Business Features | March 9, 2010
Senate will test vote jobless bill extension
WASHINGTON — Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
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Business Features | March 9, 2010
Vote counter ordered to sell
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said it will require the biggest voting machine company in the country to sell off key assets following a merger that left the firm in control of more than 70 percent of U.S. voting equipment systems.
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Business Features | March 9, 2010
Oil hovers below $82
SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered below $82 a barrel today in Asia, losing momentum after a monthlong run-up fueled by growing investor optimism about global economic growth.
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Business Features | March 9, 2010
Stay tuned: More TV fee disputes coming
PHILADELPHIA — Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.
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Business Features | March 8, 2010
Social Studies at BC3
BUTLER TWP — A social work program is so popular at Butler County Community College it pulled Jennifer Boros of Zelienople away from the nursing program there.
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Business Features | March 8, 2010
Federal regulators launch study of big agricultural corporations
ST. LOUIS — Some Obama administration officials have made clear their unease with the increasing control a handful of corporations have over the nation's food supply, and this week in Iowa they could show whether they are serious about changing the system.
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