Posts Tagged Business

Groups sue over proposed NM coal mine expansion

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Environmentalists are suing the federal government over approval of a permit that allows for expansion of a coal mine in northwestern New Mexico.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

As war crimes trial for Ratko Mladic begins, the former general still evokes outrage

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NBA appoints new Competition Committee

NEW YORK (AP) — Coaches Doc Rivers of Boston, Rick Carlisle of Dallas and Lionel Hollins of Memphis have been named to the NBA’s Competition Committee.

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New Grand Prix team to learn from mistakes

BALTIMORE (AP) — The new team behind the Grand Prix of Baltimore hopes to avoid previous promoters’ mistakes and build on the event’s success with fans as they dash toward a Labor Day finish line.

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J.C. Penney’s shares in free-fall after 1Q loss

In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, shoppers visit a J.C. Penney store in New York. J.C. Penney's stock plunged 18 percent on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 — the biggest drop by percentage since the market crash in 1987. The decline comes a day after the retailer reported a larger-than-expected first-quarter loss largely because customers were turned off by its new everyday low pricing strategy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street doesn’t seem to like J.C. Penney’s new everyday low pricing any better than Main Street does.

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