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___ Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that ...
Va senators introduce offshore drilling bill
Virginia's U.S. senators have introduced a bill to allow offshore energy leases off the coast of Virginia. Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013 on Wednesday. It is similar to legislation recently proposed in the U.S. House by Rep. ...
Puerto Rico's Culebra awaits new hospital, school
Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those strings. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said this week that the island will get its first hospital and large-scale recycling center, as ...
INVESTORS HELP TESLA REPAY A $465 MILLION FEDERAL LOAN EARLY
c.2013 New York Times News Service The taxpayer no longer has to worry about Tesla Motors. Tesla, the electric carmaker, on Wednesday paid off a $465 million loan that the Energy Department made in 2010. The repayment is a lift to the Obama administration, whose clean-energy loan programs faced criticism ...
INVESTORS HELP TESLA REPAY A $465 MILLION FEDERAL LOAN EARLY
c.2013 New York Times News Service The taxpayer no longer has to worry about Tesla Motors. Tesla, the electric carmaker, on Wednesday paid off a $465 million loan that the Energy Department made in 2010. The repayment is a lift to the Obama administration, whose clean-energy loan programs faced criticism ...
More ethanol leaking after Iowa train derailment
Iowa officials say more ethanol is leaking into the Little Cedar River following a train derailment east of Charles City. The state Department of Natural Resources says workers trying to recover ethanol cars and locomotives on Wednesday realized a second ethanol car was leaking. They discovered leaking ethanol and fuel ...
New Chevy Sonic is RS hatchback
The newest Chevrolet Sonic is a peppy, stylish, versatile and good handling RS hatchback with standard turbo engine, leather-trimmed seats and smartphone infotainment link — all for a starting price tag of less $21,000. Better yet, the 2013 Sonic 5-Door RS has the top, overall, five-out-of-five-stars rating for passenger protection ...
Boulder County won't extend drilling moratorium
At least two northern Colorado communities are looking to impose strict regulations on oil and gas drilling instead of stopping it all together. On Tuesday, Boulder County commissioners voted against extending a moratorium on new wells that is set to expire June 10 and instead will try to phase in ...
State study: Mass. town's turbines too noisy
A state sound study indicates two industrial-sized turbines in Fairhaven are violating Massachusetts noise regulations. Testing by the Department of Environmental Protection was done to determine if the turbine noise is more than 10 decibels higher than ambient noise at homes where residents have complained about the turbines. DEP Deputy ...
Tesla shows Model S to influence NC auto bill
North Carolina lawmakers and passersby stopped to take in a display of Tesla Motors' award-winning electric cars Wednesday as the company presses against a bill in the General Assembly that effectively outlaws Tesla's Internet-based sales model. The California automaker drew sporadic crowds around its Model S electric car outside the ...
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