The all-electric Nissan LEAF may be known for being quiet on the outside, but now it's boomin' on the inside with the first custom-designed Bose Energy Efficient Series sound system available on the 2013 model that goes on sale this month. ...
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My employer told me she will soon have to pay $1,800 per employee annually for Obamacare. Does that sound accurate? She doesn't provide us health insurance right now. A You told me in a follow-up e-mail that there are fewer than 50 ...
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US-based candy manufacturer American Licorice is set to invest $10m to expand its manufacturing facility at La Porte, Indiana. The company will install a licorice production line and a rail spur to receive ingredients, as part of the ...
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Word & Brown General Agency has introduced Health Reform Resource Center, to provide insurance brokers with easy access to information for guiding customers to make informed decisions regarding their healthcare options. The new online ...
US-based manufacturer and marketer of plastics packaging products Berry Plastics is all set to invest about $33m in a bid to expand and equip its Evansville production facility. Berry Plastics chairman and chief executive officer Jon Rich ...
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Yes, I had to look up the name of this car three times. In fairness, the company says that the "tongue-in-cheek name" is referring to the car's glass roof, which "offers passengers a clear view of a starry sky or, via the video projector ...
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Our electric test cars offer lessons in depreciation for early adopters. Plug-in cars were supposed to be the next big thing. But once they're a year old, it turns out they're just used cars--and used cars with far worse depreciation than ...
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In addition to holding down taxes for all but the wealthiest Americans, the fiscal package passed this week includes a number of incentives for homeowners to become more energy efficient. Buried in the 150-page document that is the American ...
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US discount retailer Family Dollar Stores has recorded first-quarter earnings that came in at the lower end of its guidance due to gross margin pressure and expense headwinds. In the three months ended 24 November, earnings amounted to ...
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Family Dollar Stores, Inc. reported that for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 ended November 24, 2012, net sales increased to $2.42 billion and net income per diluted share for the quarter increased to $0.69. “The investments we ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium (BRAIN) — The early months of this year could bring resolutions on one or more duty and subsidy related investigations currently under consideration by the European Commission relative to trade between Asia and the ...
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retroactive for 2012 and extended it for 2013. "The fact that the R&D credit was a cornerstone of the fiscal cliff package bodes well for the industry," said Kevin Richards, senior vice president of federal government affairs at ...
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Publishers of TimeControl extend the relationship with Microsoft that started in 1995 HMS Software, the publisher of TimeControl, one of the world's most popular timesheet systems has announced that they have renewed their Microsoft ...
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The policies designed by the US federal government in a bid to promote electric vehicles (EV) will cost $7.5bn through 2019, according to a new report. The US Congressional Budget Office report revealed that have 'little to no impact' on ...
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The Alberta government is aiming to attract major investment in its natural gas sector in 2013, as part of the Canadian province's strategy to develop a balanced and diversified energy portfolio, a provincial government official said ...
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