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Americans' love affair with 22-inch rims, eight cylinders and four-wheel drive wrapped in an 8,000-pound package is over. And the breakup is going to cost.
Read SUV Drivers Burned Twice: At the Pump, on the Car Lot (Links)
Starbucks Coffee, once the fast-growing darling of the retail world, said yesterday that it was closing 600 U.S. stores and cutting as many as 12,000 jobs as it tries to right-size itself in the face of stiffer competition, a bleak economy and growth that appears to have outpaced demand.
Read In Venti Retreat, 600 Starbucks to Close (Links)
SEATTLE -- Starbucks Corp. has announced it's closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States.
Read Starbucks Closing 600 Stores in the U.S. (Links)
U.S. car sales plunged in June, dragged down by high fuel prices and a weak economy, but General Motors held onto its traditional lead in domestic sales by recording a smaller decline than Toyota, according to figures released today.
Read U.S. Car Sales Fell Sharply in June (Links)
Builder Mike McKechnie of Mountain View Builders will be online Tuesday, July 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss his efforts in creating energy efficient, sustainable homes for the masses.
Read Off the Grid (Links)
Fair Oaks Mall has long sat in the shadow of retail behemoth Tysons Corner Center, about eight miles away. But now it is seeking the spotlight.
Read Fair Oaks Challenges Behemoth to the East (Links)
Fairfax County approved a landmark housing program yesterday to buy foreclosed properties for middle-income families, becoming one of the first communities in the country to tackle the nation's growing mortgage crisis while also addressing the region's increasing demand for affordable housing.
Read Fairfax Will Buy Foreclosed Properties (Links)
The nation's two electronic prescription networks plan to announce today that they are merging in an effort to encourage the adoption of their technology by doctors and patients.
Read E-Prescription Networks to Merge (Links)
Five Senate Democrats wrote to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday, chastising the Pentagon for resisting orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up three contaminated military bases in their states.
Read Senators Fault Pentagon On Bases' Toxic Cleanup (Links)
A European Union lawmaker who frequently travels to the United States is suing the U.S. government for access to her personal records, such as credit card information and travel history, that the Department of Homeland Security and other security agencies may have gathered.
Read European Lawmaker To Sue U.S. Over Data (Links)
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