Dee-Ann Durbin And Tom Krisher, The Associated Press May 30, 2008 - 5:29 p.m. DETROIT - Detroit's automakers wish been structure the shift to again fuel-efficient vehicles, but consumers have been making the move even faster - to hybrids and noble mileage models made overseas. Gas prices have accelerated the move away from trucks and sport utility vehicles at a furious pace, leaving the Big Three at the greatest part critical crossroads in 30 years. "In the early '70s, ...
Estee Lauder Chairman of Clinique Labs, Ronald S. Lauder, sells 215,779 shares
May 31 2008
May 30, 2008 - 5:23 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - The chairman of Clinique Labs at Estee Lauder Cos., one of the world's top cosmetics makers, sold 215,779 shares of used by all stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Ronald S. Lauder reported he sold the shares for $46.97 to $47.03 Tuesday and Wednesday. Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions ...
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Qualcomm global development head Jeffrey A. Jacobs exercises options for 13,108 shares
May 31 2008
May 30, 2008 - 5:31 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - The president of global development for Qualcomm Inc., which makes chips for wireless products, exercised options for 13,108 shares of common stock in subordination to a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Jeffrey A. Jacobs reported exercising the options on Wednesday in favor of $3.51 apiece and then selling the same number ...
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FDA reminds asthma patients it’s time to get new CFC-free inhalers
May 31 2008
May 30, 2008 - 3:34 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year's end — and the government is urging patients not to wait until the highest minute to switch to newer alternatives. Patients practice inhalers to dispense airway-relaxing albuterol during asthma attacks. Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, formerly were widely used to propel the drug into the lungs. But CFC-containing consumer products are being phased ...
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Judge gives preliminary OK to US$24m Menu Foods tainted-pet-food settlement
May 31 2008
The Canadian Press May 30, 2008 - 3:22 p.m. TORONTO - A U.S. court has given preliminary approval to a US$24-million colonization that would resolve more than 100 class-action lawsuits filed in expectation of Menu Foods Income Fund (TSX:MEW.UN) over tainted pet food. The concourse said Friday that the settlement would see an independently administered fund created to allow pet owners affected by the tainted nutrition and a massive product recall to recoup housekeeping damages. Last month, Menu Foods said it ...
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