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Exclusive: Japan Inc. averse to further yen drop, poll finds
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Signs are that most firms in export-driven Japan Inc, having got the weaker yen they craved, now want the currency to either stabilize or recover ground, rather than continue a slide that will increasingly raise their costs. About...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Toyota Motor Corp., Nikkei, Exports, Shinzo Abe
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Chevron nears sale of Egypt, Pakistan downstream assets -sources
ReutersBy Dinesh Nair DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp is in advanced talks to sell its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan, three sources said, with the planned disposals seen raising around $300 million for the U.S. oil major. Chevron, the second-...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Chevron Corportion, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Egypt
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Rockwood pigments businesses attract private equity bids -sources
ReutersBy Michael Erman and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings Inc's pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP and Advent International Corp, several...Tags: Rockwood Holdings Incorporated, Blackstone Group, L.P., Metal, Huntsman Corporation, Private Equity
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EXCLUSIVE-Japan Inc. averse to further yen drop, poll finds
ReutersBy Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Signs are that most firms in export-driven Japan Inc, having got the weaker yen they craved, now want the currency to either stabilise or recover ground, rather than continue a slide that...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Toyota Motor Corp., Photography Supplies and Services, Business, Thomson Corporation
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Yahoo seeks turnaround with $1.1-billion deal to buy Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold — and risky — strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., France Telecom, Facebook, Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet
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RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersBy Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by...Tags: Executive Branch, Alternative Energy, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Vehicles, Taxation
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Dawn Sweeney: Restaurant industry eyes sensible immigration reform
Capitol Hill is accustomed to bitter partisanship. But eight U.S. senators — four Democrats and four Republicans — just stood shoulder-to-shoulder to introduce a sweeping immigration reform bill. This so-called "Gang of Eight" is comprised of...Tags: U.S. Congress, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Lindsey O. Graham, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Illegal Immigrants
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Restraint is the new red in China
BEIJING — Exports of elegant Swiss watches to China have plunged. Sales of Mercedes-Benz and other premium sedans are slowing. And high-end restaurants, coming off their worst Chinese New Year festival in years, are starting to change their menus to...
Tags: Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Elections, Trips and Vacations, Political Corruption
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State dairymen seek bigger share of whey windfall
SACRAMENTO — California dairy farmers and cheese processors are fighting again over milk prices. It's not Grade A, homogenized, pasteurized milk that's at issue in the state Capitol. Rather, agriculture lobbyists are focused on the price of whey,...
Tags: Executive Branch, Jerry Brown, Government, Food Industry, Richard Pan
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Silicon Valley-area city becomes factory town again, with help of high-tech manufacturing
AP National WriterFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews...Tags: Mike Honda, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Labor Markets, Business, Intel Corp.
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Some recession victims feel lucky to be working harder
arnoldp@herald-mail.comOne thing Ed Grimes hates about his current work schedule is trying to explain it to others. “It’s confusing,” he said. Since being laid off in 2009 after nearly four decades at Hagerstown’s Noland Company, the 61-year-old...Tags: Golf, Vehicles, Unemployment Benefits, Labor Legislation, Finance
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In bid to combat prostitution, human trafficking, lawmakers vote to limit massage hours
Legitimate massage therapists are tired of them and law enforcement officials see them as potential venues for human trafficking. Now, the Florida Legislature is also flexing its muscle in the fight against the growth of adult-oriented massage...
Tags: Lake Worth, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Florida Legislature
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