Intelligence Factor
Our region does not have a lot of factory jobs. We don't make ketchup. We don't
make toilet paper. We don't make steel. Our business, without sounding too pompous,
is largely ideas and the execution of them, whether they are moved around town in
legal briefs or a consultant's briefcase.
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Post 200
Washington Post Local Business Editor Dan Beyers and Staff Writer Neil Irwin will
be online Monday, May 12 at noon ET to discuss this year's Post 200 report, our
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Person close to talks: Cablevision close to buying Newsday
NEW YORK -- Cablevision Systems Corp. is close to buying the Long Island newspaper
Newsday from Tribune Co. for $650 million, a person with knowledge of the situation
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Spread of Nuclear Capability Is Feared
VIENNA -- At least 40 developing countries from the Persian Gulf region to Latin
America have recently approached U.N. officials here to signal interest in starting
nuclear power programs, a trend that concerned proliferation experts say could provide
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Perilous Landings by Soyuz Worry NASA
Two consecutive chaotic and dangerous landings by Soyuz space capsules, including
one with an American astronaut aboard, have NASA and space experts concerned about
the spacecraft's reliability in ferrying astronauts to and from the international
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