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(200865) More problems for Boeing’s 787.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:25:10 +0000

EnlargeA Boeing report, according to the Wall Street Journal, suggests that airlines turn on certain 787 systems three hours prior to take off to identify any possible electrical system or computer glitches.Staff Portland Business Journal In addition to problems with its lithium-ion batteries,&#

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(200850) Online Sales Tax Bill: How Does it Click with Amazon’s Long-term Strategy?.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:00 +0000

Retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, have been closely watching new legislation being debated in Congress.Recently, the US Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which requires online retailers generating more than $1 million in "remote" sales to collect sales tax in the state where

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(200842) Intuition Ale Works eyeing Mixon Town site for new brewery/taproom.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:37 +0000

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(200851) US Drugmaker Actavis to Spend $8.5 Billion on Irish Rival.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:28:00 +0000

Deal will create a specialty pharmaceutical company with approximately $11 billion in combined annual revenue, focused on women's health, gastroenterology, urology and dermatology.DUBLIN -- U.S. pharmaceutical company Actavis has agreed to an all-stock takeover of Irish rival Warner Chilcott, the

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(200802) Boeing 787 could have other issues than battery woes.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:41:57 +0000

EnlargeIn the first few months of its flying before its grounding, the Boeing 787's reliability was about the same as the first year of the Boeing 777.In addition to problems with its lithium-ion batteries that grounded the Boeing Co. 787 fleet around the world for more than three months, the….

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(200804) Washington group: Immigration reform could mean 5K new jobs in N.C..

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:23 +0000

EnlargeJames Poulin, Phoenix Business JournalGranting immigration reform to North Carolina's 325,000 undocumented workers would boost the state's gross state product by $34 billion and create 5,000 new jobs over the next 10 years, according to a progressive Washington-based think tank.The Center for

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(200783) Allied Specialty to close Monaco RV factory in northern Indiana.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:37 +0000

EnlargeAllied Specialty Vehicles is taking over Navistar's production of the Monaco RV and closing the plant in Wakarusa, Ind.Staff Chicago Business Journal Allied Specialty Vehicles Inc., which has bought Navistar International Corp.'s recreational vehicles business, is planning to close a…

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(200808) Consumer Group Flags High SPF Ratings On Sunscreen.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:21:48 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite those long-awaited changes, many sunscreens continue to carry SPF ratings that some experts consider…

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(200784) Boeing aircraft landing gear catches fire in Moscow.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:18:07 +0000

EnlargeAP photoPassengers evacuate a Boeing 737 at an airport in Moscow.Another Boeing aircraft was involved in a fire incident this weekend, however this time it did not involve the 787 Dreamliner and did not appear to involve a battery.A Boeing 737 owned by Russian carrier UTair was able to….

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(200770) New HondaJet prototype undergoes successful test flight.

KCLink — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:14:36 +0000

Honda Aircraft Co. said Monday that its fifth Federal Aviation Administration-conforming HondaJet, equipped with a production interior that will match its final aircraft, successfully completed its first 60-minute flight last week at its world headquarters in Greensboro.The announcement came as part

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