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U.S. slaps sanctions on Iranian businessman, companies
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Thursday on an Iranian businessman and a network of banks and companies dealing with Tehran amid an international stalemate over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The move targeted...
Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Iran's Nuclear Program, Defense Equipment, Kazakhstan, Malaysia
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WTO cuts forecast for global trade growth amid European slowdown
WASHINGTON -- The World Trade Organization on Wednesday lowered its forecast for global trade growth in 2013, saying economic improvement in the U.S. would not be enough to offset Europe's struggles. The dimmer outlook for trade this year follows a...
Tags: European Union, Global Expansion, Productivity, Weather, Politics
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Understanding the deep roots of entitlement woes
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Productivity at U.S. companies grows at slower pace
At the end of the production line at the World's Finest Chocolate factory on Chicago's Southwest Side, workers must pack 115 large boxes with smaller cases of chocolate-covered cherries every hour or Audra Lee records the slippage on a board with a red...Tags: Employees, Computer Hardware, Career and Workplace, Dover Corporation, Companies and Corporations
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Farming: Spring backward
That lion-in/lamb-out thing about March didn't offer much lamb this year, but it did deliver several platters of snow. Oh, spring arrived on time; winter just didn't leave on time. The struggle between seasons finally sorted out Holy Week. Palm Sunday...Tags: Federal Reserve, The New York Times, Easter, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Religious Festivals
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Spring backward
That lion-in/lamb-out thing about March didn’t offer much lamb this year, but it did deliver several platters of snow. Oh, spring arrived on time; winter just didn’t leave on time. The struggle between seasons finally sorted out Holy Week....Tags: Federal Reserve, The New York Times, Easter, Religious Festivals
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Explore the world's limits via Google's John Hanke
When Silicon Valley wizard John Hanke developed Google Earth a little more than a decade ago, he put advanced, interactive mapping technology in the hands of consumers. It was a major breakthrough, but Hanke has moved on since then. As director of...
Tags: Google Inc., Travel, Project Glass, Trips and Vacations
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Facebook to unveil HTC phone with Google's Android software
SAN FRANCISCO — Get ready for the Facebook phone. The company is close to unveiling a smartphone whose software keeps the social network front and center. It is part of an overall strategy to advance Facebook's ambitions to dominate mobile devices...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Media Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Consumers
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Generating stunning visual effects, but not enough revenue
This should be a golden age for visual effects in movies. Thanks to the box office success of movies such as "The Avengers" and "Life of Pi," demand for visual effects has never been greater. Studios are spending $100 million or more to put ever more...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Canada, Financially Distressed Companies, Men in Black III (movie), Star Wars (movie)
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Rhythm & Hues buyer tied to Prana Studios
A company tied to the Los Angeles-based effects and animation studio Prana Studios has beat out other bidders to acquire Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that filed for bankruptcy protection last month, a source close to the deal said...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Animation (Movie Genre), Financially Distressed Companies, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Companies and Corporations
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Ron Kirk, we barely knew you
On Feb. 27, the eve the Great Sequester, President Barack Obama left the Oval Office and its byzantine game of federal budget chicken to walk next door to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to personally thank Ron Kirk “for his service and his...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Barack Obama, Doha (Qatar), Bali (Indonesia)
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Toyota overhauls management, gives more autonomy to North America
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details. In a move to give more autonomy to the regions where Toyota Motor Corp. sells cars and bring a new generation of leadership to the company’s top management, the automaker...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Financially Distressed Companies, Media Industry, Companies and Corporations, Japan
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