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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Wednesday, September 17. President Bush is meeting with Panamanian President Martin Torrijos. The Business Roundtable is speaking on American competitiveness, led by Chairman Harold McGraw III...Tags: Ronald Reagan, National Government, George W. Bush, Corporate Officers, Nancy Reagan
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A 'scary' problem: reading beyond 9
Sun StaffNEW YORK - Forget reading by 9. How about reading by 18? That's what Harvard University Professor Catherine E. Snow is saying these days. Three years ago, Snow was chairwoman of a National Research Council panel whose report, "Preventing Reading...Tags: Disasters, Schools, Reed Elsevier, George W. Bush, Weather Reports
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The day ahead in business April 30
Reports: Employment cost index for first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Case-Schiller 20-city home-price index for February, 8 a.m.; Chicago PMI for April, 8:45 a.m.; Consumer confidence for April, 9 a.m.; State Street investor confidence index for April, 9 a.m....
Tags: Valero Energy Corp., Equity Residential, Spirit Airlines, Manitowoc Company Incorporated, Castle (A.M.) & Company
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US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is accusing the debt rating agency Standard & Poor's of fraud for giving high ratings to risky mortgage bonds that helped bring about the financial crisis. The government filed a civil complaint late Monday...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Moody's Corporation, Securities, Laws
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Google settles Library suit: Settlement ends seven years of bitter litigation
VarietyGoogle and the Association of American Publishers Thursday ended seven years of bitter litigation with a settlement over the search giant's use of copyrighted books in its Google Library project. The deal will provide access to publishers' in-copyright...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Book, Litigation
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Publishers and Google reach agreement in Google Books case
The American Assn. of Publishers and Google announced that they have reached an agreement in the Google Books scanning case, filed almost seven years ago. The agreement need not be ratified by a judge to be implemented. The publishers involved in the...
Tags: Google Play, Arts and Culture, Junot Diaz, Libraries, Book
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Channel 10 for sale
SAN DIEGO -- San Diego's KGTV, Channel 10, is for sale, the ABC affiliate's parent corporation announced Tuesday.
The McGraw-Hill Cos. said it plans to find a buyer for all nine of its television stations.
"The television stations in the group are in...Tags: Television Industry, Television Stations, ABC (tv network), Denver
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Northrop Grumman fights to diversify from military deals
Tribune Media Services columnistQ: What are the prospects for my shares of Northrop Grumman Corp.? They've been great in the past. Can they keep going? --N.L., via the Internet A: The big defense contractor understandably wants as diversified a portfolio of military projects as...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Altria Group, Inc., Finance, Wages and Pensions, PepsiCo Inc.
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Citigroup feeling heat to cut costs, improve its
Tribune Media Services columnistQ: What's up with Citigroup Inc.? I had expected more from this stock. -- R.R., via the Internet A: With its traditional umbrella symbol recently replaced by a red arc over "Citi" in advertisements, the international financial-services giant is seeking a...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., Altria Group, Inc., Mass Media, Finance
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PASSINGS: Edmund Pillsbury, George Schwartz, Dorothy Kemps, Stanford Parris, Harold McGraw Jr.
Edmund Pillsbury
Ex-chief of Fort Worth art museum
Edmund Pillsbury, 66, who turned Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum into a world-renowned institution during his 18 years as director, died Thursday, according to the Kaufman County Sheriff's Department....Tags: Television, Jacques-Louis David, Television Stations, Stanford University, Entertainment
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