Thursday, June 30, 2016

Contract for United Airlines flight attendants would truly unite them and other top stories.

  • Contract for United Airlines flight attendants would truly unite them

    Contract for United Airlines flight attendants would truly unite them
    NEW YORK — United Airlines and leaders of its flight attendants’ union have agreed to a new labor contract that will unify the cabin crews for the first time since United’s merger with Continental Airlines more than five years ago.The deal, which still requires a vote by the union’s full membership, would also raise United flight attendants’ pay to a level that the union claims is the highest in the industry. Advertisement With the increase, for example, United flight attendants entering the..
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  • CIBC Pushes Into U.S. With a Bank Purchase -- WSJ

    CIBC Pushes Into U.S. With a Bank Purchase -- WSJ
    Shutterstock photo By Ben Dummett Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, in the latest move by a big Canadian bank to bet on the U.S. market for growth, agreed Wednesday to acquire Chicago-based lender PrivateBancorp Inc. for about $3.8 billion in cash and stock. In Canada, the five biggest banks already dominate the domestic banking and wealth management sectors, and are grappling with the prospect of rising credit losses from energy-sector lending and sluggish economic growth due to t..
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  • Good riddance, Diablo

    Good riddance, Diablo
    New Times / Letter To The Editor The following article was posted on June 29th, 2016, in the New Times - Volume 30, Issue 49 [ Submit a Story ] The following articles were printed from New Times [newtimesslo.com] - Volume 30, Issue 49 Good riddance, Diablo By Jim Griffin - San Luis Obispo Diablo Canyon is finally shutting down. It should never have been built, especially over two earthquake-prone fault lines. In fact, as we can see now, no nuclear power plants should ever have been built. Soon..
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  • Santander, Deutsche Bank: US stress test repeat offenders

    Santander, Deutsche Bank: US stress test repeat offenders
    New York, June 30 U.S. units of Deutsche Bank and Santander suffered the ignominy of failing U.S. stress tests yet again this year, less than a week after Britain's shocking vote to leave the European Union sent their investors running for cover.Santander's U.S. bank is the first to fail the test three years in a row.Both banks failed because of poor risk management and financial planning, not for lack of capital, the Fed said.Santander's Chairman Ana Botin vowed in January to fix it within t..
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  • Asian stocks rise as post-Brexit rebound continues, yen held in check

    Asian stocks rise as post-Brexit rebound continues, yen held in check
    TOKYO Asia stocks rose on Thursday, tracking an overnight rally on Wall Street, while the safe-haven Japanese yen was held in check as global markets regained a semblance of calm after the Brexit shock.Spreadbetters forecast a slightly higher open for Britain's FTSE .FTSE, Germany's DAX .GDAXI and France's CAC .FCHI.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 1.5 percent, pulling further away from a one-month low on Friday when it plunged more than 3 percent i..
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  • Court Will Hear Next Chapter in the Redstone Saga -- WSJ

    Court Will Hear Next Chapter in the Redstone Saga -- WSJ
    Shutterstock photo By Joe Flint Issues include whether Sumner Redstone has come under 'undue influence' from daughter When the legal battle surrounding Sumner Redstone had its last substantive turn in court, the media mogul's longtime companion was arguing he was mentally incompetent when he evicted her and removed her as his health-care proxy. A California judge dismissed that suit. In addition to his mental competency, the case also will get into the murky legal question of ..
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  • Lesedi La Rona Diamond: 2nd-Largest Ever Mined

    Lesedi La Rona Diamond: 2nd-Largest Ever Mined
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  • Motorists can fill up on lowest holiday gas prices in 11 years - Winston

    Motorists can fill up on lowest holiday gas prices in 11 years - Winston
    Motorists will feel a little less pinch in their vacation budgets over the Independence Day holiday, with regular unleaded gas and diesel prices at their lowest levels for the five-day period since 2005. AAA Carolinas said Wednesday the average price for regular unleaded gas in the Triad is $2.18 a gallon, down 44 cents from a year ago. There are several convenience stores and gas stations as low as $2.08, according to GasBuddy.com. An online service is needed to view..
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  • Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding - Omaha World

    Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding - Omaha World
    Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:58 am | Updated: 2:45 am, Thu Jun 30, 2016. Ku Klux Klan dreams of rising again 150 years after founding Associated Press | BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Ku Klux Klan is trying to make a comeback and reshape itself for a new era. The white supremacist organization was born in the defeated South after the Civil War. It's 150 years old and has ..
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  • College debt, no degree means world of financial hurt

    College debt, no degree means world of financial hurt
    How much is too much when it comes to college debt? Obviously -- or maybe not so obvious to some -- you don't want to borrow the entire cost.Gifts to grads might help but many college students still juggle student loans.(Photo: Susan Tompor)Story HighlightsSome select a less expensive college -- or one with a scholarship offer -- to avoid too much debt.Take a full-time workload of credits to try to graduate in four years, not five.See if you can rent college text books or buy used ones.Guideline..
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