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 FAA downgrades Mexican airlines
Kansas City News.Net
Mexico's aviation safety rating has been downgraded by the US oversight organisation, the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has given Mexico a category 2 rating, which is often given to Third World countries. Mexican airlines will not be able to  Interns could be entitled to wages
Kansas City News.Net
A new report from a US think tank, Internocracy, has said young people working for free as interns are legally entitled to be paid.  BP scaling back oil response efforts
Kansas City News.Net
BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board vote.  Unemployment soaring for Spain
Kansas City News.Net
Spain's economy continues to take a hammering with the latest unemployment figures showing the highest levels in thirteen years. For BBC bosses Salford just won't do
Guardian
Peter Salmon, the director of BBC North, may or may not be making the move to Manchester a permanent one. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian A good woman economist is hard to find
Guardian
When the Bank of England's monetary policy committee meets this week to set interest rates, it will be the first time that a full-strength gathering of nine has been male-only.Kate Barker, who has bee... Spotlight: Kodak | Printer sales ease quarterly loss
Courier-Journal
Robust inkjet printer sales and fewer charges narrowed Eastman Kodak Co.'s loss to $168million in the second quarter, but its slumping film business cast a shadow over the photography pioneer's prolon... Spotlight: Kodak | Printer sales ease quarterly loss
Courier-Journal
Robust inkjet printer sales and fewer charges narrowed Eastman Kodak Co.'s loss to $168million in the second quarter, but its slumping film business cast a shadow over the photography pioneer's prolon... Earnings outstrip jobs, economic growth
The Daily Telegraph
THE US stock market is likely to keep pulling risk on and off the table in the days ahead, with more earnings reports and a full slate of data on the economy, employment in particular, due in the comi... Boeing Subsidiary Lands $43.7M Military Contract
ABCNews
Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $43.7 million contract to build the military's next generation of remote-controlled spy craft. The company based in the Columbia River Gorge town of Bingen, ... - Asian stocks rise in longest streak since March
Taipei Times
BLOOMBERG AND AFP , HONG KONGSunday, Aug 01, 2010, Page 10 Asian stocks rose for the fourth consecutive week, their longest winning streak in four months, as company earnings reports boosted confi... Exxon Mobil is paying its taxes
Japan Times
Wherefore art thou, corporate social responsibility? ": I know that Hesse is not the author, but I just wanted to set the record straight about the claim he cited that Exxon Mobil did not pay U.S. inc... Spirit Airlines' Carry-on Bag Fee Starts Sunday
ABCNews
Spirit Airlines passengers may want to get to the airport a little earlier than normal Sunday as a new fee on carry-on bags takes effect. Spirit sparked controversy in April when it announced plans... Pipe Break That Caused Michigan Oil Spill Is Found
ABCNews
Crews clean up oil, from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, near booms where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River in Marshall Township, Mich., July 30, 2010. The Canadian company that own... FDIC Shuts Banks in Fla., Ga., Ore., Wash.
CBS News
(AP) Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defa... Salazar Tours Rigs in Gulf, Keeps Drill Ban
CBS News
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, looks at blowout preventer controls as he tours the Murphy Front Runner deep water oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday. Japanese User Claims Twitter's 20 Billionth Tweet
ABCNews
Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. It came at 12:44 a.m. Sunday (1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT Saturd... Oil Spill Taints UC Berkeley's BP-Funded Research
ABCNews
In this July 30, 2010 photo, demonstrator Gene Bernardi holds a sign during a protest in Berkeley, Calif., to mark the 100th day anniversary of BP oil spill. BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of... Mass. House Approves Casino Gambling Bill
ABCNews
The Massachusetts House voted Saturday for a compromise bill that would create the most sweeping expansion of gambling in the state in four decades, even as Gov. Deval Patrick vowed not to sign the me... Coalition three months on: the budget
Guardian
budget in June was the most radical and controversial for a generation, laying out the fiscal gamble that is likely to make or break the first coalition government in postwar Britain.Flanked by Camero... China's biggest gold producer makes 3-fold profit
Times Of India
BEIJING: China National Gold Group Corp., the country’s biggest gold producer, has reported a three-fold increase in its profits to $228 million in the first half of 2010. But it did not clarify ... Your Wedding Gift Dilemmas Solved
CBS News
Guests spend an average of $60 to $120 on a wedding gift, depending on their relationship with the couple, according to TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com 2009 Registry Study. How to Be a "Super Saver"
CBS News
secrets of so-called "super savers," and what they have in common. According to her report, super savers delay gratification, have no impulse buys, have an absolute avoidance of debt, automate their ... China Setting Milestone as Economy Passes Japan's
ABCNews
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. By... Paperwork Nightmare: A Struggle to Fix New Law
ABCNews
Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $6... Microsoft to challenge Yahoo Japan-Google deal
Business Journal
's search and advertising technology should be blocked. “We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competitio...
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