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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.
World - news
Three Tibetans self-immolate in western China: report - YAHOO!
5 February 2012, 2:34 am
China's official Xinhua
news agency reported that police fired in self-defense on "mobs" that stormed police stations. China has ruled what it calls the Tibet Autonomous Region since Communist troops marched in 1950. It rejects criticism that it is eroding ...
AP news in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EST - AP - msnbc.com
4 February 2012, 8:00 pm
Romney takes strong lead in Nevada GOP primary — would be second in a row for front-runner LAS VEGAS (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney jumped to a strong lead in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, reaching for a second straight ...
Nate's movie news wrap-up - Teton Valley news
4 February 2012, 11:47 am
It's been another attention-grabbing month for Hollywood with a ton of interesting industry
news bits. January saw everything from legislative battles over internet piracy, to incessant whining about DVD sales by a self-absorbed movie studio, to ...
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 ...
