Business Stories from May 26, 2012 (Change date)
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SBA head looks beyond loans to help small businessMay 26, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — When Karen Mills became head of the Small Business Administration in April 2009, the U.S. was in a recession and a credit crisis. It was hard, if not impossib...
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Class of 2012 a mix of hope, fear on economyMay 26, 2012 11:00 pm - It's a time when hope collides with economic reality, when the relief of that last class and the thrill of holding that diploma give way to the next big step — finding a...
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The making of the term 'pink slime'May 26, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — “Pink slime” was almost “pink paste” or “pink goo.” The microbiologist who coined the term for lean finely textured beef ran through a few iterations in his ...
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Embittered Facebook investors ponder next moveMay 26, 2012 4:30 pm - To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of. Either way, a colossal understatemen...
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Job, economy fears mix with hope for Class of ‘12May 26, 2012 4:20 pm - It’s a time when hope collides with economic reality, when the relief of that last class and the thrill of holding that diploma give way to the next big step — finding a...
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Spain’s lender Bankia says it won’t need more aidMay 26, 2012 2:03 pm - MADRID — The president of Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain’s second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financia...
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IMF chief Lagarde: Little sympathy for GreeceMay 26, 2012 1:59 pm - LONDON — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country’s economic prob...
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Pasta is still serious businessMay 26, 2012 1:55 pm - ROME — They twirled, they sniffed, they slurped, they chewed. The dozen housewives who gathered in a Rome hotel on a recent afternoon took their work terribly seriously,...
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iPad makes paper obsoleteMay 26, 2012 7:41 am - I didn’t expect to quit paper so easily. Sure, I love technology, but I also love reading, and I’ve always found paper to be the most pleasurable delivery system for the...
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Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registryMay 26, 2012 7:32 am - WASHINGTON — From rare audio interviews of former slaves to recordings by Donna Summer and the Grateful Dead, 25 sounds that shaped the American cultural landscape are b...
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