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Written By: kellen.henry on August 5, 2009 No Comment
Factory orders increased in June

BY KELLEN M. HENRY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

New orders for manufactured goods increased 0.4 percent the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday in a preliminary report on the manufacturing industry in June, following a 1.1 percent increase in May.

Factory orders were expected to fall 0.8 percent, according to a survey of economists by [...]

Written By: kiransood on April 22, 2009 No Comment
Marketing “green” vehicles in hopes of bringing in the green

 

American automakers are hoping to market the idea that smaller can be better, when it comes to cars. Europe and Japan have successfully marketed smaller vehicles for years. (Blog.wired.com)

BY: KIRAN SOOD – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Consumers might be willing to pay $2,000 to $3,000 more for a hybrid [...]

Written By: marjorie on July 31, 2008 One Comment
MetraRail chaos not on track

BY MARJORIE KORN, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Most consumers are bemoaning high gasoline prices, and those same commuters have an incentive to hit up the oft-underutilized public transportation. And an overwhelmed system has brought its flaws to the surface.

This morning, Medill professor Ceci Rodgers was stuck at the Ravenswood stop on the [...]

Written By: jmbreslow on July 30, 2008 One Comment
Amid struggles, JetBlue CEO takes pay cut

By JASON M. BRESLOW – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE

Despite its new “Happy Jetting” campaign, there has been little worth celebrating at JetBlue Airways Corp. [[JBLU]] recently.

In the last week alone, JetBlue announced a $7 million loss in the second quarter and saw its debt downgraded by Moody’s Investment Services. Amid such [...]

Written By: Administrator on April 26, 2008 No Comment

Credit market turmoil could boost CME’s move into OTC derivatives

by John Detrixhe

Apr 23, 2008

The CME Group Inc.’s latest foray into the $62 trillion off-exchange credit-default swaps market comes just as some critics [...]

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