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Judge gives final approval to A123 bankruptcy plan
A Delaware bankruptcy judge has given final approval to the reorganization plan of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc., which was the recipient of a $249 million Department of Energy grant. Monday's court hearing resolved minor outstanding issues following the sale of most of the company's assets to the U.S. ...
Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges
A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges. Prosecutor Olof Sahlgren says the three are "suspected of aggravated attempts to avoid tax controls" by allegedly falsifying parts of Saab's accounts between 2010 and 2011 — a crime that carries ...
Mass. gas prices up a penny
The price of a gallon of gas in Massachusetts is up a penny. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that self-serve, regular crept up to $3.49 per gallon in the past week. The in-state price is 16 cents below the national average. Current prices are up a nickel in the ...
Oil price falls below $96 a barrel
The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief. Benchmark crude for June delivery was down 55 cents to $95.47 a barrel in electronic trading ...
E. Idaho auto dealership apologizes for radio ad
An eastern Idaho auto dealership that offended some area residents with a radio commercial that included a derogatory reference about special needs children in a sales pitch for trucks has apologized. KIFI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/11PyoCa) in a story Friday that Pocatello-based Cole Chevrolet pulled the ads and is also teaming up ...
Sulphur will buy 4 SUVs for police
The City Council has voted to use the general fund to buy four police vehicles. Mayor Chris Duncan tells The American Press (http://bit.ly/cseYHv ) that the purchases will increase the city's projected deficit by $101,250. Duncan says the general fund originally had $33,750 budgeted for a Chevrolet Tahoe, but the ...
Goodyear's new Ohio HQs: huddle rooms and more
Goodyear's brand-spanking-new, state-of-the-art headquarters has "huddle rooms." Don't confuse those with numerous other conference and training rooms sprinkled around the 639,000-square-foot, seven-story structure. Atriums contribute mightily to vast amounts of open space. Carpeting subtly hints of tires and motion. The main lobby pays homage to Charles Goodyear and his discovery ...
Lime Rock hosts race for electric cars
Two flat tires didn't deflate the enthusiasm of the Housatonic Valley Regional High School team that competed in the Electrathon at Lime Rock Park. In the school's first entry into the electric car competition, drivers Wayne Purdy and Brian Saccardi managed to get their entry around the track nine times. ...
Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels ...
Shuttered Hastings ethanol plant closing permanent
A Hastings ethanol plant that announced in February that it would temporarily shut down will not reopen. The Ag Processing Inc. cooperative said Friday that it is permanently shutting down the 55-million-gallon-a-year plant, citing the plant's age and high utility costs associated with running it. Officials had cited a slowdown ...
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