Business Features | December 11, 2013
Deal would restore some budget cuts
WASHINGTON — Shedding gridlock, key members of Congress reached a modest budget agreement Tuesday to restore about $63 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon and eliminate the threat of another partial government shutdown early next year.
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Business Features | December 11, 2013
GM picks CEO
DETROIT — Mary Barra has spent the past three years as General Motors’ product chief, making cars that drive better, last longer and look good. Now she will take on an even bigger job. On Tuesday, the board named the 33-year company veteran CEO, making her the first woman to lead a U.S. car company.
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Business Features | December 10, 2013
‘DATA WARS’
SAN FRANCISCO — Even as Silicon Valley speaks out against the U.S. government’s surveillance methods, technology companies are turning a handsome profit by mining personal data and peering into people’s online habits.
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Business Features | December 10, 2013
U.S. sells final GM shares remaining stake in GM
DETROIT — The U.S. government ended up losing $10.5 billion on the General Motors bailout, but it says the alternative would have been far worse.
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Business Features | December 10, 2013
Zelie business moves across street
ZELIENOPLE — Roach & Ziegler, a 67-year-old business, will move across the street into a new brick building in February.
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