Amway angling
for a comeback in US
Once a
household name and reputedly the key to great fortune for modern salesmen
hoping to live out a Horatio Alger myth, the Amway brand faded from the
American market years ago, tarnished by legal and regulatory problems.
Alticor
sales from 2001-08 at a glance
Direct-seller
Alticor Inc., which does business around the world as Amway and Amway Global,
says it expects its sales to reach $8 billion this year, nearly twice as much
as in 2001.
SanFran airport
to feature carbon offset kiosks
San
Francisco International Airport is planning to give guilt-ridden travelers a
chance to offset the air pollution emitted from their plane rides.
Federal regulators
OK hotly debated track sale
Federal
regulators on Wednesday conditionally approved the hotly debated sale of a
200-mile railway line that arcs around Chicago and runs through dozens of
suburban communities that fiercely opposed the deal.
Fed grants GMAC
ability to seek bailout funds
The Federal
Reserve gave an early Christmas present to General Motors' finance arm,
allowing the ailing provider of auto loans to qualify for the government's $700
billion rescue fund.
New York
Times Nov. ad revenue drops 20.9 percent
The New
York Times Co. said Wednesday that advertising revenue dropped 20.9 percent in
November from a year ago, as the financial crisis prompted steep declines in
classified and national ad spending.
US auto
ills travel south to Mexico
The
U.S. auto bailout lifts the threat of imminent collapse from plants that have
been a steady source of jobs in Mexico. But the rescue, backed by American
taxpayers, is likely to slow investment in Mexico's auto industry, one of the
fastest growing in the world.
Holiday
season magnifies shoppers' frugality
After
limping through a holiday season expected to be the worst in decades, the
nation's stores made it to Christmas with little to celebrate.
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