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Windstream cuts 170 jobs, 2.3 percent of workforce; expects to pay $6M in severance benefits
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Telephone and broadband provider Windstream Corp. said Thursday it will cut 170 jobs from its workforce because of declining revenue from its landline business. Windstream spokesman David Avery said the cuts include...Tags: Unemployment, Alltel Corp., Employees, Retirement, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Rocky Mountain News, oldest paper in Colo., up for sale; owner cites $11 million loss in '08
AP Business WriterDENVER (AP) — The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado's oldest newspaper, was put up for sale Thursday after its owner, E.W. Scripps Co., said it lost about $11 million on the business in the first nine months of the year. Cincinnati-based Scripps said...Tags: Newspapers, Landmark Communications Incorporated, EW Scripps Company, Journal Register Company, Mass Media
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Review: MiBook is cheap, colorful e-book reader for the home; too bad about the screen
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Electronic books are the persistent wallflowers of the gadget world. Consumers have snubbed them again and again in favor of a 500-year-old technology: ink printed on paper. Mindful of the dominance of paper, devices for reading...Tags: Sony Corp., Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Amazon.com Inc., Dining and Drinking, Electronics
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T to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff
AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. The Dallas-based telecommunications company, the nation's largest, said the...Tags: Stock Activities, Dupont E I Nemours & Company, Unemployment, Satellite and Cable Service, Apple Inc.
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It's the NFL, live in 3-D
Someday soon, that long pass downfield by Joe Flacco will appear so close that you might be tempted to reach for it from your easy chair. Or the pass rusher swarming the Ravens quarterback will seem so real that you'll be ducking along with Flacco....Tags: Art Modell, National Government, National Football League, Carolina Panthers, Oakland Raiders
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Philips Electronics issues profit warning, expects new charges and write-downs of $1.5 billion
AP Business WriterAMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Royal Philips Electronics NV issued a profit warning Thursday, saying its markets are deteriorating and that it expects additional charges and write downs of euro1.2 billion ($1.51 billion) in the fourth quarter. The...Tags: Electronics, Sales, Consumers, Philips Electronics
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Tentative Price A Step Behind
The Hartford CourantJim Calhoun knew it might take a while for A.J. Price to feel and look like the player he was last season. That doesn't mean the UConn coach is shrugging off Price's early-season struggles. It doesn't mean Calhoun isn't looking for ways to get Price back...Tags: Jim Calhoun, NCAA Tournament, Chicago Bulls, University of Connecticut
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Amy Jacobson's story: The tale of the tape
For Chicago magazineChicago was stewing that Friday, overtaken by humid weather and a heat index in the 90s. But nothing was steamier on July 6, 2007, than the gossip burning up the phone lines of the city's TV journalists. The juicy chatter involved a hot tub or a pool...Tags: Photography, Homes, Lawyers, National Government, Chuck (tv program)
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Blumenthal Seeks To Help Tweeter's Customers
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal promised Wednesday night to do all he can to help Tweeter customers recover the hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and merchandise that has been seized in the company's bankruptcy proceedings. As Tweeter...Tags: Diesel Fuel, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Bankruptcy, Richard Blumenthal, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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IN BRIEF
Bethpage-based Cablevision Systems Corp. unveiled its revamped online store yesterday, offering Cablevision customers consumer electronics and video tutorials that the company says it selected to enhance its phone, cable and Internet services. The Optimum...Tags: Unemployment, U.S. Department of Treasury, United Air Lines, Federal Reserve, Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation
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Some toys still tainted, group says
After last year's high-profile recalls of millions of lead-contaminated toys, a watchdog group said yesterday that though its tests found fewer toys with high levels of chemicals this year, about a third of those tested still contained worrisome levels....Tags: National Government, Nintendo Company Ltd., Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Toys, Toy Industry
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Canadian communication giant Ted Rogers dies at 75
TORONTO - Ted Rogers, owner of baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, died at his home on Tuesday. He was 75. The founder of Rogers Communications Inc., Canada's largest communications company, was treated in October for an existing heart condition, the company...Tags: Radio Industry, Rogers Communications Incorporated, Toronto Blue Jays, National Football League, Major League Baseball
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