Santa Fe Business
Alternative fuels: Sweet sorghum might be new ingredient
WASHINGTON — What's sweet like sugarcane, looks something like corn and could be grown in much of the United States to make ethanol?
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Business in brief May 9
Gas jumps nearly 3 cents
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Stocks edge higher as retail sales reports arrive
NEW YORK— Wall Street rose modestly Thursday as investors sifted through retailers' April sales figures, trying to get a sense of how consumers are faring in a climate of economic weakness and rising costs.
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Business in brief May 8
Consumer borrowing rises
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Wall Street: Stocks sink as oil prices creep higher
Dow average drops by more than 200 points
NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled Wednesday as the price of a barrel of oil soared to a record near $124 and touched off concerns that the stock market's recent gains might have been premature as consumers grapple with rising energy and food costs. The major stock market indexes each lost more than 1.5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average declining by more than 200 points.
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Thornburg survival hinges on shareholder votes
Approval of plan could complete financing deal
NEW YORK — Shares of Thornburg Mortgage Inc. fell Tuesday, a day after the Santa Fe-based jumbo mortgage lender and investor urged its shareholders to pass a plan to increase the number of shares it can sell in an effort to remain in business.
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SantaFeVisitGuide.com might seem to be a place to find some travel tips for a trip to Santa Fe, and it is — if you can read Japanese.
"It's the only Web site about Santa Fe in Japanese," said Shinji Usui, owner with his wife of a store called Mindy and Clyde Cupboard Co., at 407 S. Guadalupe St.
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Disney net profits grow 22 percent
LOS ANGELES — Strong growth in its media networks, film studios and theme parks lifted The Walt Disney Co.'s second-quarter net profit 22 percent from a year ago, the company said Tuesday.
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Judge: Fiorina not eligible to play
First District Court Judge Michael Vigil ruled on Thursday against granting a permanent injunction against Santa Fe High School concerning its determination that sophomore golfer Chanet Fiorina is academically ineligible. »Story
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