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Cox Cable customers in northern Virginia lost their signal for hours during the New York Yankees' World Series victory game.
General Motors Co. will temporarily shutdown a plant that builds two of its crossover vehicles and reduce production at a transmission plant as a result of a parts shortage stemming from a strike at a supplier in India, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Federal regulators say the emergency shutdown of the nation's oldest nuclear power plant in July exposed two low-level problems.
A House-Senate panel on Thursday approved legislation to keep the government from closing down when the new budget year starts next week and employed a $4 billion bookkeeping maneuver to keep the financially troubled Postal Service afloat.
The state of Rhode Island may avoid a shutdown of government services and massive layoffs thanks to a tentative deal struck between Gov. Don Carcieri (Kuh-CHEER'-ee) and labor leaders.
Gov. Don Carcieri warned Thursday he will lay off 1,000 state workers after a judge blocked him from shutting down government to save money, but he signaled a willingness to cut a deal with state employee unions that could save jobs.
Rhode Island will shut down its state government for 12 days and hopes to trim millions of dollars in funding for local governments under a plan Gov. Don Carcieri outlined Monday to balance a budget hammered by surging unemployment and plummeting tax revenue.
The market for shrinking Web addresses is itself shrinking.
Another major U.S. coal mining complex has fallen victim to the slumping demand for energy.
Belden Inc., which makes electronics components, said Tuesday it plans to stop production at a Massachusetts manufacturing plant by July 2010.
Genzyme Corp. said Tuesday it shut down a key production facility as it cleans viral contamination that has been slowing down the process for making supplies of two biotech-based drugs.
IAC/InterActiveCorp will shut down the year-old RushmoreDrive, a search engine geared toward the black community.
The final day of business at Jim Samaras' second-generation Chrysler dealership brought a last bittersweet hint of the good old days of American car sales.
The federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a "witches' brew" of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography.
A General Motors plan to temporarily close several U.S. factories this summer makes lots of financial sense for the beleaguered automaker, but not for the obvious reason.
A private Connecticut-based broadcasting school with campuses in more than a dozen states abruptly shut down this week and said Thursday it will seek bankruptcy protection.
A former Boeing employee who vandalized a $24 million military helicopter was sentenced Monday to five months in prison and five months on home confinement after telling the judge the tension and tedium of his assembly-line job had gotten to him.
The Isla oil refinery in Curacao is gradually coming back online after a power outage halted operations over the weekend.
Cisco Systems Inc. will close most of its U.S. and Canadian offices for 4 days over the holidays as part of a plan to cut $1 billion in costs in the current fiscal year, the company said Tuesday.
Ailing U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will stop production at its Thai plant for up to two months, joining other global vehicle manufacturers in cutting production as the global downturn hits sales.
Australia's navy gets a big Christmas gift this year: two months paid vacation for most sailors that will ease the effects of a recruiting slump but make the service Down Under look something like a part-time operation.
E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs.
International Paper Co. said Thursday it will shut down one of its paper production machines at its mill in Franklin, Va., and take downtime out of its uncoated freesheet paper mills during the fourth quarter.
A disgruntled worker at a Boeing plant said he cut electrical wires on a $24 million Chinook military helicopter because he was upset about a job transfer.
Girl, 10, Tries to Sell Her Grandma on eBay 10-year-old British girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay.
Rhode Island to shutdown for 12 daysIn a bid to save $67.8 million in its fiscal year (FY) 2010 budget, Rhode Island will shut down government services for 12 nonconsecutive days between September and June 2010.
Americans continue plans to switch off the internetTHE FORMER UK COLONY of Virginia has continued its plans to rule the world by threatening to switch off the Internet.
Tyson plant shutdown likely to hurt food bankThe Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma will lose its fifth-largest food donor when the Tyson Foods plant closes in Ponca City next month.
The Walking Dead: Yahoo 360 Officially Closes, AgainYahoo 360, which was supposed to close early last year, is finally officially shutting its doors on July 13, according to a blog post written on the site today.
State: Lancaster Daycare Shut Down Over Fleas The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare says it shut down a Lancaster daycare center because the facility is infested with fleas.Officials said fleas were reportedly found in cribs at the Owl Hill Learning Center and that some children had been bitten.
Yahoo Set to Shutter Geocities-WSJThis Wall Street Journal online article is about the decision by Yahoo to shut down the Geocities personal website service it bought at the height of the dot.com frenzy in the 1990s.
Up to 50 schools could close in DetroitAfter months of financial projections, independent audits and declarations of financial emergency, the state-appointed financial manager for Detroit Public Schools submitted a report to the state Wednesday that paints a historically dire problem.
Chrysler extends shutdowns at 3 plantsDETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC said on Thursday it would extend its month-long shutdown of its manufacturing operations at three plants, citing weak U.S. vehicle demand. Reading through the nice MSNBC editor's copy, you get the idea that this is not a good thing.
China shuts down more porn sitesThough China overtook the US in terms of internet users, as many as 175 porn sites were shut down in less than 10 days now.
Europe homes freeze amid gas rowHundreds of thousands of homes in Europe remain without heating amid plunging temperatures as a gas row between Russia and Ukraine continues. More than 15 countries have been hit by the shutdown of Russian supplies.
News: EGM closes, 1UP sold in Ziff-Davis shakeup [Domestic]Electronic Gaming Monthly, one of the major American gaming magazines and longtime GamePro competitor, has printed its final issue.
Big Three Adjust Plans for Temporary Plan ShutdownsStarting on Friday, Chrysler is closing all of their plants for a period of 30-days. Ford will shut down 10 of its plants for an extra week in January
AOL announced on Sept. 30 that its blogging pages, AOL Journals, would close permanently as of Oct. 31, 2008. It posted a notice on the People Connection Blog page and later send out a mass email to all AOL customers tonight.
Gingrich: GOP ready to shut government down over drillingHe led Republicans into government shutdowns in the 1990s, and now, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich indicates his party is seriously considering another shutdown threat to force a vote on offshore oil drilling in September.
Strikes and intimidationThey really have it bad with BandH currently - the initimidation stops all in their tracks.
Cyber Incident Blamed for Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown - washingtonpost.comA nuclear power plant in Georgia was recently forced into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a software update was installed on a single computer.
The BBC Abandons Its Complementary Medicine Website Due to PressureThe BBC, Britain's venerable TV station known and respected worldwide for its impartiality and integrity, has suddenly closed down the Complementary Medicine section on its Health website (www.bbc.co.uk/health) . This is believed to be in response to a curious and abnormal amoun …
Taleban issue mobile phone threat The Taleban have threatened to blow up telephone masts across Afghanistan unless mobile phone companies agree to switch off their signals at night.
Analog cellular networks, R.I.P.: 1983 - 2008Marking the end of a remarkable era in cellular technology, the FCC is officially letting American carriers decommission their legacy analog networks as of today, February 18, 2008.
Breaking: VOIP Inc. to take $24 m. hit as it closes network and loses staffVoIP Inc. has closed down its call termination and network operations laying off 25 engineering staff and has told the SEC it is expecting to have to write off $24 million
IAEA says North Korea has shut reactorU.N. inspectors have verified that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Monday. "Our inspectors are there.
Microsoft Smoked WeedWeedshare an early digital music from Shared Media Licensing has suspended its operation. The latest version of Microsoft's Windows Media Player was now incompatible with Weedshare files. Weedshare was built on top of Microsoft DRM and WMA format.
Apple Posts Fix For MacBook Sudden ShutdownsApple Computer Inc. on Thursday released a firmware update for its MacBook line that it claimed fixes the sudden shutdown problem hundreds of owners have recently reported.
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