Former Microsoft CEO and new Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, have donated another $250,000 to a campaign seeking to expand background checks on gun sales in Washington state.
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NY comptroller gets involved in FairPoint dispute
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The New York comptroller is getting involved in the FairPoint labor dispute, using his clout with the company’s biggest shareholder to ensure the company’s workforce is treated fairly.
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Small Business's Impact on Midterm Elections
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With a Republican’s House majority and Democrat control of the Senate now in jeopardy, this election cycle is producing a pitch battle with daggers drawn on every front. Here is Main Street’s outlook.
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Hundreds of W.Va. mines workers warned of layoffs
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In what has become a painful exercise across Appalachia, Patriot Coal is again telling hundreds of West Virginia mine workers that they could lose their jobs.
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Why Your Startup Will Fail: You.
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There are lots of reasons why startups fail. Yes, there are. I’m sure I’ve seen them all. But if you dig down a bit, the root cause of most of them is that their leaders choose not to see what’s staring them right in the face.
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Auxilium Pharma says will cut workforce 30 percent
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Auxilium Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday it is cutting 30 percent of its workforce, about 190 jobs, as part of a restructuring of its operations that will save it at least $75 million a year.
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Court blocks pollution rules for Wyoming plants
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can’t force several Wyoming power plants to install new pollution-control equipment while the state’s legal challenge to federal regulations plays out in court, an appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
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Feds: CEO made wrong decision before plane crash
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Federal investigators say the likely causes of an airplane crash that killed Micron CEO Steve Appleton in 2012 are a reduction in engine power during takeoff and Appleton’s ill-fated decision to turn around rather than make an emergency landing.
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Trump casinos are latest filing for bankruptcy
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Trump Entertainment Resorts has become the latest Atlantic City casino owner to file for bankruptcy protection.
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Flooding washes away parts of major Nevada freeway
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Heavy rains and flash flooding that washed away portions of the roadway prompted Nevada officials to close a nearly 50-mile stretch of Interstate 15, a major trucking artery that leads north from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City.