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Green power gets more solar energy

February 20, 2010

Solar energy is about to play a much bigger role in Georgia Power Co.’s Green Energy Program.
The state Public Service Commission amended the program Thursday […]

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450,000 at risk in foreclosure-prevention program

January 27, 2010

Hundreds of thousands of troubled homeowners who are making lower mortgage payments on a trial basis are at risk of being kicked out of […]

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Japan’s Recovery Too Weak to Boost Domestic Demand

December 15, 2009

Japan’s small businesses, the employers of 70 percent of the workforce, signaled that the economy’s export-led revival is too weak to spur spending by […]

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Morgan Stanley gets aggressive in luring brokers

November 12, 2009

Morgan Stanley’s brokerage unit is getting more aggressive in trying to lure financial advisers as the wider retail brokerage job market heats up.
Morgan Stanley […]

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SNB Currency Reserves Barely Rose in Third Quarter

October 22, 2009

The Swiss National Bank’s currency reserves barely rose in the third quarter, indicating the central bank was under less pressure to act to prevent […]

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Foreclosures: ‘Worst three months of all time’

October 19, 2009

Despite concerted government-led and lender-supported efforts to prevent foreclosures, the number of filings hit a record high in the third quarter, according to a […]

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IMF Cuts Forecast for Global Losses to $3.4 Trillion

October 1, 2009

The International Monetary Fund cut its projection for global writedowns on loans and investments by 15 percent to $3.4 trillion, citing improvements in credit […]

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J&J in talks to reduce $1.5 bln Elan deal price: source

September 14, 2009

U.S. health-care firm Johnson & Johnson is in talks to cut the price of a $1.5 billion deal with Irish drugmaker Elan Corp, a […]

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Broadband stimulus bids ‘overwhelming’

August 21, 2009

Wiring the nation for high-speed Internet access is an ambitious plan…so ambitious that the the government’s servers slowed to a crawl last week from […]

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Brown Failing to Do Enough to Cut U.K. Poverty, Lawmakers Say

July 30, 2009

U.K. members of Parliament said the government hasn’t done enough to eradicate poverty among the 2 million poorest pensioners, embarrassing Prime Minister Gordon Brown […]

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