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02/04/2012 01:31 AMAmerican Airlines’ plan for pension bailout draws criticism American Airlines has saved $2.1 billion since 2006, thanks to two congressional measures that allowed it to reduce contributions to its pension plans. The company said it would make up any shortfall later.
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02/04/2012 01:20 AMSusan G. Komen foundation revises policy that barred Planned Parenthood funding Caught in a maelstrom of public reaction to its decision to cease funding Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced Friday that it would reverse course.
Komen will no longer bar organizations that are under government investigation from applying for grants. As a result, Planned Parenthood — which is the focus of a House probe over whether it has used federal funds to pay for abortions — will once more be eligible for Komen grants.
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02/04/2012 01:15 AMNew York sues Reston firm over foreclosure documents New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued a handful of the nation’s largest banks Friday, claiming they deceived homeowners and court officials by filing flawed and fraudulent foreclosure documents through a popular electronic mortgage registry.
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02/04/2012 01:20 AMSEC fills spot on accounting oversight board The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday named an official at the Government Accountability Office, Jeanette M. Franzel, to serve as a watchdog over corporate audits, filling a potentially pivotal seat on an oversight board that was created in the aftermath of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals.
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02/03/2012 03:30 PMWhat’s going on with...the Shrimp Boat restaurant? It’s called the Shrimp Boat restaurant and if you’ve ever driven out of Capitol Hill on East Capitol Street you’ve seen it sailing toward you — paint peeling, windows mostly shuttered and a seaweed green awning that looks like it could collapse at any moment.
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02/02/2012 07:55 PMA real estate investing guide for 2012 If you are like me, you may be reflecting on how poorly your investment portfolio performed in 2011. All stock indices, except the Dow Jones, were down. Your savings account, if any, may have earned an anemic 0.25 percent. Assuming you are convinced that 2012 is the year to take the real estate investment plunge, you may want to consider the following.
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02/03/2012 08:16 PMApple, with iPad, is top PC maker The largest PC maker in the world is — Apple?
Hard to believe, maybe, but according to the latest analysis from Canalys, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company shipped 120 million PCs last year, if you include the iPad.
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02/03/2012 02:32 PMDavid Choe’s Facebook friends react to his IPO windfall David Choe became the art world’s newest millionaire this week, thanks to his wise decision to take Facebook stock in exchange for the murals he painted in the company’s headquarters in 2005, despite believing at the time that Facebook wa s “ridiculous.”
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02/03/2012 03:09 PMEntrepreneurs and small business owners work their ‘side hustles’ One is a local crafter who specializes in hand made baby clothes. Another is a state department employee by day and talent agent on the side. A third is the director of a local non-profit that teaches health and wellness to Ward 8 residents.
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01/25/2012 06:49 PMSocial media’s role in politics You’ve read how Facebook and Twitter fueled the Arab Spring uprising. You are watching the videos coming out of Syria on Facebook. But most likely you have not witnessed the power of social media impacting politics in near real time right here at home in America. Sure, activism groups and politicians have tapped social media to raise money. But to date, no flash mob has ever stopped a bill in its tracks or beaten down in less than 48-hours legislation pushed by some of the most well-funded, well-connected lobbies on K Street. But that’s exactly what happened on Jan. 20 when a loosely organized campaign to stop PIPA and SOPA swept the Internet and shook the power structure of Washington D.C.
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