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Associated Press A house for sale sign stands beside a Hollywood, Fla., street as cars drive past. Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober is now using a software program that makes robocalls to businesses to discourage posting the signs.
Florida city uses robocalls to fight nuisance signs
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The cheap signs smashed into lawns and along the corners of busy intersections are hard to miss. “We Buy Junk Cars!” ‘’Cash for Your House!” ‘’Computer Repair.” The eyesores have ...
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Recent changes to the Dow Jones industrial average
Here are the most recent changes made to the 30 components of the Dow: n June 8, 2009: Ailing Citigroup and bankrupt General Motors are removed from the Dow. Travelers, a major insurer, and Cisc...
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Recent changes to the Dow Jones industrial average
The Dow Jones industrial average has evolved continually since it was introduced in 1896. The original 12 “smokestack” companies included names like American Cotton Oil, Tennessee Coal & Iron, Nati...
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Michele Luksic, a personal banker, assists a customer Thursday in the lobby of Paducah Bank's Mid City branch.
Accounting for the unbanked
Unbanked and underbanked are familiar terms to local financial institutions. Drawing in people without bank accounts, or further ingraining customers with a detached banking relationship, is a f...
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Medical and clinical laboratory technologists — Must have a bachelor’s degree. Will perform lab tests for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. Competitive salary. Job order: KY0452566 ...
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Biographical info on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson
Scott Thompson Bio AGE: 54 HOMETOWN: Boston EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in accounting PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Hired as Yahoo CEO in January. Became president of eBay’s PayPal busines...
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Yahoo CEO faces ouster
SAN FRANCISCO — Scott Thompson’s reign as Yahoo’s CEO is in jeopardy after just four months on the job because he allowed an inaccuracy about his academic credentials to recur for years. A major...
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Sprint CEO Hesse cuts his pay by $3.25 million after complaints
NEW YORK — Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse on Friday said he’s cutting his 2012 pay by $3.25 million after shareholder complaints about how his 2011 pay was calculated. Sprint’s board bases the CEO’...
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Associated Press A Facebook worker smiles in February at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook's IPO is expected in a couple of weeks and will be the biggest ever for an Internet company.
Facebook IPO valued at $95 billion
NEW YORK — Facebook, the company that turned the social Web into a cultural and business phenomenon, is worth as much as $95 billion, according to the price range for its upcoming initial public of...
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All-time top 10 IPOs for internet companies
Facebook is hoping to raise as much as $11.8 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It would be the largest IPO ever for an Internet company. Here are the top 10 so far, according to Renai...
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