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September 22nd, 2009 Alaska Railroad lays off 127ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Railroad has laid off 127 employees. The Anchorage Daily News and television station KTUU says Pat Gamble, the railroad's president, sent an e-mail to employees Tuesday.

August 25th, 2009 Mediacom accepts notes tendered on pair of offersMIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Cable television company Mediacom Communications Corp.

June 30th, 2009 Gillette pushing beyond shaversCINCINNATI — Gillette has launched a new global advertising campaign that underscores Procter & Gamble Co. efforts to expand the shaving brand to reach males with other grooming products.

June 11th, 2009 Procter & Gamble by the numbersThe Procter & Gamble Co., which Wednesday named Bob McDonald as its next chief executive officer, at a glance: Sales in 2008: $83.5 billion Profit: $12.1 billion Employees: 138,000 Countries with P&G employees: 80 Brands: Tide detergent, Gillette shavers, Pamper diapers and 20 others have at least $1 billion in annual sales. Roots: Started as candle and soap maker in 1837 in Cincinnati, where headquarters remain.

June 9th, 2009 P&G board meets amid CEO reportsCINCINNATI — The Procter & Gamble Co.'s board of directors met Tuesday amid a report that they are ready to act on a long-anticipated CEO succession plan, but a company spokesman said the report remained speculative. "It is a very deliberate and well-planned process, years in the formation, and we're not expecting to be making any announcements," P&G spokesman Paul Fox told The Associated Press before the regularly scheduled meeting at company headquarters in downtown Cincinnati.

June 4th, 2009 P&G phasing out Max Factor in USCINCINNATI — The Procter & Gamble Co. plans to phase out U.S.

April 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The longest running soap opera in the US is to end after 72 years on the air, the CBS network announced Wednesday. Guiding Light, began its TV run in 1952 after making the transition from radio where it had debuted 15 years earlier.

March 25th, 2009 DURBAN - South African selection panel chief Mike Procter believes in the credentials of Ashwell Prince as a Test cricket opening batsman. Procter was central to the controversial decision to recall the gritty left-hander in the role of opener for the victorious third Test against Australia at Newlands -- and Prince produced a vintage innings of 150 in South Africa's sole innings of 651.

March 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI - Despite the global economic meltdown the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) managed to find jobs for all its graduating students but with a dip in the salaries and fewer options to choose from, the institute said Saturday. The public sector units (PSUs), once not the 'top choice' for students graduating from one of the premier B-schools in the country, offered placements to a record 65 students.

March 11th, 2009 LONDON - Canadian pop star Avril Lavigne is to unveil her debut fragrance Black Star, as the first edition of her planned cosmetics empire. Contactmusic.com reports that the singer recently signed a major deal with beauty company Procter & Gamble to produce a new toiletries line, including perfume, aftershave, bath oil, bath soap, shower gel, body shampoo and body lotion.

March 5th, 2009 BANGALORE - Graduating students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) are feeling the heat of the global meltdown, with fewer job offers and lower compensation this year at the summer campus placements, a top official of the B-school said Wednesday. 'It's tough times for our grads in finding suitable placements with proportionate compensation.

February 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - South Africa's vice-captain Ashwell Prince is disappointed after being left out of the Test side for the return series against Australia starting in Johannesburg Feb 26. Middle-order batsman Prince made a strong case for selection with 900 Test runs at an average of 64.28 in 2008.

January 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - US stocks fell for a second session Friday morning as US gross domestic product (GDP) fell by the highest rate in 27 years and disappointing earnings added to the uncertainty in the market. The US Commerce Department reported Friday that the GDP, which measures total goods and services output in the country, contracted at a 3.8 percent annual rate, the lowest level since the first quarter of 1982.

January 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Vicks VapoRub, the menthol-based medicine popular across the globe for decades for relief from cold and congestion, may harm children, according to a new study, though the manufacturer has questioned the finding. The ointment dabbed under noses or rubbed on the soles of feet can be an irritant, increasing the production of mucus and decreasing how fast it is cleared, potentially causing dangerous breathing problems in infants and very young children, the MSNBC news network reported this week on the basis of the study.

December 31st, 2008 SYDNEY - Mike Procter, who had banned Harbhajan Singh for allegedly hurling racial abuse at Andrew Symonds, said he had no grudge over the incident though he quit the job of match referee after the controversy. Procter returns to Sydney Cricket Ground, a year after he found himself in the midst of a raging controversy that had almost wrecked India's tour of Australia midway following the monkeygate scandal.