Category Archives: Quality

Where the jobs are: Energy savers

By doris | Published: July 10, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The prospects for finding a job in most areas of the economy may be getting bleaker by the day, but one sector stands out: energy efficiency. Over half the energy professionals surveyed recently said they cannot find enough qualified people to meet current hiring demands in this [...]

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Factory jobs return, but skilled workers scarce

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BEDFORD, Ohio — Factory owners have been adding jobs slowly but steadily since the beginning of the year, giving a lift to the fragile economic recovery. And because they laid off so many workers — more than two million since the end of 2007 — manufacturers now have a vast pool [...]

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FDA warns another drugmaker over tainted meds

By doris | Published: May 28, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — You may have thought you were playing it safe by avoiding recently-recalled Johnson & Johnson products, but another drugmaker is now in the hot seat for some of the same problems, including the release of metal-tainted pills. On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a [...]

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Which bank deserves your money?

By doris | Published: May 24, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Shopping for a new bank? It’s nice to have a branch on every corner, but that’s not the only quality that makes an institution worthy of your business. More than half of consumers chose their bank based on a convenient location or ATM, according to a recent [...]

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Carmakers agree to make electric cars noisier

By doris | Published: May 20, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Automakers and advocates for the blind have agreed on a plan to address an unintended problem caused by electric and hybrid cars: They endanger sight-impaired and distracted pedestrians because they make no noise when running on electric power. The groups joined together to present Congress with a [...]

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Rig explosion dirties BP’s green image

By doris | Published: May 1, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK – BP brands itself a friend of the environment, an energy company that goes “beyond petroleum.” That image, worth billions of dollars, is being sullied by the company’s inability to contain a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As the expanding oil slick threatens marshlands and wildlife [...]

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Boeing says 747-8 freighter to make first flight

By doris | Published: February 7, 2010

Full Story at news.yahoo.com SEATTLE – Boeing Co.’s giant 747-8 freighter should make its first flight Monday after performing well on taxi tests and reaching a top speed of about 103.5 mph, the company said. At 250 feet long, the plane is the largest Boeing has ever built and about 18 feet longer than the [...]

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Harder to get an Uncle Sam mortgage

By doris | Published: January 21, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com The agency, which insured nearly a third of new mortgages in 2009, will increase the premium it charges for its mortgage insurance and require those with weaker credit scores to come up with larger downpayments. The FHA will also reduce the amount of money a seller can provide a homebuyer for [...]

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Parents still must be vigilant to ensure toy safety

By doris | Published: November 29, 2009

Full Story at mcall.com As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear this week, it’s a good a time to ask: Are the toys we’re buying safer than the ones a couple years ago, when millions of playthings were recalled because of high lead levels and other hazards? The world’s largest toy manufacturer, Mattel [...]

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Windows 7 student upgrade hell

By doris | Published: October 25, 2009

Full Story at brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com College students who took advantage of a “deal too sweet to pass up” have run into a bit of trouble. The $29 electronic version of Windows 7 Home Edition sold for Microsoft (MSFT) through Digital River (DRIV) doesn’t seem to install properly on some 32-bit Vista machines. Apparently the download files [...]

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Fuel standards: More mpg coming

By doris | Published: September 16, 2009

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — A final proposal for new fuel economy standards was unveiled Tuesday in a joint announcement by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. The regulation requires all passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States to get an overall average of 35.5 miles [...]

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Are MDs diagnosing us into the poorhouse?

By doris | Published: July 26, 2009

Full Story at Money Features.blogs.money.cnn.com There’s no question about it: When you go to a doctor nowadays, you’re more likely to be diagnosed with something, and sent home with a prescription, than you were a generation ago. A much tougher question to answer is whether or not these new diagnoses, and new tests and treatments [...]

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J.D. Power: Top quality cars

By doris | Published: June 23, 2009

Full Story At Money.CNN.com If you’re tempted to buy a domestic car because of its bargain price, here’s another reason to consider: Quality improvements among U.S. carmakers have outpaced the industry placing some brands among the very best, according to J.D. Power and associates. While quality for the industry overall has improved by about eight [...]

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