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Group calls on China to improve Internet security

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) - An American business group appealed to China on Wednesday to improve online security and ease restrictions on Web use by companies, warning that deteriorating access speeds might discourage foreign investment. The American Chamber of Commerce

Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI and JACK GILLUMAssociated Press There were no sprinklers. No firewalls. No water deluge systems. Safety inspections were rare at the fertilizer company in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people this week. This is not unusual. Small fertilizer plants

Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

Some residents allowed back home after Texas blast

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

By WILL WEISSERT and CHRISTOPHER SHERMANAssociated Press WEST, Texas (AP) - Stranded families growing weary and frustrated since a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion left them barricaded from their battered homes finally began returning Saturday, but only under a curfew and strict warnings to

Sheriff: Storage unit led to arrests in DA deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

By DANNY ROBBINSAssociated Press KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - A tip pointing to a cache of guns and a vehicle hidden at a storage unit helped investigators to unravel a meticulous revenge plot that had culminated in the killings of three people, including two North Texas prosecutors, a sheriff said.

Report: Blackstone drops out of race to buy Dell

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

NEW YORK (AP) - Buyout specialist Blackstone Group has abruptly ended its courtship of Dell Inc. less than a month after saying it intended to trump a deal with the slumping computer maker's CEO, according to a report published late Thursday. The Wall Street Journal said that the Blackstone

Report: Blackstone drops out of race to buy Dell

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

Texas Explosion Shows Dangers Of Fertilizer Plants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

KHQ.COM - Rescuers in the town of West, near Waco, Texas continue to comb ruins left from a massive fertilizer explosion Wednesday. The blast leveled homes and businesses and shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake. As many as 15 people could be dead and more than 160 are

Texas Explosion Shows Dangers Of Fertilizer Plants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 19th

OSHA last inspected Texas fertilizer plant in 1985

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration most recently inspected the Texas fertilizer plant that exploded Wednesday night in 1985. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show that OSHA issued the West Chemical & Fertilizer Co., as the