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Aecon Group wins $58.3-million contract to expand Ontario highway   11/19/2009
Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) said Thursday that it has won a $58.3-million contract from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to expand Highway 69 near Estaire, Ont.Under the contract, the construction company will widen the highway from two lanes to four lanes for a stretch of nearly 15...   Continue
Obama administration pauses on Alaska drilling   11/19/2009
The Obama administration has delayed a decision on a request by Shell Oil Co. to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's rugged Chukchi Sea. The delay came after the oil company asked for time to respond to criticism of its plan to drill in the icy sea, a prime habitat for threatened polar...   Continue
Pa. utility commission approves gas company sale   11/19/2009
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has unanimously approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to a San Francisco-based investors group subsidiary.Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources Inc. agreed last year to sell Dominion Peoples and its sister...   Continue
GM analyst predicts solid November US sales   11/19/2009
GM's top sales analyst says U.S. auto sales in November could top an annual rate of 10.8 million for the first time year besides this summer, which was helped by the Cash for Clunkers rebates.General Motors Co. Executive Director of Market Analysis Mike DiGiovanni says the auto industry is...   Continue
Fisher Investments CEO Kenneth Fisher on Bloomberg Radio   11/19/2009
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Mexico orders Canadian company to end mining   11/19/2009
The Mexican government has ordered a Canadian-owned gold miner to halt operations in a colonial-era hamlet where residents say blasting has damaged the landscape and chemical runoff threatens to contaminate the water supply with cyanide.New Gold Inc. of Vancouver vowed Thursday to appeal the...   Continue
Glitch Snarls Air Traffic In Latest Woes For FAA   11/19/2009
For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country.The snarl Thursday — traced to something as simple as a single circuit board —...   Continue
The Botax? Nip/tuck levy to help health care plan   11/19/2009
They call it the "Botax."The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans.Vanity was an easy target as lawmakers scraped for...   Continue
AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force   11/19/2009
The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs — more than a third of its work force — as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.Major job cuts had been expected and seemed certain after Time Warner said last week that AOL would...   Continue
Ex-drug distributor chairman convicted of fraud   11/19/2009
A federal jury on Thursday found the former head of the country's largest drug distributor guilty of fraud, nearly 10 years after he played a central role in one of the costliest corporate accounting scandals of the time.The jury convicted former McKesson Corp. chairman Charles McCall of four...   Continue

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