OPEC raises oil output ceiling to 26 million bpd
OPEC decided to raise its daily production target by 500000 barrels to 26 million a day effective Aug 1 while leaving prices above 40 dollars a barrel. The move, taken by mutual agreement, aims to prevent price spikes though analysts doubt it will lower prices soon.
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OPEC
London
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Mncre
Vienna
Austria
Purnomo Vusgiantoro
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Venezuela
Nigeria
Russia
Yukos
Purnamo
International Energy Agency
Jan Stuart
New York
Fimat USA
Nail technician Beth Norris profiles at Jeanie's Magic Touch
Southern Illinoisans at Work highlights Beth Norris a nail technician in Johnston City She has been in position one month and handles manicures pedicures using a nail drill cuticle tools files buffers and polishes Norris works 9 am to 5 pm Tuesday through Saturday She moved from hairdressing to nails enjoyed the work and would recommend the job for the fun of it
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Beth Norris
Jeanie
Magic Touch
Johnston City
Norris
Caleb Hale
Caleb.hale
Chuck Novara
Marion Gray Hunter Stern LLP to hold monthly business seminars
Marion Gray Hunter Stern LLP will present six monthly business development seminars starting July 28 from 7 to 8 15 a m with topics on building teams converting contacts to sales marketing on a budget boosting ad effectiveness and KPIs all free for more information contact Sue Ridgway at 618 993 2647 or sridgway gray-hunter-stenn cpa com Distinctive Interiors adds Pennsylvania House Furniture to its Illinois Centre Mall Marion address 2800 E Outer Dr Carbondale Rue 21 grand reopens at University Mall Carbondale Rend Lake College offers a business management certificate program with fall classes starting Aug 16 details Lisa Payne 618 437 5321 ext 1200 or 800 369 5321 ext 1200.
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Marion — Gray Hunter Stern LLP
Sue Ridgway
Gray-Hunter-Stenncpa.com
Rend Lake College
Lisa Payne
Overtime rule changes threaten six million workers
A liberal Economic Policy Institute report warns that about six million U S workers will lose overtime protections under new federal rules taking effect August 23. It cites 2 million team leaders and 920,000 noncollege workers reclassified as learned professionals, plus 3 million more becoming ineligible. Critics say rules are unclear and may trigger more lawsuits.
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San Francisco
ERT
Liberal
Economic Policy Institute
Ross Eisenbrey
EPI
Eisenbrey
U.S. Labor Department
Labor Department
Department
Ed Frank
Wal-Mart
Jim Leonard
Leonard
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
David Obey
D-Wis
Associated Press
Parking spaces to curb diesel truck pollution along I 85
Three states will install about 150 truck stop spaces on I 85 in South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia. Truckers can shut off engines and access electricity air conditioning Internet and heated air. Charges run about $1.25 an hour with IdleAire funding and a $3.5 million total project cost.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Myra Reece
Air Quality Bureau
Department of Health and Environmental Control
I-85
Anderson
Mebane
N.C
Newnan
National Association of State Energy Officials
IdleAire Technologies Corp
Knoxville, Tenn
IdleAire
Corn genome effort aims to speed drought resistant crops
A coalition of Monsanto, Pioneer Hi-Bred, and Ceres Inc transfers maize sequencing data to a public Web database hosted by the Danforth Center. Researchers at nonprofit institutes can access the data for noncommercial work with required licenses, aiming to finish the corn genome by 2007 and enable new hybrids and GM varieties.
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ST. Louis
Monsanto Co
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
National Corn Growers Association
Monsanto
Ceres Inc
Ben Kampelman
Courtney Chabot Dreyer
Corn-Growers Group
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Pioneer
Ceres
Collaborator
Malibu
Calif
USDA to Buy 33 Million Pounds of Peaches
The Agricultural Marketing Service plans to purchase up to 33 million pounds of frozen peaches to help lift prices for fresh fruit. The buy will aid schools, Indian reservations, elderly nutrition programs, and emergency food aid, with Wawona Frozen Foods and J.R. Food Inc. expected to process the fruit.
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USDA
Fresno
Calif
Agricultural Marketing Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hanford
John Tos
Wawona Frozen Foods
Clovis
J.R. Food Inc
Atwater
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