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POWER COMPANIES need to do more to protect the electrical grid from weather disruptions, a study found. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Power companies urged to shield U.S. electric grid from weather

Natural Resources 08/12/2013

WASHINGTON -- Power companies should be pressed by government to install technologies including smart meters and energy-storage devices to shield the electric grid from...

U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 12. / BLOOMBERG PHOTO/JOSHUA ROBERTS

Obama says U.S. will begin trade talks with 27 EU nations

Economic Activity 02/13/2013

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama pledged to pursue a trade agreement with the European Union that would expand the world’s largest economic relationship, while...

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