August 30th, 2010
Mexicana Airlines, which declared bankruptcy earlier this month, announced Friday it will cease all operations by midday Saturday.
That includes one daily flight between Mineta San Jose International Airport and Guadalajara, Mexico's second-largest city, located in the state of Jalisco.
The airline had stopped four weekly flights between San Jose and the city of Morelia, in the […]
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August 28th, 2010
Apple Inc. is reportedly renewing efforts to get TV networks to offer their shows on iTunes for as little as 99 cents per show.
The report from Bloomberg, based on unnamed sources, comes as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is widely expected to be ready to announce a new product called iTV next month.
Bloomberg said that Apple is in […]
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July 28th, 2010
Ford Motor continued its successful turnaround as better-than-expected sales and profits easily outdistanced expectations and reversed the operating loss of a year ago.
The automaker earned $2.7 billion, or 68 cents a share, excluding special items. The consensus forecast of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters was for earnings of 40 cents a share, and Ford […]
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July 17th, 2010
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis ranks as the 27th best hospital in the nation for orthopedic care, according to U.S. News and World Report magazine’s Best Hospitals for 2010-11.
“Methodist is very honored to be included in this prestigious listing,” said Gary S. Shorb, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Inc., in a statement. “We […]
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July 13th, 2010
Denver International Airport had its second-busiest May on record, with 4.37 million passengers passing through.
The passenger count is up 4.3 percent from May 2009, but down from 4.45 million passengers in May 2008.
For the first five months of this year, DIA counted 20.37 million passengers, an increase of 3.8 percent from the same period of […]
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June 9th, 2010
Business First has posted six databases that allow you to sort through this year’s elementary school rankings and gather additional information about specific schools.
Follow these links:
• Overall rankings of elementary schools
• Rankings of public elementary schools
• Rankings of private elementary schools
• Rankings of elementary schools in English language arts
• Rankings of elementary schools in mathematics
• […]
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June 3rd, 2010
US Airways Group will begin service June 1 connecting Charlotte, N.C., with Ottawa, Ontario.
Ottawa joins the list of five other destinations added from the Tempe-based airline’s Charlotte hub in the past 18 months. Service to Rome began May 13 and flights to Rio de Janeiro started in December.
The daily service to Ottawa will be operated […]
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May 7th, 2010
Factories are churning out more goods. Consumers are spending. Government aid is fueling construction activity. But stagnant pay and weak hiring will likely restrain the economic rebound in coming months.
That cautionary picture emerged from a series of economic reports Monday.
Consumers stepped up spending in March by the largest amount in […]
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April 22nd, 2010
Still scrambling to file your taxes or waiting (still) on your refund? Companies around the country are trying to relieve the Tax Day sting with freebies and special deals.
Free brewed coffee. Stop by your corner Starbucks (SBUX, Fortune 500) with a travel mug for a free fill-up. The deal is part of the […]
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April 17th, 2010
M-I SWACO has been awarded a six-year, $800 million multi-services contract by Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd.
Houston-based M-I will provide drilling waste management, filtration, wellbore cleanup tools and other services for six to 10 drilling rigs off the coast of Cabinda, Angola in shallow and deep water.
M-I SWACO is jointly owned by Houston firms Smith […]
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