Updated : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:53 GMT
AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, spent nearly $1.78 million lobbying in the fourth quarter on a wide range of issues from health care reform to organized crime and food safety issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:00:52 GMT
AP - Calling himself a realist, Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday scaled back his proposal to raise income taxes, shifting to a call for an increase of just one percentage point to be used solely for preventing deep cuts to education.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:33 GMT
AP - The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential blow to hopes that the economic recovery will be aided this year by U.S. sales abroad.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:28:31 GMT
AP - The chief economist of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who is an expert on the financial instruments that figured largely in the 2008 crisis, is leaving his position for the private sector.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:02 GMT
Reuters - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:45:06 GMT
AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:08:30 GMT
AP - Giant-screen movie technology company Imax Corp. posted a fourth-quarter profit Thursday, reversing a year-ago loss on a sharp jump in its movie theater equipment sales and rentals.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:47:00 GMT
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