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..>> view originalMore Texans poised to travel over July 4th holiday - Waco Tribune
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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..>> view originalCollege 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..>> view originalSantander, 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..>> view originalAsian 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..>> view originalLesedi La Rona Diamond: 2nd-Largest Ever Mined
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..>> view original107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs
A worker tends to corn crops at the Monsanto test field in Woodland, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2012. Monsanto is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate and the largest producer of genetically engineered seed. (Noah Berger/Bloomberg News) More than 100 Nobel laureates have signed a letter urging Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice ..>> view originalSumner Redstone's illegible signature looms over Viacom drama
Sumner Redstone will almost certainly not be in a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday when his attorneys and those representing Viacom convene for a hearing that may shape the future of his media empire. Public appearances by the 93-year-old Redstone, Viacom's controlling shareholder, have become rare. But public pronouncements by him have not. In a court filing last week, Redstone chastised Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, who has argued that the aging mogul is being manipulated by his daught..>> view original
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