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4 February 2012, 4:00 am
Your Government Knows Best: A 2007 federal energy- independence law required companies that supply motor fuel in the U.S. to blend in a certain cellulose-based ingredient starting in 2011 -- even though (as the Environmental Protection Agency well knows) the ingredient simply does not now exist. A New York Times reporter checked with the EPA in January and found that the companies will still ...
Forbes Earnings Preview: news Corp.
3 February 2012, 1:25 pm
Wall Street is expecting higher profit for
news Corp. (NWSA) when the company reports its second quarter results on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. The consensus estimate is calling for profit of 34 cents a share, a rise from 29 cents per share a year ago.
Hudson news chain founder Robert Cohen dies at 86
2 February 2012, 9:02 pm
Magazine distributor Robert B. Cohen, who built the Hudson
news chain of
newsstands from one store at LaGuardia Airport and changed the way travelers spend their downtime, has died at age 86. Cohen was already a giant in the magazine and
newspaper distribution business when he decided to launch a retail chain in 1987.
news Corp taps Bloomberg executive to lead Dow Jones
2 February 2012, 5:06 pm
(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's
news Corp on Thursday named Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick as chief executive officer of its Dow Jones & Co unit which houses its Wall Street Journal
newspaper. Fenwick, a 25-year Bloomberg veteran, will join Dow Jones on February 13 and report to
news Corp President Chase Carey. He replaces Les Hinton, a 52-year
news Corp veteran, who left the company last July ...
news Corp names ex-Bloomberg exec as Dow Jones CEO
2 February 2012, 4:26 pm
news Corp. said Thursday that Lex Fenwick, a Bloomberg LP executive, is the new CEO of Dow Jones & Co., the
news Corp. subsidiary that publishes The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
newswires.
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Herald news: Komen reverses - NorthJersey.com
5 February 2012, 1:01 am
IF THE Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity thought its move to stop funding Planned Parenthood was going to pass unnoticed, it learned an important lesson. Opposition to Komen's decision was so intense that after three days of defending ...
AP news in Brief at 11:58 p.m. EST - AP - msnbc.com
4 February 2012, 10:59 pm
Two in a row for Romney: GOP front-runner cruises to easy win in Nevada presidential caucuses LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to a decisive victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second ...
Local news briefs — Feb. 5 - Akron Beacon Journal
4 February 2012, 10:52 pm
WADSWORTH: Firefighters are investigating two house fires that occurred within two hours of each other. Firefighters were called to the 500 block of College Street shortly before 6:30 p.m. Friday and found flames rising from the basement of the home.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows - Washington Times
4 February 2012, 4:11 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - Guest lineups for the Sunday TV
news shows: ABC’s “This Week.” Topic: Politics. GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Topics: Politics; and the Super Bowl. GOP presidential candidate Newt ...
Hudson news chain founder Robert Cohen dies at 86 - msnbc.com
2 February 2012, 7:20 pm
NEW YORK (AP) - Magazine distributor Robert B. Cohen, who built the Hudson
news chain of
newsstands from one store at LaGuardia Airport and changed the way travelers spend their downtime, has died at age 86. Cohen was already a giant in the ...
Fox news: A decade on top - Yahoo Finance
31 January 2012, 9:10 pm
REUTERS - Shepard Smith, the 48-year-old Fox
news anchor, admits that he was happy hardly anyone watched the network at first. "We really needed the practice," said Smith, the Holly Springs, Mississippi, native who has been with Fox
news since ...
