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Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface   9/5/2010
Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.Engineers took 29½ hours to lift the 50-foot, 300-ton blowout preventer from a mile beneath the sea. The five-story high device...   Continue
GM's Opel signs-up singer to boost brand image   9/5/2010
General Motors' subsidiary Adam Opel GmbH says it has signed-up the winner of the European Song Contest as its new brand image.Opel spokesman Christof Birringer said Sunday singer Lena Meyer-Landrut, known as "Lena", was introduced as the new face for the company's cars during a surprise...   Continue
UAE: UPS 747 had smoke in cockpit before crash   9/5/2010
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday had smoke in the cockpit and was struggling to maintain altitude before the accident, Emirati investigators said Sunday.The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority said in a preliminary report...   Continue
The branding of a region   9/5/2010
It's not just companies and products that need solid branding. Sometimes entire regions need a "hook." One area of the state is hoping to get just that, and it is looking for immediate results.Southwest Mississippi suffers from an identity crisis that hinders economic development in the region,...   Continue
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's 'quiet' challenger   9/5/2010
East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.HTC supplies major U.S. carriers...   Continue
Mich. chemical maker brews up golden anniversary   9/5/2010
Fifty years in business is a tremendous accomplishment, according to Chem-Trend Limited Partnership President and CEO Devanir Moraes.The company, established in Howell in 1960, is commemorated its golden anniversary in August."To be as successful as we've been through all these years and be the...   Continue
UPS identifies American crew killed in Dubai crash   9/4/2010
Crew members from Kentucky and Florida were identified Saturday as the two people killed when a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai.The crash Friday killed Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Ky., 48, and First Officer Matthew Bell, 38, of Sanford, Fla., the Atlanta-based...   Continue
Phoenix area to be test site for fastest wireless   9/4/2010
The Phoenix area soon will become the nation's first and only test site for the fastest wireless technology entering the marketplace, a leap in cellular and Internet service that could drive down prices for consumers.The technology includes seamless movie streaming on mobile devices,...   Continue
Siemens to close Ohio center, cutting 88 jobs   9/4/2010
The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it plans to shut down a distribution center in Columbus by the end of January, cutting 88 jobs.The company plans to move the work from Columbus to Southaven, Miss.Siemens spokesman Michael Krampe says having one distribution center will speed...   Continue
BP: Crews lifting key device from Gulf face delay   9/4/2010
BP crews faced delays Saturday as they slowly raised the 300-ton blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, taking care not to damage or drop a key piece of evidence in the spill investigation.The device was about 500 feet from the surface and likely...   Continue

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