20 newspapers. That's unlike the 1940s, when the comic was in hundreds of papers.
Debt Burden Falls Heavily on Germany and France (Jun-14, 01:32 EDT )-- French and German banks have lent nearly $1 trillion and are more exposed to the debt crisis, a new report says.
New Rules on Changes to Benefits (Jun-14, 00:57 EDT )-- The White House on Monday will issue new rules that strongly discourage employers from cutting health benefits or increasing the costs of coverage to employees.
F.T.C. Moves Ahead with Journalism Study (Jun-14, 00:00 EDT )-- Tasking itself to produce a study on the “reinvention of journalism,†the Federal Trade Commission has encountered many of the same quandaries the industry has.
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan (Jun-13, 23:54 EDT )-- The nearly $1 trillion in untapped deposits are enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, officials said.
Singer, Sausage Tycoon Jimmy Dean Dies At 81 (Jun-13, 23:42 EDT )-- Jimmy Dean, a country music legend for his smash hit about a workingman hero, "Big Bad John," and an entrepreneur known for his sausage brand, died on Sunday. He was 81.
Should Oiled Birds Be Cleaned? (Jun-13, 23:00 EDT )-- It's heart-wrenching to see photos of oiled birds in the wake of a spill, and rehabilitators spend a lot of time cleaning off the oil. But researchers disagree on how well a cleaned bird will do once it's released back into the wild. Some studies have...
Senate Seeks To Close Hedge Fund Tax Loophole (Jun-13, 23:00 EDT )-- Senate lawmakers are looking to partially close a controversial tax loophole that has allowed managers of investment partnerships, from hedge funds to real estate developers, to pay less than half the regular tax rate on much of their income.
Democrats Cautious On Oil Response (Jun-13, 23:00 EDT )-- As Obama makes his fourth trip to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, some more support in Washington would be helpful. But Democrats in Congress face a political risk by defending the administration's handling of the spill, and they have little...
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