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Wash Post Business
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Chinese company to buy stake in AES
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:59 EST
AES, the Arlington, Va.-based power generating company, said Friday that it would raise $2.2 billion for new projects by selling 15 percent of its stock and more than a third of its wind generation business to a unit of China's sovereign wealth fund.
 
Item Category: Chinese | Cheery reports on productivity, jobless claims lift stocks
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
Stocks climbed Thursday as investors cheered improving economic data, including a surge in worker productivity and a stronger-than-expected weekly unemployment claims report.
Item Category: Cheery | Study: Options are key in sex education curriculum
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST
Sex education programs that encourage teens to delay sexual activity but also teach them how to reduce their chances of getting pregnant or a sexually transmitted disease cut risky sexual behavior, increase condom use and lower the chances of getting the AIDS virus and other infections, an indepe...
Item Category: Study: | Basement condo? Busy road? It's a tough sell.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
Gus Drakakis's single-family brick colonial didn't seem like it would be an easy sell. Yes, it was in good condition. And yes, it was remodeled.
Item Category: Basement | Honor rules, CDC urges vendors of H1N1 vaccine
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
As the public clamors for the still-scarce H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine, a top federal health official on Thursday urged state and local health departments to be on the lookout for the possible diversion of the vaccine to people who don't yet qualify for it.
Item Category: Honor | Featured Advertiser
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
 | Recession roommates
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
A one-bedroom apartment is not a lot of space for Julie Beers, her 2-year-old daughter, a golden retriever and a black Lab.
Item Category: Recession | Putting 'good faith' back in closing
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST
Remember the bad old days of 11th-hour mortgage settlement cost shocks and mystery junk fees? Remember when the "good-faith estimates" your lender gave you upfront said closing costs would be about $2,000, but somehow they ballooned to $3,500 on the final settlement sheet?
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