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Associated Press U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew (left) speaks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting Wednesday at the Zhongnanhai diplomatic compound in Beijing. Lew has stressed China's and America's shared interest in ensuring global economic growth in the meeting.
Envoy presses China over hacking
BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pressed Chinese leaders over computer hacking and for help with North Korea during two days of talks that ended Wednesday. Lew’s visit to Beijing was ...
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Airlines raise profit outlook
GENEVA — The global airline industry has forecast a modest improvement in global net profits for 2013, crediting a backdrop of rising optimism about the world’s economy — particularly in the United...
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Manager determines Detroit officials’ relevance
DETROIT — What role Detroit’s elected leaders will play in the city’s fiscal crisis is now up to a Washington, D.C., lawyer appointed by the governor to turn things around. Detroit’s emergency m...
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Ex-JPMorgan execs pressed about loss
WASHINGTON — Two former high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing b...
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Associated Press The Carnival Dream is docked in 2010 in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Passengers continue to book vacations thanks to discounts, albeit at a slower pace even though Carnival, the world's largest cruise line, has suffered through a number of high-profile mishaps.
Carnival returns to profit; travelers fear more issues
MIAMI — The world’s largest cruise line has suffered through a number of high-profile mishaps. Yet passengers continue to book vacations thanks to discounts, albeit at a slower pace. Carnival Co...
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Jobs
From March 6 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added 17 job orders to its database for regional employers (Paducah unless noted otherwise): part-time dock worker, machine operator...
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Associated Press Students march under the snow Thursday while they protest against austerity measures in state schools in Pamplona, northern Spain.
Europe eases the austerity whip for a time
FRANKFURT, Germany — Three and a half years into its government-debt crisis, there are signs that Europe is adopting a gentler approach toward austerity. Political leaders aren’t backing away ag...
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Associated Press Boeing Commercial Airplanes Vice President Mike Sinnett poses with a model of newly designed 787's battery during a Friday news conference in Tokyo. Boeing executives said commercial flights of its grounded 787 jets will resume "within weeks, not months" with a third of safety tests already completed. They had not pinpointed the causes of the two battery problems that resulted in the global grounding of the technologically advanced Dreamliner planes.
Boeing aims to finish 787 testing
Boeing unveiled its fix for its troublesome 787 battery on Friday and is aiming to wrap up testing within two weeks. The company hopes to get quick approval from the Federal Aviation Administrat...
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Associated Press Dietz Werland works on an assembly line Feb. 28 at the Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Ind. A strong increase in auto output boosted U.S. factory production last month.
Factory output increases with auto production
WASHINGTON — A strong increase in auto output boosted U.S. factory production last month, the latest sign that manufacturing is helping drive economic growth after lagging for much of 2012. Fact...
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Photo contributed by the Prairie State Energy Campus A conveyor moves coal mined on-site to the Prairie State Energy Campus in Marissa, Ill. Paducah Power System began receiving all of its power from Prairie State in January.
Hope and a Prairie State
Had Ray McLennan and the rest of the Paducah Power System board owned a crystal ball in 2007, he still would have pursued the Prairie State Energy Campus investment, he said. In December 2009, P...
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