<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Industries</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/industries?nav=rss_business/industries</link><description>Industries</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Says Inquiry Names Ousted Official]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9086-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9086-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal grand jury in Arkansas is investigating allegations that the former head of U.S. operations at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. misused up to $500,000 in corporate funds, the giant retailer said yesterday.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Town Debates Drilling in Refuge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10253-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10253-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many Inupiat Eskimos, long supporters of drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge they call home, now question whether opening the refuge will endanger their way of life.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Airways Cuts May Have Cleared Way  For a Merger]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7462-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7462-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ America West Holdings Corp. began its talks with US Airways Group Inc. about a possible merger more than a year ago but was reluctant to move forward aggressively until US Airways reduced its labor costs significantly, a former US Airways executive said yesterday.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst Fired for Personal Trading]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7461-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7461-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Susan Kalla, a well-known and widely quoted Wall Street stock analyst who accurately predicted the collapse of the telecommunications equipment sector in 2000, was fired by Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. after an internal investigation into her personal stock trading, according to sources inside and outside the company with knowledge of the matter.]]></description><author> Terence O'Hara</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older Riders Add to Rise In Motorcycle Fatalities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than 3,900 people died on motorcycles in the United States in 2004, up 7.3 percent from the year before, according to preliminary highway safety numbers released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Clears Energy Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7459-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7459-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The House yesterday approved a wide-ranging energy bill that would permit new drilling in Alaska and give producers billions of dollars of incentives.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passenger Lists Sought for Flights Over U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6015-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6015-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. government plans to force foreign airlines to turn over passenger lists or check the names against government watch lists in an effort to prevent terrorists from entering U.S. airspace.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airline Consolidation 'Inevitable,' CEO Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6008-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6008-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ America West Holding Corp. president and chief executive W. Douglas Parker said yesterday that the airline industry is ripe for consolidation after a period of sharp cuts in labor costs and that bankrupt carriers in particular make enticing merger targets.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Airways in Talks With America West]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3222-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3222-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[US Airways Group is in exploratory talks over a possible $100 million investment from America West Holdings Corp. The discussions have touched on a possible merger between the two carriers to create a large low-cost airline.]]></description><author> Keith L. Alexander</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probe Faults TSA Spending]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2399-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2399-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration has failed to stop excessive spending, raising concerns of "unethical and possibly illegal activities" by employees, according to a government report.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Energy Bill Increases Tax Breaks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63958-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63958-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The House this week will consider $8 billion in tax breaks targeted to the energy industry at a time when some of those companies are enjoying soaring profits from high consumer prices.]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Jet Faces a Long Struggle to Fit In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The question facing the Pentagon and Congress is whether the F/A-22 Raptor's advanced features are enough to justify a more than $70 billion investment at the same time the military is stretched thin.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Aide To Mayor Working D.C. For Wal-Mart]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17564-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17564-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has hired a former top aide to Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) as a consultant as it continues to explore the possibility of building a store in the District and attempts to navigate the city's zoning rules and neighborhood politics, the retailer said.]]></description><author> Michael Barbaro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Examiner Tabloid Makes Its Debut]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55812-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55812-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Starting Tuesday, the Examiner distributed an estimated 260,000 copies of the newspaper through news racks scattered across the region, hawkers at Metro stations and carriers who delivered it to homes in targeted census tracts.]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Reaches Tentative Deal With Hotels]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10440-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10440-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The tentative labor deal will help the nation's capital avoid a strike by hotel workers during the upcoming inauguration.]]></description><author> Neil Irwin and Amy Joyce</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carmakers Reveal Their Dreams]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2264-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2264-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Just one of many concept cars rolled out this week, Ford introduces the SynUS, a new urban truck modeled after a bank vault.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kraft to Curb Snack-Food Advertising]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2266-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2266-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The nation's largest food company is moving to address growing concerns about childhood obesity and unhealthful eating habits.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Late Holiday Shoppers Boost Online Sales]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37699-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37699-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The season marked a record for online merchants, one in which sales stayed strong late into December as more consumers put their trust in the Web for last-minute gifts.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital One Ads Misled Customers, Suit Charges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37697-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37697-2004Dec30.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Minnesota's attorney general yesterday sued two subsidiaries of Capital One Financial Corp., contending that their "No Hassle" credit card ads were false, deceptive and misleading because they erroneously gave consumers the perception that their "fixed" interest rates would never increase.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Workers Respond, Help Out US Airways]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35267-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_business/industries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35267-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_business/industries</guid><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2005 4:03:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The airline said Wednesday that several hundred employees responded to its call to volunteer at its troubled Philadelphia operations this busy holiday weekend.]]></description><author> Caroline E. Mayer  and Amy Joyce</author></item></channel></rss>
