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GM Sets Up Venture Capital Firm

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Automaker says General Motors Ventures LLC will help nurture new technology and bring it to market so GM has the latest innovations.

Economy Adds 431K Jobs In May

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Wave of census hiring by the federal government lifted payrolls by 431,000 in May, but job creation by private companies grew at slowest pace this year.

Cytec Industries To Raise Prices For Chemical

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Specialty chemicals maker said it will raise prices for its Aero Melamine, citing a tight global supply and improving demand.

Chrysler Recalls Dodge Caliber Over Gas Pedal

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Automaker recalling nearly 35,000 Dodge Calibers to fix a potential problem with sticky gas pedals, the same issue that has affected millions of Toyotas.

Canada To Have Electric Vehicles Available By 2012

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Electric vehicles should be widely available to Canadian consumers by 2012, with offerings in the pipeline from Nissan, Ford, Toyota, and Mitsubishi, automakers say.

Holcim: New Cement Plant Environmentally-Efficient

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Chief of Holcim's U.S. division called the company's new $1 billion Missouri plant the largest and most environmentally efficient cement plant in the U.S.

VW Wants To Hire 'Industrial Athlete'

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Volkswagen is requiring production workers for new U.S. assembly plant to go through a fitness program on top of usual job training, aiming to forge an 'industrial athlete.'

Sharp Unveils New Wall Display Technology

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Walls, ceiling and floors will turn into wall-to-wall imagery with Sharp's new technology that minimized gaps between displays, allowing them to be used like high-tech tiles.

Lawsuits Expected From Deadly 2006 Toyota Crash

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Handful of lawsuits are expected over a 2006 crash in St. Paul, Minn., that killed three people, after the driver of a Toyota Camry said he couldn't stop.

U.S. Paper Industry Testing Genetically Altered Trees

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ArborGen genetically altered Australian eucalyptus trees to withstand freezing temperatures, and the idea with the test forests is to see how far north they can be grown.

Mystery at Rabigh plant as MTBE pollutes naptha

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High MTBE content in export naptha is under internal investigation

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