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Google named best place to work in US
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google has a new weapon in the intense war for engineering talent in Silicon Valley: The search giant on Thursday was named by Fortune magazine as the best place to work in Ameri...
Jan 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Gary Lee, chief information officer, checks the 15 servers that run the computers for Credit Bureau Systems Thursday at its Paducah office in the Paducah Commerce Park. These servers help Credit Bureau Systems stay in communication with 30 ambulance services and about 90 physican practices across the country.
Where credit is due
Layman’s logic had it that Paducah-based Credit Bureau Systems, Inc., a collections and billing company, had to be raking in money. The thinking was that during the recession debt and unpaid bil...
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Chinese firm buys wind farm in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. — A wind energy company headquartered in China said Thursday it has bought a 20-megawatt wind farm planned for central Montana, and meanwhile, a nearby 10-megawatt project has start...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Kodak products are displayed in a store in Brunswick, Maine. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it seeks to boost its cash position and stay in business.
Kodak files for bankruptcy protection
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Kodak’s moment has come and gone. The glory days, when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography, lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortun...
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Layoff, inflation news fuels optimism
WASHINGTON — The economy is off to a fast start in 2012. The outlook for hiring has brightened as applications for unemployment benefits near a four-year low. Adding to the optimism, inflatio...
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Exxon reaches settlement
BILLINGS, Mont. — Exxon Mobil agreed Thursday to pay $1.6 million in penalties to the state of Montana over water pollution caused by a pipeline break last summer that fouled dozens of miles of sho...
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Legislature Briefs
Kentucky jobless rate hits 3-year low at 9.1 percent FRANKFORT — Kentucky is reporting that the state unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in December, a three-year low. The Office of Employ...
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Lawmakers hear race industry back casino games
FRANKFORT — Racing industry spokesmen told a House committee Wednesday that Kentucky’s horse industry is in crisis and casino-style gambling at race tracks could help it. Democratic state Rep. S...
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right) of Virginia and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday in Washington to discuss President Barack Obama's decision to halt the Keystone XL pipeline.
Obama rejects oil pipeline — for now
WASHINGTON — In a politically explosive decision, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected plans for a massive oil pipeline through the heart of the United States, ruling there was not enough t...
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No Wikipedia? What if the web went down?
WASHINGTON — If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or country for a day ...
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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