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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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 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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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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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 Entertainment Resorts has become the latest Atlantic City casino owner to file for bankruptcy protection.

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Attorneys for singer Jenni Rivera’s company and relatives of some of those killed alongside her in a plane crash say they are trying to settle a lawsuit against the late Mexican-American superstar’s company.

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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.

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Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from Joan Rivers.

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Over the past year, 10 states have voted to increase their minimum wages, and many more states, counties, towns and individual businesses plan to raise, or discuss raising, their hourly employees’ pay rates in the coming years.

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