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The euro has failed
Europe's single currency is a bust. With unemployment reaching depression levels in the Mediterranean states, time has long passed to negotiate an orderly return to national currencies. Euro advocates argue a single currency is essential for creating a...
Tags: Republic of Ireland, Germany, Productivity, Market and Exchange, Madrid (Spain)
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NFL lockout to remain in place after court decision
In a decision that is significant but not surprising, the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in favor of the NFL on Friday, five weeks after hearing oral arguments on whether the league could lock out its players. The lockout will remain...Tags: Strikes, Tom Brady, NFL Lockout (2011), National Football League, Judges
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As antitrust case ends, Microsoft is victorious in defeat
The Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft was one of the largest and most carefully watched in history. The courts ruled that Microsoft illegally maintained its monopoly of personal computer operating systems (OS). After years of...Tags: Google Inc., University of Baltimore, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Justice, Networking
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Southwest merger with AirTran combines biggest BWI rivals
Southwest Airlines' $1.4 billion bid for AirTran Holdings would combine the two largest carriers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, cementing Southwest's dominance at BWI but possibly ushering in higher passenger fares amid...Tags: U.S. Airways, Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Department of Justice, Corporate Performance, Transportation
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Constellation deal still on
Warren E. Buffett's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. said yesterday that it is moving forward with a planned $4.7 billion acquisition of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group after completing a review of the BGE parent's retail and wholesale...Tags: Stock Market, Contracts, NYSE, Corporate Officers, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
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CEG, MidAmerican file for deal approval
Baltimore's Constellation Energy Group and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. said yesterday that the two companies filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting approval of their proposed $4.7 billion deal. Warren Buffett's...Tags: Constellation Energy Group, Companies and Corporations, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Warren Buffett
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Baseball stars, officials testify
Sun StaffWASHINGTON - Some of baseball's brightest stars uneasily testified yesterday about steroid use, but a House committee saved its fire for baseball executives, going so far as to question whether their sport still deserved its treasured exemption from...Tags: International Law, Rafael Palmeiro, Danny K Davis, Major League Baseball, Mark E Souder
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Sparrows Point called lifesaver for ailing mill
Sun reporterEach day, rail cars carrying steel slabs minted some 300 miles east at Baltimore County's Sparrows Point mill arrive at Esmark Inc.'s Wheeling-Pittsburgh plant here. Huge trucks with claws in their underbellies grab the slabs and haul them to Wheeling-...Tags: Super Bowl, Inland Steel Company, Veterans Affairs, Mittal Steel Company NV, Metal and Mineral
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Russian firm buys the Point
Sun reportersRussian steelmaker OAO Severstal announced yesterday that it is buying the steel plant at Sparrows Point and says it plans to run the mill at full capacity and invest up to half a billion dollars during the next five years to improve productivity....Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Luxembourg, World War II (1939-1945), Bankruptcy, Mittal Steel Company NV
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Sparrows Point buyer plans rapid boost in steel output
Sun reporterRussian steelmaker OAO Severstal said yesterday that its acquisition of the Sparrows Point complex could close as early as mid-May and that it plans to rapidly ramp up production at the Baltimore County steel plant. Severstal plans to bring plant...Tags: Investments, U.S. Department of Justice, Contracts, Corporate Officers, Metal and Mineral
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Roberts used to navigating business issues
Sun StaffIn John G. Roberts Jr., many of the corporate chieftains who helped put President Bush in the White House see a Supreme Court nominee with whom they can do business. That's partly because so many of them already have. As one of Washington's most sought-...Tags: Executive Branch, Judges, Lawyers, Metal and Mineral, Companies and Corporations
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