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- Slow lane recovery
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 04:31 PM -0800
Growth in US car industry impacts the vast market for used cars[more]
- UK, Hong Kong team up to boost London as yuan centre
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 04:16 PM -0800
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is teaming up with Hong Kong to secure London a top spot as an offshore trading centre for the Chinese currency, as the UK aims to boost trade and investment ties with...[more]
- Pentagon interest in cybersecurity may ease contractors’ pain from cuts
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 03:32 PM -0800
Plans by the Pentagon to invest more in cybersecurity and space-based capabilities may ease the blow for defense contractors such as Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin that are facing cuts in...[more]
- Plans for high-speed rail are slowing down
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 03:14 PM -0800
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Critics began panning the first leg of California’s futuristic high-speed rail network as a “train to nowhere” soon after officials decided to build it not in the major...[more]
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Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 03:14 PM -0800
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- In D.C. loan program, mortgage defaults abound
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 02:49 PM -0800
D.C. housing officials have routinely subsidized home purchases that low-income buyers could not afford, paving the way for foreclosures, liens and financial hardships.
Nearly one in five buyers...[more]
- Board Stands by Pepsi CEO
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 02:44 PM -0800
PepsiCo's strategic review is unlikely to result in a breakup of the company or a rebuke of CEO Indra Nooyi but more marketing dollars are expected to flow into sodas, and cost cuts—including...[more]
- Washington area economy to outpace the nation, but 2012 may be an ‘anxious year’
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 02:35 PM -0800
The Washington area economy is predicted to grow 2.7 percent this year, outpacing the nation’s anticipated 2 percent growth rate, according to a new forecast by the Center for Regional Analysis...[more]
- S&P, Greek standoff pressure euro zone to boost defenses
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 02:16 PM -0800
LONDON (Reuters) - Financial markets are unlikely to be derailed by mass euro zone downgrades but with Greek debt talks at an impasse, pressure has been loaded on the bloc to shore up its defenses...[more]
- Apple Navigates China Maze
Category: Business
Publish Date: 01-15-2012 02:16 PM -0800
Apple is pinched between the promise and perils of doing business in China—a challenge highlighted after a fracas outside a Beijing store and as the company detailed working conditions throughout...[more]
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