Updated 5/3/2006; 4:37:18 PM

  Thursday, April 13, 2006


Ford to Shut 2 Truck Plants as Part of Restructuring. The action, on top of plant closings that Ford has already announced, means that the geographic scope of Ford's manufacturing is shrinking. By MICHELINE MAYNARD. [NYT > Business]
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Mass. Marks Health-Care Milestone . BOSTON, April 12 -- In a Colonial-era hall, with a fife-and-drum corps marching in with him, Gov. Mitt Romney (R) signed a bill Wednesday requiring all Massachusetts residents to purchase health insurance -- portraying the measure as a historic solution to health-care costs, even as questions... By David A. Fahrenthold. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.]
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In Texas, the Biggest Box Gets Mighty Fancy Trimmings . PLANO, Tex. -- The world's first high-end Wal-Mart has grocery aisles nearly wide enough to drive a Volkswagen down. Pushing a cart around the store makes you feel like Cinderella, or Cinderfella. Cartoon tweety birds should follow you. You think about hating Wal-Mart. You think about loving it.... By Hank Stuever. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post]
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