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Archive for October, 2005


Monday, October 24, 2005
Rising Cost of Water Rights Pushes Up Home Prices in Reno Area
By Dave Berns
The trend has an impact on businesses, churches and schools, reports The Reno Gazette-Journal.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Gas Prices Are Slow To Fall; Windfall Profits Continue
By Dave Berns
The post-Katrina outrage about record prices has died down as trend continues, reports today’s Washington Times.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Workers at Boston’s Logan Airport Say Fear, Intimidation Used Against Them By Their Bosses
By Dave Berns
The Transportation Security Administration denies the allegations reports in today’s Boston Herald.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Delta Airlines Seeking To Sell Older Plans In Cost-Cutting Move
By Dave Berns
Older 737s and 767-200s, as well as MD-88s and MD-90s are potential sales targets, reports today’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Kodak Attempts To Rebound
By Dave Berns
Company waited too long to become a player in the digital revolution, reports a story in today’s Seattle Times.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Venture Capital Activity Jumped In Third Quarter
By Dave Berns
Information technology firms were the beneficiary of the increase, which reversed a trend from the year’s first two quarters, reports today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
New IBM Software Would Battle Fraud
By Dave Berns
IBM is working on new software to frustrate forgers, reports today’s San Francisco Chronicle.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Documents Show Frist Aware of Holdings In Blind Trust
By Dave Berns
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was informed about when changes were made to the composition of his stake in his family’s blind trust, reports today’s Washington Post.
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Sunday, October 23, 2005
Growing New Jersey Bank Employs Old Approach
By Dave Berns
“If your bank is open on Sundays or has removed the bulletproof glass teller windows, you might have Commerce Bank to thank. The Cherry Hill, N.J.-based bank, found only in the Philadelphia area five years ago, is establishing itself up and down the East Coast and has become influential in the banking world,” reports The [...]
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Sunday, October 23, 2005
U.S. Lawmakers Fight Push To Shift Control Of Internet
By Dave Berns
“U.S. lawmakers are urging the Bush administration to resist a push from other countries to shift control of the Internet to the United Nations, arguing that such a move would stifle innovation and free expression,” reports Reuters.
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