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Alpha gives $5K to Child Advocacy Center

21:54:03 | 19/04/2011 - Source: Logan Banner

Alpha Natural Resources recently donated $5,000 to the Logan County Child Advocacy Center.

... in the workplace: Going green is about saving money, but also employee well-being

17:36:20 | 19/04/2011 - Source: Http

Jed Fisk, vice president of corporate services at Principal Financial, stands under a ceiling made from sunflower seeds in the Principal Child Development Center.

Disasters will impact insurance costs

13:26:45 | 19/04/2011 - Source: Business Report

Natural gas storage tanks burn at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo March 11, 2011.

Ham on the lam: Pa. police send pet pig to farm

11:16:56 | 19/04/2011 - Source: KAUZ-TV Wichita Falls

FOLSOM, Pa. - A potbellied pet has been put out to pasture, much to the chagrin of its suburban Philadelphia owner.

S&P cuts U.S. credit view, stocks take a hit

07:02:17 | 19/04/2011 - Source: The Jersey Journal

Floor brokers shown placing orders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

Herald-Tribune writer wins Pulitzer for insurance industry coverage

02:52:42 | 19/04/2011 - Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal

Paige St. John , a reporter for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune , won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for her coverage of Florida's property insurance system.

FDIC's Bair: Banks may need new capital buffers

22:43:12 | 18/04/2011 - Source: Market Watch

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair said in an interview published Monday that regulators may want to require large financial institutions to have separate capital buffers for their investment banking units.

Stocks sink after U.S. outlook slashed

18:38:38 | 18/04/2011 - Source: CNN Money

U.S. stocks continued to sell off sharply Monday afternoon, after Standard and Poor's cut its long-term outlook on U.S. debt to negative.

Boot up: BlackBerry's PlayBook the tablet computer for you - if you're a corporate IT manager

14:38:55 | 18/04/2011 - Source: Guardian Unlimited

Plus Google's Larry Page and his uneasy relationship with Wall Street, and how hard can it be to upgrade a mobile OS? A quick burst of 13 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team "Investors had hoped to hear Page sketch out his vision during a Thursday post-earnings conference call.

Aussie Rides Commodity Boom as Credit Suisse Joins RBS in Seeing 4% Gains

10:34:19 | 18/04/2011 - Source: Bloomberg.com - Asia

Analysts are boosting estimates for the Aussie even as a measure of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development signals the currency is 38 percent too strong versus the dollar.

'Do' guy breaks out of glass apartment at MOA

06:24:49 | 18/04/2011 - Source: KARE-TV Minneapolis

After a month of living inside a glass apartment at the Mall of America, a Twin Cities man has finally moved out of his temporary home.

Nat Insurance FY11 premium income up 32% to Rs 6,115 cr

02:15:15 | 18/04/2011 - Source: Business Standard

National Insurance Company today said it has clocked a 32.32% growth in its total premium income to Rs 6,115 crore in 2010-11, with major business coming from health and motor segment.

Pickens fire gets smoke detector grant

22:10:43 | 17/04/2011 - Source: Easley Progress

The Pickens Fire Department wants to help residents within the city keep their homes safe from fire.

PAC's education series targets shows teachers can tap into

17:56:09 | 17/04/2011 - Source: WisInfo

Janet Berry Elementary School teacher Ann Halverson already has reserved seats for her 2011-12 second-grade class to see three children's shows at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in downtown Appleton.

Charlotte-based Helping Hands gets $2,250 in donations

13:46:32 | 17/04/2011 - Source: LSJ.com

UPWARD Sports of First Baptist of Charlotte and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans presented a check for $2,250 to Helping Hands recently.