Business Stories from January 20, 2013 (Change date)
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Aviation technology advances, FAA tries to keep upJan 20, 2013 3:09 pm - DALLAS — After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn’t U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines. T...
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NTSB: Plane battery that burned not overchargedJan 20, 2013 3:01 pm - WASHINGTON — The battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said there could ...
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Flu season fuels debate over paid sick time lawsJan 20, 2013 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — Sniffling, groggy and afraid she had caught the flu, Diana Zavala dragged herself in to work anyway for a day she felt she couldn't afford to miss. A school ...
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Support steady in upstate NY home of RemingtonJan 20, 2013 3:00 pm - ILION, N.Y. — Not everyone here works at the Remington factory, but everyone knows someone who does. The big brick complex looms above the rooftops of the modest wood-fr...
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Workers trim splurges as paychecks shrinkJan 20, 2013 7:17 am - Phoenix high school teacher Kenny Williams said he’s cutting back on his “family splurge fund” for movie and sports outings after the reinstated U.S. payroll tax lowered...
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Survey: Small biz optimism rises despite ‘cliff’Jan 20, 2013 7:13 am - NEW YORK — Small business owners were slightly more optimistic at the end of 2012 even as they awaited the outcome of negotiations in Congress over the “fiscal cliff.” T...
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Moody’s: Outlook for higher ed sector now negativeJan 20, 2013 6:43 am - Moody’s Investors Service on downgraded its outlook for the higher education sector to negative across the board, saying even prestigious, top-tier research universities...
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Q&A: Obama lacks clear edge in next fight with GOPJan 20, 2013 6:21 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama had a clear political edge in his fight with Republicans over the fiscal cliff, and used it to his advantage. In the upcoming battle ...
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Personalized panties helping Nordstrom in discount warJan 20, 2013 6:13 am - Bespoke, long the province of Savile Row, has come to the lingerie department at Nordstrom Inc. Last month, shoppers at the upscale department store chain’s White Plains...
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Toyota Prius grabs top spot in California auto sales raceJan 20, 2013 6:13 am - Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius hybrid passed Honda Motor Co.’s Civic to become the best-selling vehicle line in California, the largest U.S. auto market, for the first time ...
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