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- Ed Dixon - as an experienced writer and proven business leader, Mr. Dixon is the primary contributor for news related to Business and Finance. ed_dixon@newstaar.com
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</div>Korea’s national power company, the Korea Electric Power Corporation, announced that it will be investing the equivalent of just over U.S. $7.1 billion to upgrade its existing power grid and add clean energy to its sources of power. The money will be invested over the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Earlier today, President Barack Obama met with several of the country’s top executives from major internet and other technology companies. The meeting took place in northern California at a private estate. The estate is home to venture capitalist John Doerr. Among those in attendance were […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>A panel of advocates from various agencies, which work to help the jobless, told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission today that many employers are actually screening out job applicants who are currently unemployed. With the unemployment rates at near record levels all across the country, […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Pandora Media Inc. filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock in an attempt to raise about $100 million. Neither the price nor the number of shares planned for the IPO was released by the Oakland California based company. Since the launch of […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Rather than risk steep fines and expensive de-icing procedures, many U.S. air carriers are opting to pre-cancel flights in the days before adverse weather. While not great news to some travelers, the strategy is paying off for the airlines. In the wake of the JetBlue […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>On Friday the White House is expected to send three proposals to congress on how to best untangle the government from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the wake of the $150 billion bailout, the government, and therefore taxpayers, now own about 80% of the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>A little after 2 PM local time yesterday a power outage brought air traffic departures to a stop at Newark’s Liberty International Airport. The outage was due to an equipment failure at a power switching station as workers were upgrading some equipment. The outage affected […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the FBI and the Secret Service are currently investigating some recent break-ins to the computer system which runs the NASDAQ. The hackers have not reportedly done anything malicious once inside the system. They simply left files capable […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>On Wednesday of this week, Hilton World-wide opened the first of a new line of hotels in the Hilton family. For the company, this was the first new brand for the company in over two decades. The new brand, labeled Home2 Suites, is a next […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>As the price of oil continues to rise, so to does the cost of jet fuel for the aviation industry. According to the Air Transportation Association, fuel accounts for about 27% of an airline’s operating costs. In an effort to off-set this increase in the […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>When it comes to quality control testing and the development of new products, Botanical Reference Materials (BRMs), also known as Herbal References are critically important. To help companies ultimately obtain all-important FDA approval, the Food and Drug Administration provides in its guidance a recommendation that […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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</div>Industrial drum mixers are normally applied to blend mixes of varying viscosities such as adhesive slurries or cement. Some of these mixers have the capability of blending mixes of very different particle sizes such as fruit and ice cream, and gravel and cement slurry. The […]<!-- AddThis Sharing Buttons below -->
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