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Stokes Fired As Head Of N.c. State Health Plan
george stokes, administrator of the north carolina state employees health plan for the past three years, has been fired after lawmakers discovered an unexpected shortfall on the agency's books.
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Business Park In St. Peters Clears One More Hurdle
st. peters officials have received written notification from the federal emergency management agency that it will revise a floodway boundary along the mississippi river, clearing the way for development of the premier 370 business park.
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Agency Moving Forward On State Government Tech Overhaul
eight years after its creation, the georgia technology authority is once again trying to make good on its mandate to overhaul the government's tech infrastructure. the agency is reviewing bids from companies that want to run the state's telecommunications and computer networks and awaiting bids on a contract to manage the state's web sites. all together, the state expects to pay about $1.28 ...
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Snapp Conner Pr Named Top Utah Pr Agency By Business Connect
after just a year and a quarter of business, utah's most progressive pr agency, snapp conner pr, has won top honors from business connect magazine. snapp conner pr has been named utah's top pr agency in the magazine's 2008 readers' choice awards.
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Epa Approves Dallas-fort Worth Clean Air Plan
the u.s. environmental protection agency has given preliminary approval to a plan to bring air quality in the dallas-fort worth area into compliance with federal standards by next year.
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Moody's Threat To Bradford & Bingley Rescue Plan
bradford & bingley is facing the risk that its financial rescue package could be derailed as speculation rose that its credit is about to be downgraded by the ratings agency moody's.
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Central Ny Business News
• industry criticizes fuel plan detroit a lobbying group for 10 major automakers said tuesday the government is underestimating the cost of increasing fuel economy standards and wants those standards to go into effect too quickly.
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Postal Service Plans To Overhaul Delivery Network, Close Facilities
the u.s. postal service plans to close dozens of facilities across the country as part of a major reorganization, a move that could save millions of dollars and create a more flexible postal network. but the plan is certain to spark a fresh round of bickering with the agency’s strong labor unions.
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Valley Business Briefs For July 3
business news from across the valley...
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Lake Elsinore Hopes Planned Live-work Condos Will Help Big Business Take Root
lake elsinore officials hope that by sowing seeds of entrepreneurialism, some local business can grow into the next mcdonald's, xerox or esri -- all businesses with inland area beginnings.
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S&p Hikes Outlook On Gerdau Ameristeel To "stable" - Msn Moneycentral
new york (ap) - standard & poor's ratings services said wednesday it raised its outlook on steel producer gerdau ameristeel corp. to "stable" from "negative" because of its recent strong performance. the agency also affirmed all credit ratings on the ...
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How To Make Accounting Software Cool - Cnn Money
new york (fortune) -- it was too weird to be true. in late 2006, a series of videos appeared on youtube about a willow springs, ill., resident named kyle bone who'd created a successful product called "the anti-shirt" - a shirt that exposed the area ...
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Housebuilders Rebound As Government Shows Support - Reuters Uk
london (reuters) - shares in most housebuilders rose on thursday following a government announcement that it will introduce a package of measures to help stabilise the housing market this month. housebuilders, which have seen their market value ...
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The Great Drug Debate - Forbes
the battle between the drug industry and its critics over exactly how much companies must do to prove medicines are safe played out in microcosm at a two-day food and drug administration meeting this week. a panel of fda experts voted 14-2 on ...
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Oil Markets Are Falling Prey To The Blame Game - Globe And Mail
london — the punishing price of a gallon of gasoline is reaching every corner of the economy and we need someone to blame. marks & spencer, britain's premier retailer, issued a profit warning yesterday that sales over the last three months had ...
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Air Travelers Are In For A Jolt - Baltimore Sun
air travelers who booked tickets in advance for this fall may want to check again before they check in. as airlines cut back, some who followed the travel industry's advice to book their trips ahead - from honeymooners to family vacationers - are ...
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Saudi Aramco, Dow Plan $26 Billion Chemicals Project (update1) - Bloomberg
july 3 (bloomberg) -- saudi aramco and dow chemical co. plan to build a $26 billion petrochemicals complex in saudi arabia to take advantage of the world's biggest oil reserves and meet rising demand for plastics used in consumer goods, said a banker ...
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Medvedev To Discuss Pipelines In Azerbaijan-media - Guardian Unlimited
moscow wants to convince its former soviet ally that oil exports headed northward into russia are more attractive than via a new eu-backed plan which, if built, will ultimately link central asian producers to markets in europe.
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Daily Briefing - Atlanta Journal Constitution
washington —- late payments on consumer loans dipped slightly in the first three months of the year but remained at a level not seen since the early 1990s. the american bankers association said wednesday that late payments on a broad sample of ...
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Epa Set To Approve Dallas-fort Worth Clean Air Plan - Environment News Service
dallas, texas , july 3, 2008 (ens) - with more than $100 million in funding from two state programs, the smoggy air of the dallas-fort worth area has been cleared to the point that the u.s. environmental protection agency this week announced its ...
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