January 6, 2010 | Posted in: business | Comments: 0

Obama prods Congress to pass health bill quickly (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, gestures during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, Baucus, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – President Barack Obama is prodding House and Senate Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible, encouraging them to bypass the usual negotiations between the two chambers in the interest of speed.


January 6, 2010

Automakers hopeful for 2010 as brutal year ends (AP)

A Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle, seen here in August. General Motors has told US authorities it will attempt a public share offering by July 2010 as part of a plan to exit the government bailout, a Treasury official has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AP – Automakers in the U.S. ended their worst year in almost three decades with hints of a recovery in December.


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January 3, 2010

Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP)

FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, teacher Carrie Cox from Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., protests along with other teachers opposing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts and new pension plan during a rally across the street from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, lay them off or close up shop. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP – Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal.


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January 2, 2010

2 ships reported hijacked off Somali coast (AP)

Map of the Horn of Africa region spots the approximate locations of recent pirate attacksAP – A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.


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