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Starbucks drops red dye made from crushed bugs

By doris | Published: April 20, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com Starbucks will stop using a dye made from crushed bugs in its Strawberries & Crème Frappuccinos and other items after the ingredient prompted an outcry from some customers. The coffee giant said in a blog post Thursday that it will gradually transition from using cochineal extract as a red food dye [...]

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Obama tightens oil and gas drilling regulations

By doris | Published: April 19, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Obama administration tightened regulations on the oil and gas industry Wednesday, requiring drillers to capture emissions of certain air pollutants from new wells. But in a nod to industry concerns that the rules were being enacted too quickly, the Environmental Protection Agency said companies can burn [...]

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Women make 77 cents for each $1 made by men

By doris | Published: April 18, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — In most common occupations women still make less than men doing the same job for an equal amount of hours, according to new data released on Tuesday. Overall they earn 77 cents for each dollar made annually by men and in some professions such as financial managers the [...]

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Workers at bankrupt Hostess threaten strike

By doris | Published: April 17, 2012

Full Story at CBSNews.com (CBS/AP) NEW YORK – A union official representing workers at Hostess Brands Inc. said Monday that he isn’t optimistic the two sides will come to an agreement over workers’ contracts before the dispute lands in bankruptcy court. Hostess has said it will ask the court this week to toss its existing [...]

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Solar prices drop more, pressuring panel makers

By doris | Published: April 16, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Solar panels prices have kept marching lower this year, extending steep declines seen in 2011 and keeping pressure on hard-hit manufacturers who have struggled to eke out profits, industry experts said. Average selling prices for the photovoltaic modules that turn sunlight into electricity have dropped to 80 to 85 cents per [...]

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Twinkies maker Hostess gives unions ‘final’ offer

By doris | Published: April 15, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com DALLAS (AP) — The company that makes Twinkies, Wonder bread and Ding Dongs says it’s making a final offer to workers to accept cost-cutting before it asks a bankruptcy court to impose the cuts. Hostess Brands Inc. wants the Teamsters and bakers’ unions to accept reduced pension benefits and changes in [...]

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Obama forms group to streamline natural gas policies

By doris | Published: April 14, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama issued an executive order Friday, establishing a meeting of the minds to work on natural gas policies for his administration. The executive order creates a new working group made of representatives from at least 13 government agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of [...]

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Don’t overlook this $6,000 tax credit

By doris | Published: April 13, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Many of the people who could use a little extra money the most are missing out on a tax credit worth up to nearly $6,000. Aimed at helping the working poor, the Earned Income Tax Credit lifts millions of Americans out of poverty each year, yet one [...]

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Have pump prices peaked? Some experts think so

By doris | Published: April 12, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com It may be difficult to celebrate when you’re paying $3.92 a gallon for gas but the good news is that’s a penny cheaper than where the national average for a gallon of regular stood last week, according to the AAA. Indeed, while there are still plenty of pessimists wondering how much [...]

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Alabama’s sweet manufacturing boom

By doris | Published: April 11, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — As manufacturing picks up across the United States, Alabama has become an unexpected beneficiary. The state — best known for agriculture and textiles production — is enjoying the best pickup in industrial manufacturing in five years as U.S. and foreign companies flock there. The credit goes to [...]

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Are landlines doomed?

By doris | Published: April 10, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — AT&T sold off its Yellow Pages service on Monday, shedding yet another legacy business from its days as a landline giant. Now that wireless represents the main revenue driver and primary focus for AT&T (T, Fortune 500) and Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) — both with roots as [...]

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AT&T ditches the Yellow Pages

By doris | Published: April 9, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Here’s another casualty of our increasingly digital era: The Yellow Pages. AT&T on Monday announced plans to sell its Yellow Pages business unit to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. As part of the deal, AT&T will receive $750 million in cash, a $200 million note and [...]

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Government job losses dragging down growth

By doris | Published: April 8, 2012

Full Story at LifeInc.today.msnbc.msn.com The economy has been adding jobs lately, but not government jobs. More than half a million, local, state and federal jobs have been cut since the recession ended in June 2009, according to an analysis released this week by the Economic Policy Institute. That’s the opposite of what happened following the [...]

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Government freezes GM CEO’s pay

By doris | Published: April 7, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The Treasury Department announced Friday that it has frozen the pay of top executives at the three firms still on the hook for “exceptional assistance” from TARP. The firms — AIG (AIG, Fortune 500), Ally Financial and GM (GM, Fortune 500) — all received bailout money from [...]

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