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AIG executive resigns over pay limits - Yahoo! NewsA top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday. Anastasia Kelly, AIG's vice chairman for legal, human resources, corporate affairs and corporate communications, resigned ...
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FAA and taxpayers prop up small, little-used airports - USATODAY.comBusiness-owned airports used exclusively for private planes have gotten $240 million for upgrades, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The money has aided about 50 privately owned airports — many of them little-used — since the mid-1980s, buying items such as runway upgrades, new fences and airplane hangars....
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High school students use DNA barcodes to uncover food fraudTwo New York City high school students use a new DNA analysis technique to find 95 different animal species around them. The duo found much more than anticipated with the project when 11 of the 66 foods they looked at had misrepresented the actual contents on the labels. These foods ...
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NYC Bike Lane Brouhaha No Laughing Matter | Autopia | Wired.comThe city Department of Transportation said it removed the bike lane “as part of ongoing bike network adjustments in the area.” It is redirecting traffic to Kent Avenue, a street the city feels is more appropriate for cycling because it’s got a two-way bike lane. But some cycling advocates ...
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Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend - Yahoo! NewsMan's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle. But the revelation in the book "Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living" ...
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Newest credit card trick? 79.9 percent interest - Personal finance- msnbc.comA credit card with an interest rate of 79.9 percent is how First Premier Bank, a subprime credit card issuer, is skirting new regulations intended to curb abusive practices in the industry. That's right. 79.9 percent APR. It's a strategy other subprime card issuers could start adopting to get ...
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Naked access now 38 percent of U.S. trading: report | ReutersA report says that 38 percent of all U.S. stock trading is now done by firms that have "naked sponsored access" to markets, the controversial trading practice said to imperil the marketplace, and which faces a regulatory crackdown. Naked access gives trading firms, using brokers' licenses, ...
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Mike Papantonio: GOP Purity Test Echoes Berlin in 1933The last time we saw a political party demand ideological purity was Berlin 1933. It did not end well. One GOP candidate who obviously felt foolish endorsing this new political purity was Dede Scozzafava. She was the Republican that tea partiers forced out of the race in the 23rd Congressional ...
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Editorial - Photos and Freedom - NYTimes.comPhotos and Freedom In a sad but unsurprising denouement this week, the Supreme Court tossed out a federal appellate court ruling that would have required the government to release photographs of soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush administration. The vacated ...
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Fed Needs To 'Start Giving A Red Hot Damn About The American Public,' Says Sen. WhitehouseTwo days before Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing, most Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are withholding judgment, waiting to hear directly from the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Given the depth of the ongoing economic crisis, the hearing promises to be a lively one, as senators ...
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