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          <title>EDA changes economic inventives policy for businesses</title>
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The changes will set limits on the monetary value of incentives and formalizes the process of paying to connect businesses to high-speed Internet. The new policy will make incentives available to more kinds of companies, said Mark Varah, a member of the EDA&#8217;s incentives committee.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Double&#45;dip recession unlikely, economist tells Richmond group</title>
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The numbers this summer likely will show economic growth is slowing. The pundits likely will start muttering about a double-dip recession.           ]]></description>
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Rep. Tom Perriello broke with Democratic Party leadership Thursday and voted against a procedure known as &#8220;deem-and-pass&#8221; that could be used when the health care bill comes to the floor of the House of Representatives.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Social media becoming a must for the job search</title>
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Just about anyone looking for a job has heard of CareerBuilder or HotJobs. That&#8217;s why companies who post jobs there can receive thousands of resumes for a single position.           ]]></description>
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          <title>60 Seconds with: Keith Muth on financial planning for retirement</title>
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 KEITH MUTH: Metro Business asked certified financial planner Keith Muth, chief investment officer at Virginia Asset Management, a financial-services firm in Chesterfield County, about the steps necessary to determine if someone can retire:           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lynchburg&#45;area unemployment hits highest mark since early 1980s</title>
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The Lynchburg region&#8217;s unemployment rate jumped to 8.7 percent in January, higher than it ever was last year or any other time since the early 1980s.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Joblessness up in Virginia, but fewer get benefits</title>
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The number of Virginians getting state unemployment benefits fell from a year ago even as the number out of work rose by one-fifth, a Richmond Times-Dispatch review of state data found.           ]]></description>
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The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce this year axed an old rule that prohibited sales at its annual trade show.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Honda to recall 410,000 Odysseys, Elements for brake problems</title>
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Honda Motor Co. says it is recalling about 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of problems with the brake pedals.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Businesses bidding farewell to outdated fluorescent lighting</title>
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RICHMOND - Recently, Richmond International Airport ordered some of the familiar old fluorescent light bulbs called T12s.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Professional job seekers must have reasonable goals</title>
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As the latest employment figures, released late last week, suggest, the recession is continuing to put a damper on hiring. In this buyer&#8217;s market for professional and skilled labor, job seekers must have reasonable expectations, according to a strategic management expert at the University of Alabama Birmingham.           ]]></description>
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While Circuit City&#8217;s creditors wait to get paid, James A. Marcum, the company&#8217;s former acting president and CEO, will collect $350,000 in bonuses and charge $700 per hour in consulting fees.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Regulators urged to scrutinize Appalachian Power rate increase</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212; Four state legislators and two citizens urged the State Corporation Commission to take a close look Tuesday at Appalachian Power Co.&#8217;s request for a 12.5-percent rate increase.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Guest worker wages hit farmers hard</title>
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For the first time in more than 15 years, Charlotte County farmer Kevin Trent is not hiring farmhands from other countries.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Auto show begins today in Richmond</title>
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Auto manufactures will have a chance this weekend to woo potential buyers possibly gun-shy after recent recall announcements by several large carmakers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Demand strong for state, local government bonds</title>
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State and local governments may be straining to balance their budgets, but Wall Street likes their IOUs just fine.           ]]></description>
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          <title>MeadeWestvaco gets tax reimbursement</title>
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VERONA - MeadWestvaco&#8217;s continued investment in Augusta County was rewarded Wednesday by county supervisors with a planned reimbursement to the company for county real estate taxes over a five-year period.           ]]></description>
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Foreclosure activity in Virginia appears to be falling, but that could be related to the harsh weather in February.           ]]></description>
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More than three months after Virginia&#8217;s new restrictions on smoking in restaurants went into effect, about 88 percent of restaurants in the state have gone smoke-free, the state Health Department says.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chinese nuclear company places $15 million order with Flowserve</title>
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A Chinese nuclear energy company has ordered more than $15 million in parts that Flowserve Corporation makes in factories in Lynchburg and in Raleigh, N.C.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State jobless rate rose in January</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s unemployment rate rose to 6.9 percent in January from 6.8 percent in December, the Virginia Employment Commission reported this morning.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Snagged A Job Interview? Make Sure You Ace It</title>
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Standing out is critical in this tight job market, and if you&#8217;re fortunate enough to land an interview, acing it is crucial.           ]]></description>
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Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says Virginia is among 35 states settling a false advertising suit against an Arizona company that promised to protect consumers from identity theft.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Lawsuits could cost Toyota more than $3 billion</title>
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Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review of cases, legal precedent and interviews with experts.
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Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It&#8217;s a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.           ]]></description>
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A new musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.           ]]></description>
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Employees of Thomasville Furniture in Appomattox should learn soon whether they will go back to work or lose their jobs.           ]]></description>
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With the a tight job market, mining everything from social circles to social media is critical to landing a job.           ]]></description>
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Movers &amp; Shakers           ]]></description>
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Thomas and Michelle Buffin are hoping that the third time&#8217;s the charm.&nbsp;  &nbsp;             ]]></description>
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Motel 6 has long embraced its no-frills reputation, promising little more than a clean room and homespun staff to &#8220;leave the light on for you.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed fewer jobs than expected, evidence that the job market may be slowly healing.           ]]></description>
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Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices similar to airline &#8220;black boxes&#8221; that could explain crashes blamed on sudden unintended acceleration, according to an Associated Press review of lawsuits nationwide and interviews with auto crash experts.           ]]></description>
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The recession might be over, but it could be years before the state has more money for education and other services, economists said during a conference in Lynchburg on Thursday.           ]]></description>
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Local educators and engineering companies say a new program will offer students and current company employees a chance to further their education without leaving Danville.           ]]></description>
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Winston-Salem - A subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc. has agreed to alter its marketing to specify that organic tobacco does not provide safer tobacco or cigarettes for smokers.           ]]></description>
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Automakers plowed through a snowy February to better-than-expected sales, and new incentives led by beleaguered Toyota will keep the momentum going into spring.
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Philip Morris USA, the nation&#8217;s largest tobacco company, said Monday it has filed federal lawsuits accusing eight New York and New Jersey retailers of selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
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COVINGTON - If you&#8217;ve been to Covington you&#8217;ve probably seen the paper mill.           ]]></description>
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Opposing Centra&#8217;s efforts to build a medical complex in Danville, improving Emergency Department wait times and focusing on quality of care are the top goals of Danville Regional Medical Center&#8217;s new CEO, Eric Deaton.           ]]></description>
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Movers &amp; Shakers           ]]></description>
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Taxable spending continued to drop in the Lynchburg area toward the end of 2009, leaving stores and local governments with lower revenues than they expected.           ]]></description>
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Virginia&#8217;s future is on rails.           ]]></description>
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Wal-Mart has opened a hiring center on Church Street in Appomattox in preparation for the opening of its store off U.S. 460.           ]]></description>
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Sales of previously occupied homes took a large drop for the second straight month in January, falling to the lowest level since summer. It was another sign the housing market&#8217;s recovery is faltering.           ]]></description>
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One thing you can say about the Hummer, roaring down the road, towering over subcompacts like an NBA center in a sea of toddlers: It always drew a reaction.
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A Florida judge Wednesday slashed damages against Philip Morris USA that a jury awarded last November.           ]]></description>
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The Lynchburg region&#8217;s first curbside recycling pickup service proved to be financially possible, if not immediately profitable, in its first year.           ]]></description>
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Sales of new homes plunged to a record low in January, underscoring the formidable challenges facing the housing industry as it tries to recover from the worst slump in decades.           ]]></description>
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Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda came to Washington Wednesday to publicly apologize to Congress for safety lapses that led to the recall of 8.5 million cars. A House committee chairman said blame must be shared by both Toyota and U.S. safety regulators.           ]]></description>
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The president of Toyota&#8217;s U.S. operations is apologizing for the company&#8217;s slow handling of sudden acceleration problems in its vehicles, as the automaker tries to persuade skeptical lawmakers it cares about safety.
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Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Toyota&#8217;s safety problems, the company acknowledged Monday as it prepared to answer questions on Capitol Hill about its widespread vehicle recalls.           ]]></description>
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Appalachian Power plans to rebuild a transmission line in Southwest Virginia to keep the grid working properly when a new coal-fired power plant comes online.           ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; Beginning Monday, some of the more outrageous practices of credit card issuers will be outlawed. But, just like a bully on a playground who doesn&#8217;t punch when the teacher is watching, lenders will find ways to continue pummeling consumers.           ]]></description>
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Movers &amp; shakers           ]]></description>
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President Barack Obama said his housing rescue plan would keep as many as 9 million people in their homes by lowering their monthly mortgage payments, but the numbers show a program that failed to deliver.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s one of the most old-fashioned taxes of all, but the question of what you measure to levy it is emerging as the latest skirmish in the never-ending battle for space on stores&#8217; tobacco shelves.           ]]></description>
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Lynchburg is now Virginia&#8217;s largest city that isn&#8217;t covered by AT&amp;T&#8217;s high-speed 3G network, but the company says changing that is one of its top priorities in the state.           ]]></description>
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The fight to force out-of-state Internet stores to collect Virginia&#8217;s sales tax is moving to the House of Delegates next week.           ]]></description>
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CLEVELAND (AP) &#8212; Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co., helped by growing sales in emerging markets, reported a fourth-quarter profit Thursday that easily beat most expectations.           ]]></description>
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Food Lion LLC launched a new pricing strategy yesterday designed to bring prices down at its 1,300 stores.
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Altavista-based First National Bank saw its profits increase in 2009 thanks to increased loan activity and less risk of bad loans.           ]]></description>
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Legislation requiring online retailers to collect Virginia&#8217;s 4.5 percent sales tax&#8212;the so-called &#8220;Amazon Bill&#8221;&#8212;easily cleared the Virginia Senate this morning and is headed to the House of Delegates, where opponents hope it falls prey to that chamber&#8217;s hostility to taxes.
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Toyota Motor Corp. officials said the automaker may offer incentives or increase the length of its warranties as it tries to recover from an embarrassing string of safety-related recalls.           ]]></description>
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The number of mobile phone subscriptions worldwide has reached 4.6 billion and is expected to increase to five billion this year, the U.N. telecommunications agency said today.           ]]></description>
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Lynchburg&#8217;s recent improvements along Jefferson Street and other developments in the area have convinced developers that the time is right for two condominium projects on downtown&#8217;s riverfront.
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One of the hottest new alternatives to smoking&#8212;electronic cigarettes&#8212;may deliver little of the nicotine they promise, a study at Virginia Commonwealth University is finding.           ]]></description>
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Driven by record winter storms, the Virginia Department of Transportation has burned through its snow-removal budget for the year.           ]]></description>
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The United States should lead the world in developing &#8220;green&#8221; - non-polluting and sustainable technologies - to meet the planet&#8217;s energy needs, Thomas Friedman said last night at Wake Forest University.           ]]></description>
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This winter&#8217;s lineup of snowstorms has slowed several significant construction projects in the Lynchburg area.           ]]></description>
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Lynchburg&#8217;s Economic Development Authority will issue $5 million of Industrial Revenue Bonds to help Lynchburg College finance campus energy improvements.           ]]></description>
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Legislation forcing Internet retailers &#8212; including such giants as Amazon&#8212;to collect Virginia sales taxes is headed to the state Senate.           ]]></description>
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Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker.           ]]></description>
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More than 15 potential buyers have expressed interest in International Paper Co.&#8216;s paper mill in Isle of Wight County, Gov. Bob McDonnell said yesterday.           ]]></description>
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Terry McAuliffe, an unsuccesssful candidate for governor in 2009, is in the running again &#8212; this time, to buy a soon-to-close Southside paper factory he wants           ]]></description>
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A retired top executive of the Walt Disney Co. has been named the new dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business.           ]]></description>
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Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems - the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world&#8217;s largest automaker.           ]]></description>
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The Lynchburg area&#8217;s Toyota dealer has been busy repairing gas pedals that the auto company says could be faulty in some 2.3 million vehicles.            ]]></description>
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Due to snow in the forecast for Tuesday, the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce has rescheduled its annual dinner with local business owners and General Assembly members.           ]]></description>
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The company behind WoodWick candles and a new spill-proof scent diffuser is aiming to double its business this year.           ]]></description>
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Christopher L. Snyder, P.E., with Master Engineers and Designers, Inc., has obtained his professional engineer&#8217;s license.            ]]></description>
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The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent from 10 percent while employers shed 20,000 jobs, the government said Friday.           ]]></description>
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When snow falls, some see the beauty in a winter wonderland. Others see dollar signs.           ]]></description>
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CarMax Inc. is taking advantage of the buzz associated with the Super Bowl.           ]]></description>
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President Obama&#8217;s bid to bolster lending by community banks drew a cool response from local officials leery of more government involvement in their business.           ]]></description>
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is telling owners of recalled Toyotas to stop driving the vehicles and get them fixed.           ]]></description>
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The Virginia county that approved a Walmart Supercenter near an endangered Civil War battlefield is asking a judge to reject a legal challenge of the planned store.
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Sales of cars and light trucks to consumers rose 6 percent last month from a year earlier, thanks to increases in fleet sales and strong demand for newly redesigned vehicles such as the Hyundai Tucson SUV and Buick LaCrosse sedan.           ]]></description>
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Nearly a year ago, a Colgan Air turboprop plane flying as Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed during bad weather near Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York, killing 50 people.           ]]></description>
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Toyota&#8217;s fix for the gas pedal problem that led to the recall of millions of cars has not come soon enough to prevent a consumer backlash in the U.S. and elsewhere that is battering its sales.           ]]></description>
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Three days after Oakwood Country Club announced it would reorganize through bankruptcy proceedings, its bank account was seized by the Internal Revenue Service.           ]]></description>
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A Rustburg salvage yard now has more time to sell parts from used cars it otherwise would have had to crush soon.           ]]></description>
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Genworth Financial Inc. is investing more money in its life insurance, long-term-care and retirement savings operations, Chairman and CEO Michael D. Fraizer said Friday.           ]]></description>
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Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday its dealers should get parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem this week as the automaker tries to bring an end to a recall that has affected 4.2 million vehicles worldwide.           ]]></description>
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BEDFORD &#8212; Nearly five months since a fire gutted a popular Bedford restaurant, Jacqueline Hull stops by regularly to scout its reconstruction like a hungry diner checking the oven for a home-cooked meal.           ]]></description>
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The Lynchburg region&#8217;s unemployment rate jumped to 7.2 percent in December after falling in earlier months.           ]]></description>
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