President Obama pauses during his speech on America’s energy security, delivered at Georgetown University in Washington Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Washington (CNSNews.com) – Despite the nuclear crisis in Japan, nuclear energy will remain a safe and important source of electricity in the U.S., President Obama said on Wednesday. “America gets one-fifth [...]
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SymbolPriceChangeHSY54.69-0.10{“s” : “hsy”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Chocolate is going to cost a little more green. The Hershey Co. on Wednesday said it raised wholesale prices by 9.7 percent, because its own costs have risen. The candy maker says the price increase takes effect immediately. It cited higher costs [...]
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SymbolPriceChangeJNJ59.38+0.16{“s” : “jnj”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} NEW YORK (AP) — Johnson Johnson said Wednesday that it is reorganizing its consumer business, including giving more attention to its McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, which has been stung by around 20 recalls of popular over-the-counter products like Tylenol, Motrin, and Benadryl. The company said the [...]
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FILE – This file photo from June 10, 2008, shows David Sokol, Chairman of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., in Omaha, Neb. Sokol, once thought to be a possible successor to investor Warren Buffett, has resigned. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) SymbolPriceChangeBRK-A128,103.00+1,093.00KO66.04+0.32WFC31.91+0.32{“s” : “brk-a,ko,wfc”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A top executive [...]
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SymbolPriceChangeAIG36.05-0.13{“s” : “aig”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has turned down an offer by American International Group to repurchase dodgy mortgage bonds that the Fed had taken off the insurance company’s hands during the financial crisis. AIG had offered $15.7 billion for the bonds. [...]
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iMate puts a variety of iDevice media-management tools under one attractive roof. (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) Wondershare’s new iMate is a multipurpose Windows utility for iPhone, iPod, and iPad owners. With it you can rip DVDs, convert videos, copy music and photos from your iDevice to your PC, create ringtones, and more. It normally [...]
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Can Your Child’s Sleep Habits Make Him Gain Weight? You’ve probably heard that increased TV watching, high-calorie snacking, and decreased physical activity are linked to skyrocketing rates of child obesity. But recent research points to a new culprit: lack of sleep. “Children who don’t sleep enough are at much greater risk for obesity than children [...]
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Washington (AP) – For all the talk of recovery, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy as soaring gas costs strain already-tight budgets. So far, people aren’t taking it out on President Barack Obama, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. Even so, the survey highlights a central challenge Obama will face in his campaign [...]
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Washington (AP) – After a brief reprieve, immigration authorities are once again denying applications for immigration benefits for same sex couples following a legal review. Chris Brantley, a spokesman for the U.S. Citizenship and Services agency, said Wednesday that a review by lawyers from the Department of Homeland Security, it was concluded that a law [...]
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SymbolPriceChangeAIB2.51-0.07{“s” : “aib”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland is publishing stress tests on its four surviving banks Thursday — and analysts expect the results to force all of them to come under majority state control and perhaps even shove the country into an eventual default. Regulators are revealing numbers on [...]
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