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Calif. launches probe into scam targeting churches
California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing schemes, authorities said Friday. State Attorney General Jerry Brown said as many as 30 South...
21-11-2009 - 08:34
Senators seek more info on dealer closures
Senators are calling on General Motors and Chrysler to release more details on ongoing talks over the automakers' plans to close thousands of auto dealerships as part of their bankruptcies. In letters Friday to the two companies, the majority of the Se...
21-11-2009 - 08:31
Holiday travelers waited longer to book this year
Holiday travelers waited a little longer to book their flights this year, likely holding out for better deals and waiting to see if they would still have a job. And some aren't going at all. Travelocity reports that the average advance purchase fell to...
21-11-2009 - 08:30
Ky. court upholds $6M verdict in strip search case
A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip in a McDonald's restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer. The appellate court on Friday ruled that Illinois-based McDonal...
21-11-2009 - 08:30
UPS sets new rates for 2010
UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, is hiking 2010 rates for ground packages by an average of 4.9 percent. The company, based in Atlanta, said Friday there also will be an average net rate increase of 4.9 percent next year on all air expres...
21-11-2009 - 08:29
Becton Dickinson buys test maker HandyLab
Becton Dickinson and Co. said Friday it bought molecular diagnostic test maker HandyLab Inc. for $275 million. The company first announced the acquisition in October. The company has said it would run tests for infections such as MRSA on a diagnostic t...
21-11-2009 - 08:28
Business events scheduled for the coming week
WASHINGTON _ National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for September, 10 a.m. WASHINGTON _ Ken Feinberg, Special Master for Executive Compensation, at the National Press Club at noon. CAMDEN, N.J. _ Campbell Soup Co. releases first-...
21-11-2009 - 08:24
Public to vote on South Dakota's smoking ban law
The state has decided not to appeal a judge's decision that allows South Dakota's new smoking ban law to be referred to a public vote in the 2010 election. The decision was announced Friday by Attorney General Marty Jackley and Secretary of State Chris...
21-11-2009 - 08:24
Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. But the section's purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million...
21-11-2009 - 08:22
Colo. jobless rate dips to 6.9 percent in October
A shrinking labor force and about 1,000 new jobs have helped put Colorado's latest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at 6.9 percent, a slight decrease from the previous month, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Friday. "T...
21-11-2009 - 08:20
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