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• Healthcare Roundup: Dems' Public Plan Deal Falls Apart, CCHIT Moves on, ONC Unveils Extension Centers, and More

  BNET - 2009-09-03

  Lame Blue Dogs Leading the Blind Dems - According to the Wall Street Journal, a deal struck in July between the liberal and "Blue Dog" Democratic factions over how much to pay doctors in the proposed public plan has fallen apart. The Blue Dogs want the Department of Health and...

  Tags: Source Inc., Physician, Health Care, Extension Center, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Human Resources, Ken Terry

• Toyota to Cut Capacity to Match Sales: Source

  BNET - 2009-08-26

  By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will cut its global production capacity to match lower sales, a company source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, with potential annual cuts of at least 700,000 vehicles identified. The source said the extent and timing of the...

  Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., capacity

• Travel Roundup: Starwood Drops Stars, Galveston Cruise Ship Rates Stay, Sands Bethlehem Wants Smokers and More

  BNET - 2009-08-25

  Starwood joins others in dropping prices and amenities -- Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. announced it will drop prices and amenities, including stars, to complete with rivals Hilton Hotels Corp. and InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, who have already cut their ratings. Luxury hotels are the hardest hit in the recession, and most operators know...

  Tags: Amenity, Source Inc., Travel Plc., Luxury Hotel, Business Structures, Corporate Governance, Operational Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Energy Roundup: Clunkers Says Adieu, Cleaner Oil Sands, Chevron Revs Up Lobby Engine, and More

  BNET - 2009-08-21

  Cash for clunkers says ba-bye -- The cash for clunkers program, which was revived by a $2 billion lifeline earlier this month, will end Monday. The Car Allowance Rebate System or CARS program, as its officially known, has recorded more than 457,000 dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates, according to...

  Tags: Source Inc., Environmentalist, Chevron Corp., Long-time U.S. Policy, Telecom & Utilities, Kirsten Korosec

• GM, Magna, Sberbank CEOs to Meet on Thursday: Source

  BNET - 2009-08-20

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The heads of Canada's Magna MGa and its Russian partner Sberbank are to meet their counterpart at General Motors GM on Thursday as the sale of GM's Opel business looms, a person close to the matter said. Magna Co-Chief Executive Siegfried Wolf and Sberbank (SBER03) CEO German...

  Tags: General Motors Corp.

• Travel Roundup: Radisson Reports Security Breach, De Botton is Heathrow's Writer, Oregon's Low Bids Benefit Amtrak and More

  BNET - 2009-08-19

  Radisson reports unauthorized guest records, credit-card information accessed -- Federal agents are investigating unauthorized access to computer systems at some Radisson Hotels & Resorts  in the United States and Canada. The company said today that the systems were accessed between November 2008 and May 2009, but said the instances were limited....

  Tags: Security, Source Inc., Travel Plc., Benefit, Oregon, Radisson Hotels & Resorts, Transportation, Barbara E. Hernandez

• Toyota to Buy Batteries For Hybrids From Sanyo: Source

  BNET - 2009-08-19

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will buy hybrid-car batteries from Sanyo Electric Co, a source familiar with the matter said, as the automaker struggles to meet growing demand for the fuel-sipping vehicles due to a shortage of battery supply. Toyota now procures its batteries from Panasonic EV Energy Co,...

  Tags: Toyota Motor Corp., Battery, Sanyo Electric Co.

• Energy Roundup: Brazil Restricts Oil, API Astroturfing, Ford's Smart Vehicles and More

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  Petrobras takes more control of Brazilian oilfields -- The Brazilian state oil company will benefit from a new policy by the country's leaders that will limit foreign involvement in the 62 percent of offshore oil fields that have yet to be bid out to investments. Petrobras will benefit financially, but...

  Tags: Source Inc., Oil, API, Ford Motor Co., Chris Morrison

• UBS to Reveal About 5,000 Names in U.S. Deal: Source

  BNET - 2009-08-18

  By Tom Brown MIAMI (Reuters) - UBS will give U.S. authorities the names of about 5,000 wealthy Americans suspected of using the Swiss bank to evade taxes under a deal that will be formalized this week, a U.S. legal source said on Monday. The source, who asked not to be...

  Tags: U.S., UBS AG

• Travel Roundup: Las Vegas' $480K to Fight Terrorism, MGM Mirage Soothes Condo Buyers, Hilton's $10K Event Contest and More

  BNET - 2009-08-17

  Las Vegas tourism pays $480,000 for counterterrorism expert -- The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authorityboard voted to pay $480,000 to hire a terrorism expert to reassure conventioneers Las Vegas is safer than any other U.S. city. The single position, funded for the next three years, will work alongside Las Vegas police and the...

  Tags: Source Inc., Travel Plc., MGM Mirage, Hilton Hotels Corp., Las Vegas, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Sales Strategy, Government, Sales, Barbara E. Hernandez