NEW YORK, May 8- The message that everyone should go to college does a disservice to the 60 percent of students who do not finish their degrees within six years, according to new research from Brookings Center on Children and Families, a non-partisan research center in Washington. These students end up with debt that is not recouped by higher salaries later in life.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 6- Silicon Valley is taking itself a tad too seriously, and a few of its shriller residents have taken note.
May 2- Montana- based brokerage D.A. Davidson& Co plans to acquire smaller Los Angeles- based rival Crowell, Weedon& Co in a deal that would create one of the largest regional brokerage firms on the West Coast, with $43.5 billion in client assets under management.
SEATTLE, May 2- Boeing Co said on Thursday that it lost five orders for its 747 jumbo jet and gained one order for its 777 wide-body plane in the latest week. The 777 buyer wasn't identified, and Boeing didn't say which customers canceled 747 orders. Boeing recently said it will slow production of 747 s in response to weakening demand for the jet.
*Boeing aims to protect most popular large twinjet model. SEATTLE/ PARIS, May 1- Boeing has started offering its long-awaited 777 X long-range jet, paving the way for a' mini-jumbo' war with European rival Airbus, industry sources said on Wednesday.
SEATTLE, May 1- Boeing Co said it is taking the "next step" toward launching its long-awaited 777 X wide-body jet by discussing price, schedule and other details with potential customers. "We are taking the next step when it comes to engaging customers on the 777 X," spokesman Doug Alder told Reuters.
SEATTLE, May 2- Boeing Co said on Thursday that it lost five orders for its 747 jumbo jet worth about $1.8 billion at list prices and gained one order for its 777 wide-body plane in the latest week.
SEATTLE, May 1- Boeing Co said it is taking the "next step" toward launching its long-awaited 777 X widebody jet by discussing price, schedule and other details with potential customers. "We are taking the next step when it comes to engaging customers on the 777 X," spokesman Doug Alder told Reuters.
U.S. regulators formally lifted flight restrictions last week after Boeing redesigned the lithium-ion battery system that overheated on two 787 s in January, clearing the company to install the fix on the 50 jets delivered so far.
SEATTLE, April 26- Microsoft Corp came out on top in the first of two patent trials versus Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit on Thursday, as a federal judge in Seattle ruled largely in its favor. District Judge James Robart in Seattle said Microsoft owed only a fraction of the royalties Motorola had claimed for use of its technology in Microsoft's Xbox console.
NEW YORK, April 25- Furloughs of air traffic controllers because of U.S. government spending cuts are leading to flight delays and cancelations.
*96 pct cured with AbbVie 12- week treatment regimen. *AbbVie shares up 2 percent. AbbVie's treatment, a combination of five oral medications, is expected to be a close contender to a treatment in development by Gilead Sciences Inc. Analysts see the Gilead drug winning regulatory approval as early as 2014, with AbbVie close behind.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein is leaving at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for the new Windows 8 operating system.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein is leaving at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for the new Windows 8 operating system.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp said on Thursday Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein would leave at the end of June after 3-1/ 2 years in the post, as the world's biggest software company struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for its new Windows 8 operating system.
SEATTLE, April 18- Microsoft Corp said on Thursday Chief Financial Officer Peter Klein was leaving the company, as it struggles with sharply declining personal computer sales and a lukewarm reception for its new Windows 8 operating system.
April 18- Bank of America Corp has launched a bank-wide initiative to boost revenue, but Chief Executive Brian Moynihan has his work cut out in proving that he can get the bank to grow robustly as it moves past its mortgage problems. This month, he met with about 100 of Bank of America's regional banking executives to talk about strategies for winning more business.
SEATTLE, April 17- Washington state, in a move that will delay legal sales of recreational marijuana until early next year, revised its time frame on Wednesday for issuing licenses to pot growers and processors, an official said.
CHICAGO, April 14- Battered by the economic downturn and years of animal rights activism in their own backyard, American mink farmers are now in a different sort of quandary: scrambling to keep up with China's demand for all things fur.
April 10- AMR Corp's American Airlines, moving to gain more business travelers, on Wednesday said it plans to expand service from Los Angeles by adding flights to nine cities this year.
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