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Martin Guitars to be highlighted on PBS' "America Revealed"
TV WatchersNazareth guitar manufacurer C.F. Martin & Co. will be one of several USA-based businesses highlighted in the final episode of the four part PBS series “America Revealed,” airing at 10 p.m. Wednesday on PBS39. Yul Kwon, the show's host and........ -
Budget? What budget? Obama talks energy in Philadelphia before an Al Sharpton gala in New York
Top of the TicketObama calls a last-minute budget session at the White House for Wednesday night.... -
Sparrows Point's cold mill to be used for spare parts
An out-of-state steelmaker has bought the most valuable piece of the Sparrows Point plant to use as spare parts, a move that could kill the last hopes that the steel mill might be purchased by an operator and reopened. American Metal Market reported late...
Tags: Bankruptcy, Unemployment Benefits, United Steelworkers, Career and Workplace, Metal and Mineral
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Is Malibu turning into the Larry Ellison beach club?
The membership roll in Malibu's unofficial Billionaire's Beach club is shrinking. Former Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Terry Semel and his wife, Jane, have sold their spot to Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, who already has eight other houses along Carbon...
Tags: Larry Ellison, Homes, Talk Shows (genre), Metal and Mineral, Corporate Officers
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Sparrows Point ripple effect leaves few untouched
Debbie Hurd sees it in the parking lots along North Point Boulevard — the answer to what life would be like if the steel mill that fueled the tight-knit communities near Sparrows Point never reopens. Fewer cars. Fewer customers for businesses....
Tags: Bankruptcy, Unemployment Benefits, Metal and Mineral, Financially Distressed Companies, Dining and Drinking
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Sparrows Point owner considers selling plant
The struggling Sparrows Point steel mill could be sold within the next six months, mill owner RG Steel said Monday.
"We're not going to be specific at this time," said Bette Kovach, an RG Steel spokeswoman, as she confirmed comments by two company...Tags: Bankruptcy, Crime, Law and Justice, Metal and Mineral, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, T. Rowe Price
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Sparrows Point Country Club considers selling land to raise cash
Growing up in Dundalk, Kent Mosmiller knew about Sparrows Point Country Club. He spent summers on little boats along Bear Creek where he could check out the 40-foot cabin cruisers at the club marina and, beyond that, the green expanse of the golf course....
Tags: Golf, Tennis, Clubs and Associations, Metal and Mineral, Bethlehem Steel
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If America Is Richer, Why Are Its Families So Much Less Secure?
Times Staff WriterBy most conventional measures, Paul Fredo is an American success story. The son of a coal miner, he made almost $200,000 in the last year, enough to place him in the top 2% of wage earners. As a financial manager for the U.S. unit of Alstom, the French...Tags: Bankruptcy, Layoffs and Downsizing, Brain, Metal and Mineral, Financial and Business Services
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Old foundry a diamond in the rough
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOff the bustling main street of this erstwhile Gold Rush boomtown, up a lane from the B&Bs and renovated brick storefronts and flocks of tourists, a bulky and aged factory looms like an elephant at a tea party, its windows cracked and its corrugated steel...Tags: Gold and Precious Material, Natural Resources, Bodies of Water, Babe Ruth, Metal and Mineral
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Old, new owners bitter rivals
Sun reporterThe current owner of Sparrows Point is a rapidly growing multinational steel giant controlled by one of the world's richest men. Sparrows Point's new owner will be a rapidly growing multinational steel giant controlled by one of the world's richest men....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Metal and Mineral, Christopher Plummer, Corporate Officers, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 7
That same year, a small nuclear instrument and electronics company struggling to regroup after nearly going bankrupt began to redirect its core business away from electronics to steel joist manufacturing and ultimately toward steelmaking. Nuclear Corp. of...Tags: Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona), Electronics, Metal and Mineral, Cornwall, Mount Hope
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Forging America: The History of Bethlehem Steel - Chapter 6
But if Grace was at times lordly, he was also respected, and at no time was that respect greater than during World War II. As the ultimate steel production man, he gave the country and its allies what they sorely needed: a rapid outpouring of steel in...Tags: White House, Politics, Metal and Mineral, Comedy (genre), Fred MacMurray
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