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High Hopes for an Intel-STMicro Spin-off - BusinessWeek

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High Hopes for an Intel-STMicro Spin-off
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
by Arik Hesseldahl Brian Harrison needs to succeed where his counterparts at Intel (INTC) and STMicroelectronics (STM) failed. As CEO of new chip company Numonyx, Harrison inherits two of those companies' worst-performing units—and must make them pay …
Gone In A Flash Forbes
Intel, STIMicroelectronics create flash memory company Bizjournals.com
CNET News.com - MIT Technology Review - MarketWatch - CNNMoney.com
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SCC OKs Coal-Fired Plant; Dominion Needs Air Pollution Board's OK - TriCities.com

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Virginia Business Magazine

SCC OKs Coal-Fired Plant; Dominion Needs Air Pollution Board's OK
TriCities.com - 8 hours ago
BY Kathy Still Dominion Virginia Power received one of two permits it needs to build a $1.8 billion coal-fired power plant in Wise County when the State Corporation Commission gave its approval on Monday in Richmond.
Coal plant, brain injury question highlight meeting Daily Press
Coal plant, brain injury question highlight meeting WAVY-TV
Salisbury Daily Times - Washington Post - Biloxi Sun Herald - Virginia Business Magazine
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AT&T Wins Contract From Royal Dutch Shell - Wall Street Journal

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AT&T Wins Contract From Royal Dutch Shell
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
AT&T Inc. said it won a $1.6 billion telecommunications-services contract from Royal Dutch Shell PLC. The five-year deal calls for AT&T to provide, manage and maintain Shell's world-wide communications system.
Shell awards $1.6B contract to AT&T Bizjournals.com
Shell Inks $4 Billion IT Outsourcing Deal BusinessWeek
eWeek - E-Commerce Times - CNNMoney.com - International Herald Tribune
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GAO Report Points to Rise in Cost Overruns at Pentagon - New York Times

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GAO Report Points to Rise in Cost Overruns at Pentagon
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By BLOOMBERG NEWS WASHINGTON (Bloomberg News) - Cost overruns and slipping schedules for the Defense Department’s major weapons programs have worsened since 2000 in spite of efforts by the Pentagon to control them, the Government Accountability Office …
Pentagon programs still saddled with cost hikes-GAO Reuters
GAO Blasts Weapons Budget Washington Post
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - kgw.com (subscription)
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Agency Faulted on Protection at Utah Mine - New York Times

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Agency Faulted on Protection at Utah Mine
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By KIRK JOHNSON DENVER - Federal mine regulators were negligent in protecting the safety of workers at a deep underground coal mine in Utah where nine people died last August in cave-ins, the Labor Department’s inspector general said in a report …
Federal regulators 'negligent' in Utah mine collapse Houston Chronicle
Report calls MSHA 'negligent' in Utah mine inspections Charleston Gazette
CNN International - ABC 4 - BusinessWeek - KUTV
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China Telecom's Profit Sank 13% - Wall Street Journal

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The Standard

China Telecom's Profit Sank 13%
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By LORRAINE LUK HONG KONG — China Telecom Corp. said its 2007 net profit fell 13% on asset-revaluation charges and as connection-fee income fell.
China Telecom Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls on Users (Update1) Bloomberg
UPDATE 2-China Telecom Q4 net slumps 37 pct, lags forecast Reuters
CNNMoney.com - The Associated Press - New York Times - The Standard
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Stocks Finish Up for the Day And Way Down for the Quarter

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NEW YORK, March 31 — Wall Street managed a moderate gain in the final session of a dismal first quarter Monday, but stocks and the major indicators still ended the first three months of 2007 with massive losses, casualties of the continuing credit crisis. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, the benchmark for many widely held investments such as mutual funds, had a quarterly loss of nearly 10 percent.

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