June 20, 2013
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Assocaited Press A Honda Civic is shown in Detroit. Porsche and GMC have the highest-quality vehicles in a new survey of U.S. car owners. But the survey suggests overall quality is falling because of glitches with new technology, like navigation and voice recognition systems. The survey, released Wednesday, questioned 83,442 owners and lessees of 2013 model year vehicles who were contacted at random through state registration data. Honda had the top-performing small car and small SUV, with the Honda Civic and Honda CR-V.
Car quality dinged by tech glitches, survey finds
DETROIT — Car buyers increasingly want high-tech features like voice recognition and navigation. But they’re not very forgiving of the car company when those systems fail. The top complaints in ...
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Study: Wiser medication use could cut health costs
TRENTON, N.J. — If doctors and patients used prescription drugs more wisely, they could save the U.S. health care system at least $213 billion a year, by reducing medication overuse, underuse and o...
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Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
NEW YORK — Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of next. T...
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CALVERT CITY — Rumors and curious businesspeople are all that circle the track at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway more than a week away from an absolute auction. At 11 a.m. June 27, someone will la...
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Associated Press A woman walks past the Lululemon Athletica store in March at Union Square in New York. Lululemon posted a large sign on its Facebook page and in stores on Thursday reading "CEO Wanted, Apply Within."
Help wanted: Lululemon’s cheeky CEO ad
NEW YORK — If you can hold a headstand for at least 10 minutes, communicate in Sanskrit and enjoy downing wheatgrass and tequila shots on Fridays for work-life balance, Lululemon has a job for you....
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Panama’s boom helps drive Nicaragua canal dreams
PANAMA CITY — Curundu used to be a warren of ramshackle wooden houses and reeking open sewers, one of Panama City's most notorious refuges for street gangs and drug dealers. Then, three years ag...
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US economy improving but spending cuts a drag
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is on sounder footing than it was a year ago but is still being restrained by government spending cuts and tax increases, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. ...
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Shipping magnate Soros dies at 87
NEW YORK — Paul Soros, a successful innovator in shipping and the older brother of billionaire financier George Soros, has died in New York City. He was 87. Soros' son, Peter, says his father di...
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Jobs
From June 6 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added more than 50 jobs to its database for regional employers. Listed below are the first 50 (in Paducah unless noted otherwise): lo...
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Google snaps up Waze to add to mapping service
SAN FRANCISCO — Google has purchased online mapping service Waze for in a deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while gaining technology that could improve the accuracy a...
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