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Ohio joins nationwide leaders with health-care VC firm presence
Business Journal
> | Ohio has built a strong presence in the Midwest with its share of health-care-focused venture-capital firms, but data from Cleveland's BioEnterprise Corp. indicate it has risen to the ranks of the national leaders as well. | The Cleveland-based biosciences business incubator reported that the st...
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., smiles while speaking at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, May 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
(photo: AP / Jeff Chiu)
McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory
AOL
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed by his ready veto pen. | The Republican presidential conte...
Investors buy almost-finished biodiesel plant
The Examiner
DANVILLE, Ill. (Map, News) - An investment group has bought a stalled eastern Illinois biodiesel plant and plans to begin production by early next year. | Blackhawk Biofuels says it bought the plant in Danville, Illinois, from Biofuels Company of Ame...
McCain believes Iraq war can be won by 2013
The Examiner
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Map, News) - Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on the same side as Democrats clamoring for fu...
Clinton scolds McCain for opposing farm bill
San Diego
BATH, S.D. - Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded John McCain Thursday for his opposition to the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is already competing against the certain Republican presidential nominee even as her chances for winning t...
Ohio joins nationwide leaders with health-care VC firm presence
Business Journal
> | Ohio has built a strong presence in the Midwest with its share of health-care-focused venture-capital firms, but data from Cleveland's BioEnterprise Corp. indicate it has risen to the ranks of the national leaders as well. | The Cleveland-based b...
Howard University
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Howard University names Sidney Ribeau president
Business Journal
> UW-Whitewater chancellor finalists named [Milwaukee] UT secures broadcasting scholarship [Austin] Colonial appoints new CIO, names new Florida execs [Birmingham] Cal Poly appoint...
 Bank of America  USA (rks2)
WN / Rajkumar Senapati
Bank of America exec ready to integrate LaSalle Bank
Newsday
| CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Liam McGee, 's president of global consumer and small business banking, chatted with The Associated Press about his thoughts on leading his bank's retail growth...
McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory
AOL
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed by his r...
Clinton win leads to Obama boost
CNN
| (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton's decisive win in West Virginia caused John Edwards to throw his support to Barack Obama, the Illinois senator's aides said. | Edwards was concerned that the Clinton storyline -- that Obama can't win white, working-class vo...
McCain envisions how first term will go
The Examiner
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Map, News) - John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed b...
Banking
Chicago bank
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Home Loan Banks End Talks
Wall Street Journal
| The Federal Home Loan Banks of Dallas and Chicago called off their merger talks amid uncertainty over the value of the Chicago bank's holdings of mortgage securities. | The two banks said they were unable to agree on terms but declined to elaborate. The Chicago bank also announced that its president and chief executive officer, Mike Thomas, is st...
Business
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Motor scooters popular in efforts to save on gas
San Diego
| Associated Press Johnny Scheff of Motoworks Chicago sits on a Vespa scooter in the dealership's showroom in Chicago. Scheff said high gas prices are prompting consumers to find alternative means of transportation. Scooters can pay for themselves in fuel savings over one to three years, he said. Related news: | Associated Press Vespa scooters are ...
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