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Berkshire Hathaway buys the rest of IMC for $2.05B

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:09
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is buying the rest of IMC International Metalworking that it doesn't already own for $2.05 billion.

What financial reports reveal on entertainment

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:08
Companies providing entertainment content have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here's a look at reports and related developments for selected companies.

What financial reports reveal on entertainment

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:08
Companies providing entertainment content have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here's a look at reports and related developments for selected companies.

Company IDs 7 killed in Afghanistan plane crash

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:07
Jamie Brokaw was an experienced navigator who was no stranger to dangerous flying situations and had the skills to stay cool in the face of danger, according to close friend Chris Connerton.

Company IDs 7 killed in Afghanistan plane crash

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:07
Jamie Brokaw was an experienced navigator who was no stranger to dangerous flying situations and had the skills to stay cool in the face of danger, according to close friend Chris Connerton.

MasterCard reports higher Q1 profit, revenue

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:07
Payments processor MasterCard Inc. says its profit and revenue rose in the first quarter as its customers spent more. Profit beat the forecasts of Wall Street analysts, though revenue missed slightly and the company's stock fell in pre-market trading.

MasterCard reports higher Q1 profit, revenue

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:07
Payments processor MasterCard Inc. says its profit and revenue rose in the first quarter as its customers spent more. Profit beat the forecasts of Wall Street analysts, though revenue missed slightly and the company's stock fell in pre-market trading.

The day the Vietnam War ended in 1975

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:07
Thanh Tan’s column on the 38th anniversary of the fall of South Vietnam brought back memories, and a chance to look at the two photos here. I took them on May 1, 1975, in one of the few places in the United States where the Communist victory was celebrated by a parade down the city

US Treasury says debt auctions could be trimmed

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:06
The Treasury Department says it could begin decreasing the size of some of its debt auctions in coming months based on an improving deficit situation that will allow it to pay back some of the national debt this quarter.

US Treasury says debt auctions could be trimmed

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:06
The Treasury Department says it could begin decreasing the size of some of its debt auctions in coming months based on an improving deficit situation that will allow it to pay back some of the national debt this quarter.

Ohio set to execute man in baby girl's death

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:02
An Ohio man who admitted raping a 6-month-old baby but claims he never meant to kill her was set to be executed Wednesday after his last pleas for mercy failed.

Ohio set to execute man in baby girl's death

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:02
An Ohio man who admitted raping a 6-month-old baby but claims he never meant to kill her was set to be executed Wednesday after his last pleas for mercy failed.

Seattle digital printer buys Atlanta company

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:01
RPI buys company that specializes in personalized Web-to-print products.

Seattle digital printer buys Atlanta company

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:01
RPI buys company that specializes in personalized Web-to-print products.

2nd-seeded Marin Cilic loses in Munich

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 21:00
Ivan Dodig of Croatia ousted second-seeded countryman Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the BMW Open on Wednesday.

Mother stepped away just before fatal Ky. shooting

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:58
A southern Kentucky coroner says the mother of a 2-year-old girl fatally shot by her 5-year-old brother had just stepped away from the children when the shooting occurred.

Futures mixed on lackluster jobs numbers from ADP

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:55
U.S. stock futures were mixed Wednesday ahead of a flood of economic indicators and corporate earnings, after a lukewarm report on jobs.

Congo's M23 rebels say peace talks in trouble

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:52
The Congolese rebel movement M23 has suspended peace talks with Congo's government, a rebel spokesman said Wednesday, increasing fears of renewed violence in the country's troubled east.

Man fatally shot while asleep in car in Rainier Valley

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:50
A man was shot and killed early this morning while he was sleeping in his car in the Rainier Valley, police said. Officers responding to reports of shots fired just before 1 a.m. found the man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds near Rainier Avenue South and South Austin Street. People in the are

Bomb in Russia's Dagestan kills 2

Seattle Times Headlines - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 20:47
A bomb exploded Wednesday in a busy shopping area in the capital of the restive republic of Dagestan, killing at least two people, police said.