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Building the world’s longest ethanol pipeline
12 Mar 2010 at 2:55pm
John D. Rockefeller figured out a long time ago that the most efficient way to transport liquid fuels long distances wasn’t on wheels but in pipelines. Today POET, the privately held Sioux Falls, S.D., company that is the country’s largest producer of ethanol, and Tulsa pipeline-builder Magellan Midstream Partners are poised to make the same leap.
5 reasons why your cell service stinks
12 Mar 2010 at 5:39pm
Smartphone users blame congested airwaves for slow service. The truth is that many culprits cause problems for all wireless operators.
$642 million to clean up Lehman — and counting
12 Mar 2010 at 6:09pm
Unraveling the biggest-ever U.S. bankruptcy case isn’t cheap.
‘Medical mafia’ don pleads guilty
12 Mar 2010 at 5:40pm
A medical consultant accused of orchestrating a conspiracy among top Las Vegas doctors and lawyers to inflate personal injury settlements by many millions of dollars, has pleaded guilty to concealing knowledge of a felony, a charge known as misprision. The consultant, Howard Awand, 65, faces up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Warriors in the workplace
12 Mar 2010 at 4:47pm
John Suh wanted to make a good impression on his new mentor. Before their first meeting last November, the 26-year-old former Army officer came up with a clear outline for what he hoped to get out of the relationship and rehearsed what he would say when the time came. “I went in there with a plan,” says Suh. “I knew this was an incredible chance to expand my network. It’s not like I have any relatives or friends who are CEOs of giant media conglomerates.”
Give money to a jobless friend?
12 Mar 2010 at 2:45pm
Dear Annie: I have a very close friend who’s been out of work for almost a year now. He was my college roommate: I’ve known him for almost 20 years and, for about half that time, we worked at the same company. Then he got laid off. Last week one of my kids told me that my friend’s youngest son missed out on a ski trip with the rest of his class because of the expense, even though the cost was minimal (to those of us with jobs).
SXSW rivalry fuels geekfest
12 Mar 2010 at 4:04pm
Ed Whitacre gets a Motor City-style bashing
12 Mar 2010 at 4:02pm
GM’s chairman and CEO is finding out what it is like to work in a fishbowl
March Madness gets new life on the Web
12 Mar 2010 at 12:59pm
The NCAA is testing whether college hoops fans will want to watch old highlights online.
The scariest zombie
12 Mar 2010 at 12:59pm
Now that Citigroup and AIG are rolling in the bucks, GMAC is looking like the most egregious zombie bank of them all.
10 best employers with big job growth
10 Mar 2010 at 5:24pm
Best Companies to Work For like the Scooter Store notched impressive job growth last year and are showing no signs of slowing down.
Who 9 CEOs most admire
10 Mar 2010 at 5:13pm
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz looks up to Ford’s chief. Find out who else wins top execs’ respect – and why.
Buffett’s $50 million blunder
2 Mar 2010 at 4:56pm
Peddling credit cards isn’t so easy that a caveman can do it.
5 gold-plated exec health plans
2 Mar 2010 at 4:58pm
If you’re looking for universal health care, then try the corner office.
Madoff hunter: He’s scum
2 Mar 2010 at 5:03pm
Harry Markopolos spent nine years fruitlessly trying to convince the Securities & Exchange Commission that Bernard Madoff’s investment operation was a scam.
