President Obama nominated Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to be his secretary of transportation Monday, succeeding Ray LaHood. Obama called Foxx "one of the most effective mayors that Charlotte has ever seen." "Since Anthony took office, they've broken ground on a new streetcar project...

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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz won't say what the Starbucks of the future will look like. Or taste like. Or even smell like. But even with his company rolling in record profits and record sales, with 18,000 stores in 62 countries -- a time when...

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hawthorne, calif. If endless hours are a requirement to become a business icon, Elon Musk has put in his share. Nearly every week, he shuttles 400 miles between electric-car maker Tesla Motors in the San Francisco Bay Area and rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) in this...

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Eight homes designed and built to meet global standards of energy efficiency KELOWNA, BC, April 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Eight single-family residences which have been designed with some of the most advanced standards of energy efficiency ever achieved in the Okanagan Valley are near completion on the...

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AUGUSTA -- A quiver of bills before the state Legislature's Judiciary Committee make it nearly impossible for private companies to benefit from the state's ability to take private lands for public use, including economic development. One of the measures, LD 58, would ask voters to change the...

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