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Business Stories from April 8, 2008 (Change date)

AMD to cut jobs, lowers outlook

Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s plan to jettison 10 percent of its work force is the latest sign the seesaw battle between semiconductor rivals Intel Corp...
Ford car mirrors look to blind spots

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Starting early next year, Ford Motor Co. will begin installing side-view mirrors on its vehicles that show blind spots in the outside upper corners. The Dearb...
Circuit City reports 4th-quarter profit as cost cutting offsets lower sales

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. -- Circuit City Stores Inc. says it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit, as cost cutting offset lower sales. The Richmond, Va.-based electronics retail...
FDA triples estimate of heparin deaths

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Some 62 deaths are now associated with contaminated batches of the blood thinner heparin, triple the previous estimate, the Food and Drug Administration sa...
EMS opens center in Abilene, Texas

Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- Energy Maintenance Service LLC, a Broadwind Energy Inc. company, established a comprehensive wind energy maintenance and service center in Abilene, Texas. ...
Bill would make hybrids noisier to protect the blind

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- A bill intended to protect blind people and other pedestrians from the dangers posed by quiet cars will be introduced today in Congress. The measure would r...
Boeing 787 launch date to be delayed up to 18 months

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. pushed back its oft-delayed 787 jetliner by another six months Tuesday, postponing the jet's debut in commercial service until the third quarter of 2009, furt...
WaMu solidifies finances

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Washington Mutual Inc. secured $7 billion in new capital Tuesday, an injection aimed at reviving the company despite ballooning loan losses but which may also...
Striking auto workers in central Illinois look to negotiations

Associated Press
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- About 150 employees at an auto parts plant in central Illinois have been on strike since Sunday, but now they plan to start negotiations. The United Auto Worker...
Batavia's Fuel Tech poised for strong year

By Sol Lieberman Medill News Service
Apr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Fuel Tech Inc., a marketer of efficiency and pollution technologies for coal-driven and other energy-related facilities worldwide, has secured an order for two demonstra...

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