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For U.S. auto factories, summertime isn't downtime anymore
The decades-old tradition of shutting down U.S. auto factories for two weeks around July may be coming to an end, experts say, pushed out by strong demand and staggered vehicle launch dates. With sales booming, Ford Motor Co., for example, said it...
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CME live cattle futures trade mixed; await cash trade
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures traded narrowly mixed on Wednesday as investors wait for cattle in the cash market to change hands, analysts and traders said. * They said futures' continued discount to last week's cash cattle prices underpinned...Tags: Holidays, Memorial Day, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chicago school board to vote on mass school closing
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote on Wednesday on a controversial proposal to close 54 schools in the country's third-largest public school district in what would be the largest mass school...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Rahm Emanuel, Judges, Elections, Chicago Teachers Union
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
PRESSURE COOKER-AIRPORT ARREST Saudi with pressure cooker in baggage seeks bond DETROIT (AP) — A federal defender has requested bond for a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after federal agents accused him of lying about why he...Tags: Reggie Bush, National Football League, Social Services, Police Investigations, Calvin Johnson
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Chicago police arrest two dozen at school closing protest
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago police arrested about two dozen people on Monday who were protesting against the planned closure of 54 schools in the country's third-largest school district, ahead of a planned Wednesday vote on the matter. The protests at...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago City Hall, Lobbying, Chicago Teachers Union
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
SHERRIFF'S DEPUTY-WRECK Four hurt in roadside crash east of Indianapolis GREENFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say four people were injured when a car veered into a cruiser belonging to a sheriff's deputy who stopped to help a motorist on a...Tags: Indiana Pacers, Holidays, Hospitals and Clinics, Indiana University, Economy, Business and Finance
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GM's Opel says to move Zafira assembly to Ruesselsheim
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Motors' loss-making European brand Opel will move production of the multi-purpose vehicle Zafira to Ruesselsheim in Germany, shoring up its headquarters as it prepares to close another German site. "This will make...Tags: General Motors Corp., Germany
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The solar paradox: boom, bust or both?
Reuters* Demand for solar panels to grow to more than 35 GW in 2013 * Number of equipment makers has dropped to less than 150 * House owners, farmers emerge as winners in current turmoil By Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT, May 10 (Reuters) - Planned European...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance
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Palisades water tank leak drawing attention
South Bend TribuneThe entry into Lake Michigan of 79 gallons of what officials at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission describe as "very slightly radioactive'' water has drawn its share of attention, very little of it positive. The leak...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Fred Upton, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Huffington Post, Nuclear Power
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Open to ideas
In the May 2 Tribune, an editorial titled "Let's talk about communicating" appeared. While we recognize that good decision-making should be based on collaborative efforts, it is critical to have accurate facts and clarify the lack of communication that...Tags: Plant Openings, Local Government
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Ex-Studebaker workers tour old assembly plant on Lafayette Blvd.
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Lou Demeter recently had the opportunity to travel into his past. Demeter, 89, of South Bend, walked the floors and gazed out the windows of Building 84, the huge old former Studebaker Corp. assembly plant on Lafayette Boulevard. He worked...Tags: Torrington, Plant Openings, Museums, Layoffs and Downsizing, Arts and Culture
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Feedlots, meatpackers closing with fewer US cows
Associated PressYears of drought are reshaping the U.S. beef industry with feedlots and a major meatpacking plant closing because there are too few cattle left in the United States to support them. Some feedlots in the nation's major cattle-producing states have already...Tags: Droughts, Natural Disasters, Career and Workplace, Animals, Property
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