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WCAX - NEW YORK Stocks closed higher for a third straight session today, giving Wall Street a gain for the week for the first time since early May. The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 67 and a-half points at eleven-thousand-278, and up 134 points on
Efficient SUV Not an Oxymoron Just Yet
Ledger - Don’t give up on sport utility vehicles just because gasoline prices have spiked. Believe it or not, there are some SUVs out there that offer good utility and decent fuel economy. And they’re not just the new gasoline-electric hybrids that have come
Global Dispatches: EU Slow to Make Progress on ‘Digital Economy’
Computerworld - ” The Department of Veterans Affairs and the FBI are offering a Read more ” The Department of Veterans Affiars is starting to take steps to cover the costs of the recent loss of 26.5 ” Read more BRUSSELS — The European Commission has accused
Upfront: Debt, Dummies and dugouts
Wisconsin State Journal - This week’s episode is brought to you by my dad, who died years ago but gave me two of the three most important lessons in all of life: No. 1: You can’t drink yourself sober. No. 2: You can’t borrow yourself out of debt. Later, on my own, I learned
Volatility to create increased sensitivity to data
MSNBC - Heightened sensitivity to forthcoming economic figures is expected in global financial markets this week after the recent upswing in volatility. The US economy is forecast to decelerate in the second half of the year and this week’s data releases
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Plunging tiger, booming dragon? Don’t panic
Willits News - IT’S ALL a bit disorienting. Indian stocks, among Asia’s star performers, are plunging, while Chinese shares, those perennial laggards, are surging. It’s a startlingreversal of fortune by Asia’s sexiest markets, and raises a question: Are investors
U.S. ally is expected to roll to second term
Silicon Valley - BOGOTA, Colombia — If there’s such a thing as a safe bet in politics, it’s that President Alvaro Uribe will win Colombia’s presidential election today. Leading his closest rival by 30 points in the latest polls, the U.S. ally appeared headed toward
Remember And Resist
TomPaine.com - James Carroll’s column appears regularly in the Globe. Today’s observance has its origins in the laudable impulse to memorialize those who died in the nation’s wars. Because that impulse is tied to grief, however, the remembering is narrow. Its
Merchants come together to push for earlier rafting season
Sierra Sun - As far as Tahoe City businesses are concerned the message is clear: A decreased rafting season translates into a deflated economy. The North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce and the Tahoe City Downtown Association have plans to draft a letter on behalf
Aeroplan devising new way to cash in points
Globe and Mail - The heart of Aeroplan Income Fund’s new grid for redeeming rewards will be a $20-million computer system that scrutinizes supply and demand for Air Canada flights before luring consumers to cash in their points. Rupert Duchesne, Aeroplan’s chief
Ford CEO Weathers Criticism at Meeting
Associated Press - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Bill Ford on Thursday reiterated his pledge not to accept a salary or bonus until the company’s automotive operations return to profitability, but the action didn’t satisfy every