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Sparrows Point sale closes; buyers say they will look for steelmakers
The massive Sparrows Point complex changed ownership Friday for the fifth time in less than a decade, potentially its last sale as a steel mill. The new owners, redevelopment firm Environmental Liability Transfer and liquidator Hilco Trading, paid $72....
Tags: Mining, Property, St. Louis, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Metal and Mineral
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The story of Chicago's Nazi spy
A spy story worthy of John le Carre began and ended 70 years ago this summer in Chicago. It had classic elements of an espionage tale — enemy agents landed from submarines, explosives hidden in the sand of an East Coast beach, orders written in...
Tags: Nazi Party, Long Island, Kandahar Massacre (2012), FBI, Politics
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Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent in the...
Tags: Political Corruption, Mining, Politics, Justice System, Federal Election Commission
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European shares fall to 11-month closing low
European shares hit their lowest close in 11 months on Tuesday as weak global growth replaced the U.S. debt ceiling row as investors' main concern and banks fell on worries about the euro zone peripheral debt crisis. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 (....Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Italy, Management Change, Germany, France
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Chinese copper firms in Zambia abusing workers, rights group says
World NowHuman Rights Watch report: Chinese-run copper mining companies in Zambia routinely violate labor laws and regulations intended to protect workers’ safety and their right to organize, according to a report released Nov. 3, 2011 by Human Rights Watch.... -
New doubts cast on safety of common driveway sealant
If a company dumped the black goop behind a factory, it would violate all sorts of environmental laws and face an expensive hazardous-waste cleanup.
But playgrounds, parking lots and driveways in many communities are coated every spring and summer with...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Environmental Pollution, The Home Depot, Rivers, Politics
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Major 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Chile
ReutersSANTIAGO (Reuters) -- A major earthquake of 7.1 magnitude hit central Chile on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter was 43 miles northwest of Temuco at a depth of 10.5 miles, it said. "No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Hawaii, Earthquakes, Disasters, Chile
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A 'miracle' in Chile, but mining accidents are often tragedies across Latin America
La PlazaIf the remarkable rescue of 33 miners trapped in Chile for 69 days was a "miracle," as some have dubbed it, other mining accidents in recent years have had less happy endings, claiming dozens of lives in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Though... -
Checking in on Chile: Pinera taps copper fund
La PlazaChile is still actively recovering from the magnitude 8.8 earthquake of Feb 27. Roads, infrastructure, and the wine and oil industries continue to rebuild. On Thursday, the Justice Ministry announced a plan to declare any missing person officially dead if... -
700 streetlights in L.A. out due to copper thefts
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThieves have disabled about 700 streetlights in Los Angeles, making off with 370,000 feet of valuable copper wiring over the last four months. L.A. officials said it is a twist on copper thefts that have plagued new home sites and even some office...Tags: Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles Times, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Florida, Career and Workplace
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