Shippers Stick With Tokyo as U.S. Says Radiation Easily Cleaned

Shippers Stick With Tokyo as U.S. Says Radiation Easily Cleaned
Five of the six biggest container shippers are maintaining routes to Tokyo and Yokohama after the U.S. Navy said radiation on vessels from the leaking Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant can be scrubbed off with soap and water.
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U.S. Tightens Standards for EnergyStar Label

U.S. Tightens Standards for EnergyStar Label
Under new rules, effective immediately, the approval process for appliances will no longer be automated and a staff member will review each application.
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Carnival, Hertz, Kindred Healthcare, Micron: U.S. Equity Movers

Carnival, Hertz, Kindred Healthcare, Micron: U.S. Equity Movers
Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses. Prices are as of 1:40 p.m. in New York.
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U.S. Banks Stock Update – Feb. 2010

U.S. Banks Stock Update – Feb. 2010
The Treasury’s requirement of focusing banking institutions towards higher-quality capital will help banks absorb big losses. Specific banks that we like with a Zacks #1 Rank include BANF, FCVA and BBNK.
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U.S. lifting of HIV travel ban can reunite families

U.S. lifting of HIV travel ban can reunite families
CHICAGO—Senora Desiree cries when she talks about her only son, who is HIV-positive. The fact that the 18-year-old has been barred from visiting Chicago only heaps humiliation on top of her pain. “I have suffered so much because of the law,“ said Desiree, a Chicago resident who [...]