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  • Tech: Gadget News and Reviews
    Mar 30, 2012 — Washington Post
    Thanks. pegoraror: Yes, and have done so for several years now. If I purchase this, will my current MS Office 2003 run on it? pegoraror: Yes. Thanks. pegoraror: You should have no trouble meeting that price limit.
  • $40M deal to buy old rail line may come with light-rail strings
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Virginian-Pilot
    It could also make the debate about whether the city should hold another light-rail referendum moot. The City Council has not taken an official stance on light rail.
  • 'Westerfield' geared for the end of the recession
    Sep 3, 2010 — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    It is north of Spirit Valley, across Olive Street Road. Its neighbor to the west is Rombach Farm, which is known to many St. The 37-acre area is on Eatherton Road west of the airport. The largest landowner by far in "Westerfield" is Spirit of St. Louis Airport, which holds 1,250 acres for mostly airport-related uses.
  • Analysis: Dems out of jobs options before election
    Sep 3, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    For Democrats, probably not. "It's the economy, stupid," was the oft-repeated message of Bill Clinton's winning presidential campaign in 1992. He urged Congress to take up a small-business jobs bill and castigated Senate Republicans for blocking it. They're people who've lost their jobs.
  • Another Item for Climate Panel's To-Do List
    Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
    Earlier this week, Alex Abutu, a science and health writer in Nigeria, posted a query about African participants in the forthcoming science assessment by the climate panel on the Earth Journalism Network Google Groups listserv. They are African scientists on the IPCC 5th Assessment Report team. Why don’t scientists and other experts contributing to the fifth assessment by the climate panel self organize and create a public Web portal?
  • Area's solar industry bright
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    ...in solar, Thomas said. Two years ago, just over 350 megawatts of solar generating capacity was added to the grid. "So when you think about it, that 13 gigawatts is 300 times what we installed in this country in 2008," he said. Converteam employs 300 people in O'Hara and could add 200 and expand to more space as the solar business grows, Thomas said. Burns and Scalo Roofing Co. of Crafton is moving into the solar energy roof business with Scalo Solar Solutions LLC, a new...
  • Banking on the future of health care
    Sep 3, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Bill Pickart, Bob Kebbekus and Tim Dyer bought Dominion 10 years ago and moved its corporate offices to Milwaukee from Virginia. Pickart is IMP's chief executive officer, Kebbekus is president and Dyer is chief financial officer. "You have this very stable, growing, high cash flow business in Dominion, and that cash flow is funding growth of its newer divisions," said Syburg, who joined IMP's board after Blackthorne closed on the funding. The newer divisions are ProSperus, which...
  • Bed bugs' health threat 'serious as sin,' speaker says
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Blade
    Jones said bed-bug infestations were unheard of in Ohio, and much of the United States, until a few years ago. By 2008, Hamilton County Public Health Department was reporting 305 cases of the bugs. The Cincinnati Health Department reported 1,101. Now, bed bugs are appearing all over Ohio, Ms.
  • Bernanke out of moves, critics say
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Washington Times
    ...the Fed's seemingly small steps kicked off a "virtuous cycle" where the Fed's gradual purchases of Treasury securities drives interest rates lower and prompts more mortgage refinancings. The mortgage refinancings, in turn, prompt the early redemption of the Fed's mortgage securities, causing the Fed to reinvest more in Treasuries, repeating the cycle, he said. All told, IHS estimates that by the end of next year, the Fed will have purchased at least $400 billion more Treasury securities...
  • Big leap in private health coverage predicted
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Palm Beach Post
    About 126 million will stay in a traditional employer-sponsored plan. Another 36 million will buy on the exchange using pre-tax dollars through their employers. In Florida, that process is in its infancy.
  • Bjorn Lomborg's climate change sparks environment debate
    Sep 3, 2010 — USA Today
    Changed climate views by "skeptical environmentalist" Bjørn Lomborg should be celebrated by environment advocates, says one public opinion expert, instead of being met with derision. A follow-up letter from Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment scientists said folks should "would be wise to remain wary," of Lomborg.
  • Bomb scare empties Miami airport
    Sep 3, 2010 — CNN
    A passenger was in law enforcement custody, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement early Friday morning. Authorities rerouted arriving flights to other parts of the airport. Investigators from Miami-Dade Police, the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security responded to the incident, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.
  • BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts
    Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
    Gowers suggested that the proposed legislation contradicted President Obama’s stated desire to keep BP a strong and viable company after the agreement to set up the escrow fund. He estimated that the gulf generated $5 billion to $7 billion in profits annually for BP, or about a quarter of the company’s total.Mr. Nagle said BP had discussed the matter with House leaders, and that company executives intended to discuss the matter with Senate leaders after the summer recess.
  • Bus praised as a help during LIRR disruption
    Sep 3, 2010 — Newsday
    Ten of the system's 11 branches converge at Jamaica. Coinciding with those disruptions, Long Island Bus saw increased ridership on several lines, LI Bus spokesman Jerry Mikorenda said. Without $100 million of new funding over the next four years, LI Bus could cease operations, officials say.
  • Caritas to convert Landmark
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    Caritas is advising Landmark management.Caritas, the chain of six Catholic hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts, earlier this year agreed to be bought by New York private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. It would be up to Steward's parent firm, Cerberus, to determine whether to convert future acquisitions to Catholic hospitals. Elizabeth's Medical Center and Carney Hospital in Dorchester, has been a sensitive issue within the Catholic church.
  • Clams befouling Tahoe invade Adirondack lake in NY
    Sep 3, 2010 — Associated Press Online
    The next step, Nierzwicki-Bauer said, is to develop a management plan. Eurasian watermilfoil, a fast-growing aquatic plant that crowds out native species and snarls motorboat propellers, has been held at bay with benthic barriers. The clams, which are sometimes used by fishermen as bait, are transported in bait pails and in water remaining inside of boats.
  • Cost of health insurance goes up 3%
    Sep 3, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Since then, health insurance premiums have increased 138% compared with a 31% increase in consumer prices. The cost of single coverage rose 5% to $5,049 this year. And some employers are seeing the results. Wagner Cos., a Milwaukee maker of handrails and components, said its health insurance premiums decreased this year.
  • Economic indicator shows slow SoCal activity
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Press-Enterprise
    ...months. Adrian Fleissig, an economist at Cal State Fullerton, said that the six-county area will see only a "moderate increase" in economic activity. Also, Riverside and San Bernardino counties will still lag behind the coastal counties. Fleissig said Inland Southern California will see only sporadic job growth in the next few months. "Whether this increase in economic activity will turn into an increase in civilian employment is questionable," Fleissig said.
  • EDITORIAL
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Baltimore Sun
    But the MSA and the HSA exams are of only limited usefulness in picking out the growth in achievement of individual students or the effectiveness of individual teachers. The MSA, for example, is given to students in grades three through eight, but it only tests two subjects: reading and math. Rather than assign a numerical value to score individual students' performance, the MSA, for example, rates them as below proficient, proficient and above proficient.
  • Editorial: Shifting the Health Cost Burden
    Sep 3, 2010 — New York Times
    The latest annual survey of employer health benefits contains good news for the employers but bad news for their workers. The long-term solution — a goal of the new health care reforms — is to restrain rising health care costs. Workers have little clout to demand cheaper or better coverage.
  • Employees' insurance burden up more than rates
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
    At the same time, wages increased 18percent and inflation rose 12 percent. Employer-sponsored insurance is the leading source of health insurance in the United States, covering about 157 million people.
  • Florida Hospital patients left out of loop about 60-day contract extension for doctor visits
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Orlando Sentinel
    Florida households to continue using Florida Hospital facilities -- and seeing 450 Florida Hospital staff physicians -- at in-network rates. On Aug. 13 -- one day before the contract was set to expire -- the two companies announced an agreement that would allow United Healthcare members to continue seeing doctors and using Florida Hospital facilities at in-network prices until Sept. 14. At the time, Florida Hospital spokeswoman Samantha O'Lenick said the two sides were very...
  • Florida reverses 2009 population decline
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Palm Beach Post
    UF pegged the state population as of April 1 at 18.7 million. While the state gained residents, more than half of Florida's 67 counties continued to shrink, UF said. Palm Beach County lost 883 people, the third year in a row the county shed population. Lucie County lost 82 residents, its second year of declines.
  • Group urges Lingle to clear rail transit
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Honolulu Star-Advertiser
    Linda Lingle to give rail transit the green light. Members of Faith Action for Community Equity Hawaii, or FACE, said they echo U.S. Sen. Louis, looked at six rail projects now in progress. Honolulu's was the largest rail-only project, at $5.29 billion.
  • Harley-Davidson employees to meet Tuesday about contract concessions
    Sep 3, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    ...the negotiations fail, Harley could move its powertrain operations -- which manufacture motorcycle engines and transmissions -- to a company plant in Kansas City that currently assembles motorcycles and makes some engines. Then, motorcycle assembly work would be moved from Kansas City to an existing Harley- Davidson plant in York, Pa. The company has a short list of alternate sites for the powertrain operations if it can't get a labor agreement. Any one of those sites is...
  • Health Care Reform Brings Insurance To Early Retirees Not Eligible For Medicare
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Hartford Courant
    ...cost of health care and the inability of early retirees to find health insurance options has made it difficul for Americans who retire before they are eligible for Medicare to make ends meet and employers to cover health care costs for employees and retires," U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Connecticut, said Wednesday in announcing the Connecticut recipients. Democrats added the program to the healthcare legislation to encourage employers to keep their insurance plans for retirees ages...
  • Health insurance is taking a bigger bite from workers' wallets
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    Total single coverage cost $5,049, up 5 percent. Since 2005, workers' contributions to premiums have jumped 47 percent -- about $1,300 -- while overall premiums rose 27 percent.
  • Home grown
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Wisconsin State Journal
    Kohout weighed about 230 when he was offered. You've heard Coach B say we've got to find a Wisconsin kid out of state. A lot of these kids are really athletic.
  • Hurricane Earl brings warnings up coast to New England
    Sep 3, 2010 — Tampa Tribune
    ...winds of 40 mph or stronger blowing from Virginia north. From there, the storm is forecast to come close to Nantucket, Mass. Warnings and watches cover the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Canada, including hurricane warnings for nearly all of North Carolina and southern Massachusetts, including Cape Cod. Tropical storm warnings were issued for the Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island coasts into Massachusetts. This morning, Earl had winds of 140 mph as...
  • In good company: Welfare capitalism
    Sep 3, 2010 — The Boston Globe
    But with independent unions now representing only 7 percent of the private-sector workforce, certain union functions have been subsumed by companies, notably the handling of grievances. A growing number of companies require binding arbitration of employment disputes. Indeed, ObamaCare has made employer-provided medical care the linchpin of its effort to achieve universal coverage.New corporate initiatives in the area of housing are on the upsurge, too.
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