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Gulf Oil Spill Investigators Focus On Who Knew What, And When

August 24, 2010

HOUSTON (AP) — Federal investigators seeking the cause of the rig explosion that led to BP’s massive Gulf oil spill focused Monday on communication and chain of command, wondering at times whether the key players knew enough to handle an emergency. They also questioned whether a piece of failed equipment designed to prevent the disaster was inspected on schedule.

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David Isenberg: The Latest on Contractors From SIGIR

July 31, 2010

The latest Quarterly Report to Congress from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has been released.

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Heba el Habashy and Charles Lacalle: The Next Big Thing Is Up and Coming: Cultivating Emerging Designers From London to NY

July 23, 2010

The contours of an emerging fashion designer’s life can vary dramatically based on his location relative to the Atlantic. Europe has a long tradition of supporting fashion design as an art as well as an industry. One European capital in particular stands out: “The opportunities are so good that we would pack up and move to London in a heartbeat to receive some of the services they offer,” the CEO of one emerging label recently told The Cultivate

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David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 15: Coordination is Easier Said Than Done

July 17, 2010

This is the fifteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO report ” Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Needed To Improve Use of Private Security Providers .” This transcript illustrates that nearly two years after the U.S. invaded Iraq the U.S

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David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 13: Houston, We’ve Had A Problem

July 15, 2010

No, this is not about the Apollo 13 mission. But this is the thirteenth installment of the Government Accountability Office interview transcripts that were prepared pursuant to the July 2005 GAO report ” Rebuilding Iraq: Actions Needed To Improve Use of Private Security Providers .” It is pretty obvious that the company in this transcript is Kellogg Brown and Root Services, Inc., (KBR), as evidenced by language like this, “The only reports seen in Houston office are serious reports that have to be given to the client. Serious reports involve the destruction of government property, USG embarrassment, or death/injury of contractor personnel.” I can’t help but wonder what KBR thinks constitutes “USG embarrassment;” KBR contractors in possession of child porn ?

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Janet Murguía: What’s the Holdup? Strategies to Jump-Start a Stalled Economy

July 13, 2010

More than 15 million Latinos are unemployed.

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Asian Stocks Decline for Second Week on U.S. Jobs, European Debt Concerns

June 12, 2010

By Masaki Kondo June 12 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks fell for a second week after a U.S. jobs report missed economist estimates and concern grew that Europe’s crisis of government debt is spreading. LG Electronics Inc.

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Gulf Fisherman On Oil Spill: ‘Our Way Of Life Is Over. It’s The End, The Apocalypse’

May 31, 2010

NEW ORLEANS — The best hope for stopping the flow of oil from the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has been compared to hitting a target the size of a dinner plate with a drill more than two miles into the earth, and is anything but a sure bet on the first attempt. Bid after bid has failed to stanch what has already become the nation’s worst-ever spill, and BP PLC is readying another patchwork attempt as early as Wednesday, this one a cut-and-cap process to put a lid on the leaking wellhead so oil can be siphoned to the surface.

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Toyota Sudden-Acceleration Lawsuits Combined in California Federal Court

April 9, 2010

By Margaret Cronin Fisk April 9 (Bloomberg) — Lawsuits against Toyota Motor Corp.

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Toyota Lawsuits: LA Court Chosen By US Panel For Toyota Lawsuits

April 9, 2010

MIAMI — A federal judge in Southern California was chosen Friday to preside over more than 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota in the aftermath of the automaker’s sudden acceleration problems, which could potentially mushroom into one of the nation’s biggest product liability cases. A judicial panel consolidated the ever-growing list of cases before U.S

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