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Luxury Cars Fail Crash Test; Ford Recalls More Vehicles
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 8:39am | 492Read More...The auto industry has had its fair share of trials to overcome as of late, as trusted motor companies like Ford (NYSE: F) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) have dished out many recalls throughout 2012. Now drivers may feel the need to heighten their skepticism, as several luxury vehicles have failed to pass a...
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Possible Hepatitis C Outbreak Could Lift This ETF
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 6:53am | 699Read More...David Kwiatkowski, who worked at 13 hospitals in eight states, was indicted last week on charges he allegedly infected 31 people at a New Hampshire hospital where he was previously employed with hepatitis C. As if that alarming discovery is not bad enough, Kwiatkowski, who is hepatitis C positive...
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Honda Announces Massive Recall Involving Over 320,000 Cars and SUVs
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 1:47pm | 537Read More...Honda (NYSE: HMC) is recalling 166,000 small SUVs and 6,200 luxury cars in the United States, along with thousands more throughout the rest of the world. The Japanese automaker said there may be a problem with the doors of the 2012 CR-V and the 2013 Acura ILX. According to Reuters, no accidents or...
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Facebook and Apple Together at Last?
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - 10:05am | 445Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief Tim Cook has hinted that Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) integration is coming. To be clear, Cook's exact quote (from the All Things Digital conference) was this: "Facebook is a great company. I have great appreciation for them. I think the relationship is very solid. We have...
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Wolves, Cheetahs, and Grizzly Bears Among Zoo Escapees; No Word on What @BronxZoosCobra Thinks
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 7:14am | 273Read More...There could be as many as 48 animals running wild in Zanesville, Ohio right now. While this might sound like an exciting (if not comical) moment for one of the sleepiest states in the nation, the animals that have escaped are no laughing matter. They include grizzly bears, black bears, cheetahs,...
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ABC News Joins Forces with Yahoo! News, But Will it be Enough to Save Yahoo! from Certain Death?
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 9:32am | 625Read More...Or will Yahoo! destroy ABC's value? It wasn't long ago that Daniel Loeb launched an attack on Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), hoping to remove Roy Bostock, a man he referred to as the company's “destroyer of value.” Now Yahoo! is attempting to restore value to the firm by joining forces with ABC News, the...
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License Plates Could Be Untapped Source for State Revenue
Friday, July 22, 2011 - 1:50pm | 525Read More...With public calls for tax cuts, substantial state budget shortfalls, and legislative moves to cut state government spending, state governments are going to have to start getting creative in raising funds. One way in which state governments could raise a good amount of funding could be through the...
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Moody's Calls Europe's Bluff
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 4:10pm | 215Read More...In the past few months, Moody's has downgraded Greece's debt multiple times on concerns of fiscal insolvency. On Wednesday, Moody's announced a further downgrade of Greek sovereign debt, dropping Greece's rating from B1 to CAA1. This downgrade from Moody's contrasts with statements made by France'...
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Texas State Education Board Voting To Resolve Pro-Islam Textbook Issue
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 9:39am | 192Read More...According to ABC News, students may be getting a sugar-coated view of Islam, due to the fact that social studies textbooks currently show bias against Christianity, which some educational leaders are trying to resolve. "It's clearly just an attempt to propagandize the state's student population...
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How To Get a Low Mortgage Rate
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 1:34pm | 137Read More...Fox Business Network’s Gerri Willis was just interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America regarding the record low mortgage rates that the industry is seeing lately. She noted that, despite homeowners looking to refinance and new homebuyers looking to buy, inventories are not moving and loans are not...
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Ford To Bring Nearly 2,000 Jobs Back To Factories By 2012
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 10:29am | 156Read More...Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has drafted competitive contracts with the United Auto Workers union, allowing the car maker to bring almost 2,000 jobs back into its factories from parts supply companies, ABC News reports. The contract from 2007 allows Ford to hire workers at $14/hour, about half of...
