AmeriCorps Civilian Program Faces $22 Million Budget Cut (Stock Trading)
AmeriCorps Civilian Program Faces $22 Million Budget Cut
President Bush, who embraced AmeriCorps as part of his "compassionate conservative" agenda in 2001, now wants to shut down a part of the national service program that his administration has deemed "ineffective."
Christopher Lee
OSHA Sets Limit on Workplace Chromium
Capping more than a decade of legal wrangling, the government announced yesterday new and controversial limits on workplace exposures to airborne particles of hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing metal.
Rick Weiss
The Flap Over Wind Power
The Interior Department's Fish and Wildlife Service thought it would be a breeze to get interested parties together earlier this month to work out some kinks in its guidelines on how to build wind turbines with minimal harm to bats and birds.
Cindy Skrzycki
Fannie Report Details a Calculated 'Catch-Up'
As a vacationing Franklin D. Raines was preparing to take the helm of Fannie Mae in the summer of 1998, one of the company's top executives spelled out some stark realities for him to contemplate while "lying on the beach, jogging, looking for your ball in the rough."
David S. Hilzenrath
Gaz de France to Acquire Energy, Water Supplier
PARIS — State-backed Gaz de France SA is buying French energy and water supplier Suez SA for more than $46 billion in cash and stock, seeking to fend off a possible bid for Suez by Italy's biggest power company, Enel SpA.
Laurence Frost
Coast Guard Saw 'Intelligence Gaps' on Ports
The U.S. Coast Guard, in charge of reviewing security at ports operated by a Dubai maritime company, warned the Bush administration it could not rule out that the company's assets could be used for terrorist operations, according to a document released yesterday by a Senate committee.
Jonathan Weisman
English Key to Jobs for Somalis, City Says
LEWISTON, Maine — Sahra Habib still speaks English in short bursts, with pronouns missing and verb tenses sometimes mangled. But after a job search in which she was rejected by four employers, there is at least one Americanism she can now repeat from memory.
David A. Fahrenthold
New-Home Sales Fell 5% in Jan.
Home builders across the country have been advertising thousands of dollars in incentives to would-be buyers this winter, but it looks like shoppers have not been swayed.
Sandra Fleishman
Senate Draft on Lobbying Clamps Down on Earmarks
The Senate Rules Committee plans today to draft legislation that would make it harder for lawmakers to win narrowly focused appropriations and tax breaks called earmarks and to compel lawmakers to quickly disclose any meals they accept from lobbyists.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Giant-Stop & Shop CEO Plans to Retire
The chief executive who was charged with overseeing the merger of Giant Food and Stop & Shop announced his retirement yesterday at the age of 52, but neither he nor company officials offered an explanation for his departure.
Ylan Q. Mui
SEC Approves Merger Of NYSE, Archipelago
The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday cleared the way for the New York Stock Exchange to merge with electronic trader Archipelago Holdings Inc., giving final approval to a deal that will make the NYSE a publicly traded company and end its 213-year history as a member-owned exchange.
Kathleen Day
Job Fears Push Down Consumer Confidence
NEW YORK — Americans in February became less optimistic about the overall economy, especially the short-term prospects for the job market, sending a widely followed barometer of consumer sentiment below analysts' estimates.
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