October 14, 2012 Vol. 36, No. 42

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Proposition passage may end stove exchange program As temperatures drop below freezing and snow starts to pile up, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's wood stove exchange program has been put on hold and could be stopped completely because of the passage of Proposition 3. MATT BUXTON, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arctic Slope corp. declares dividend of $40 Nearly every shareholder of the Barrow-based Arctic Slope Regional Corp. will be pocketing about $4,000 just before the holidays. Associated Press
Registered voters up across political parties The ranks of registered voters have grown in all Alaska political parties since the August primary. Associated Press
Oil falls slightly after report shows supplies up Oil prices are hovering below $92 per barrel, after the government reported a bigger than expected increase in U.S. crude supplies. Associated Press
Stock market wavers as investors digest earnings A surprisingly strong housing report helped push the stock market mostly higher Wednesday, even as weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average. MATTHEW CRAFT,AP Business Writer
Begich part of delegation in Israel U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is in Israel on a fact-finding trip. Associated Press
Stocks higher on 3Q profits; Mattel jumps Inflation is low, earnings are high, investors are happy. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, shocking Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed. DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer
Airline executives urge airport security overhaul Airport security needs to undergo a radical overhaul or else passengers will become further disgruntled, lines will grow and terminals will be overwhelmed, airline executives said Tuesday at a global aviation conference. SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer
Clinton: I'm responsible for consulate security U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for security at all of America's diplomatic missions, an attempt to clear a political obstacle for her boss, President Barack Obama ahead of his second debate with Republican Mitt Romney. MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
Parnell chosen to lead governors' group Gov. Sean Parnell's office says he has been picked to chair the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition. Associated Press
Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation The main terminal of Anchorage's largest airport was evacuated Sunday after a man made comments about a bomb, which he later said were meant to be taken as a joke. Associated Press
Stocks higher after retail sales improve Stocks rose on Monday after a strong gain in retail spending suggested that consumers could be getting more confident about the economy. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
How would candidates' tax plans affect investors? With the outcome of next month's presidential election increasingly hazy, here's a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on investment income like stock profits and dividends are almost certain to change. DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer
Expect small '13 Social Security benefit increase Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press
State wants study of Medicaid expansion costs The state is soliciting proposals for a study on the cost of Medicaid expansion in Alaska. BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
Parnell eyeing ways to further advance gas line Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that an all-encompassing fiscal package for a major natural gas pipeline project won't happen next year. BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair job. BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent
US stocks higher as inflation remains tame Stocks rose on Friday after a government report showed that inflation was tame in September, which will leave consumers with more money to spend if the trend holds up. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
Official: US blames Iran hackers for cyberattacks A former U.S. government official says American authorities firmly believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and that they appeared to be in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. sanctions against the country. LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
Archive » Transportation
Airline executives urge airport security overhaul Airport security needs to undergo a radical overhaul or else passengers will become further disgruntled, lines will grow and terminals will be overwhelmed, airline executives said Tuesday at a global aviation conference. SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer
Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation The main terminal of Anchorage's largest airport was evacuated Sunday after a man made comments about a bomb, which he later said were meant to be taken as a joke. Associated Press
Archive » Oil & Gas
Oil falls slightly after report shows supplies up Oil prices are hovering below $92 per barrel, after the government reported a bigger than expected increase in U.S. crude supplies. Associated Press
Parnell chosen to lead governors' group Gov. Sean Parnell's office says he has been picked to chair the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition. Associated Press
Parnell eyeing ways to further advance gas line Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that an all-encompassing fiscal package for a major natural gas pipeline project won't happen next year. BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
Archive » Alaska Politics
Registered voters up across political parties The ranks of registered voters have grown in all Alaska political parties since the August primary. Associated Press
Begich part of delegation in Israel U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is in Israel on a fact-finding trip. Associated Press
State wants study of Medicaid expansion costs The state is soliciting proposals for a study on the cost of Medicaid expansion in Alaska. BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press
Archive » National Politics
Begich part of delegation in Israel U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is in Israel on a fact-finding trip. Associated Press
Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair job. BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent
Archive » Finance
Arctic Slope corp. declares dividend of $40 Nearly every shareholder of the Barrow-based Arctic Slope Regional Corp. will be pocketing about $4,000 just before the holidays. Associated Press
Stock market wavers as investors digest earnings A surprisingly strong housing report helped push the stock market mostly higher Wednesday, even as weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average. MATTHEW CRAFT,AP Business Writer
Stocks higher on 3Q profits; Mattel jumps Inflation is low, earnings are high, investors are happy. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, shocking Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed. DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer
Stocks higher after retail sales improve Stocks rose on Monday after a strong gain in retail spending suggested that consumers could be getting more confident about the economy. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
How would candidates' tax plans affect investors? With the outcome of next month's presidential election increasingly hazy, here's a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on investment income like stock profits and dividends are almost certain to change. DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer
Expect small '13 Social Security benefit increase Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January. STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press
US stocks higher as inflation remains tame Stocks rose on Friday after a government report showed that inflation was tame in September, which will leave consumers with more money to spend if the trend holds up. JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer
Archive » General News
Proposition passage may end stove exchange program As temperatures drop below freezing and snow starts to pile up, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's wood stove exchange program has been put on hold and could be stopped completely because of the passage of Proposition 3. MATT BUXTON, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Arctic Slope corp. declares dividend of $40 Nearly every shareholder of the Barrow-based Arctic Slope Regional Corp. will be pocketing about $4,000 just before the holidays. Associated Press
Clinton: I'm responsible for consulate security U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for security at all of America's diplomatic missions, an attempt to clear a political obstacle for her boss, President Barack Obama ahead of his second debate with Republican Mitt Romney. MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press
Official: US blames Iran hackers for cyberattacks A former U.S. government official says American authorities firmly believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and that they appeared to be in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. sanctions against the country. LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press

AJC Issue Archive Departments

Proposition passage may end stove exchange program

As temperatures drop below freezing and snow starts to pile up, the Fairbanks North Star Borough's wood stove exchange program has been put on hold and could be stopped completely because of the passage of Proposition 3.

MATT BUXTON, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Arctic Slope corp. declares dividend of $40

Nearly every shareholder of the Barrow-based Arctic Slope Regional Corp. will be pocketing about $4,000 just before the holidays.

Associated Press

Registered voters up across political parties

The ranks of registered voters have grown in all Alaska political parties since the August primary.

Associated Press

Oil falls slightly after report shows supplies up

Oil prices are hovering below $92 per barrel, after the government reported a bigger than expected increase in U.S. crude supplies.

Associated Press

Stock market wavers as investors digest earnings

A surprisingly strong housing report helped push the stock market mostly higher Wednesday, even as weak earnings reports from Intel and IBM weighed on the Dow Jones industrial average.

MATTHEW CRAFT,AP Business Writer

Begich part of delegation in Israel

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is in Israel on a fact-finding trip.

Associated Press

Stocks higher on 3Q profits; Mattel jumps

Inflation is low, earnings are high, investors are happy.

JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer

Vikram Pandit steps down as Citigroup CEO

Vikram Pandit abruptly stepped down as CEO of Citigroup on Tuesday, shocking Wall Street, after steering the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.

DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer

Airline executives urge airport security overhaul

Airport security needs to undergo a radical overhaul or else passengers will become further disgruntled, lines will grow and terminals will be overwhelmed, airline executives said Tuesday at a global aviation conference.

SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer

Clinton: I'm responsible for consulate security

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton repeated on Tuesday her statement taking sole responsibility for security at all of America's diplomatic missions, an attempt to clear a political obstacle for her boss, President Barack Obama ahead of his second debate with Republican Mitt Romney.

MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

Parnell chosen to lead governors' group

Gov. Sean Parnell's office says he has been picked to chair the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition.

Associated Press

Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation

The main terminal of Anchorage's largest airport was evacuated Sunday after a man made comments about a bomb, which he later said were meant to be taken as a joke.

Associated Press

Stocks higher after retail sales improve

Stocks rose on Monday after a strong gain in retail spending suggested that consumers could be getting more confident about the economy.

JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer

How would candidates' tax plans affect investors?

With the outcome of next month's presidential election increasingly hazy, here's a shred of clarity that investors can cling to: The tax rates they pay on investment income like stock profits and dividends are almost certain to change.

DANIEL WAGNER, AP Business Writer

Expect small '13 Social Security benefit increase

Social Security recipients shouldn't expect a big increase in monthly benefits come January.

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

State wants study of Medicaid expansion costs

The state is soliciting proposals for a study on the cost of Medicaid expansion in Alaska.

BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

Parnell eyeing ways to further advance gas line

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said Thursday that an all-encompassing fiscal package for a major natural gas pipeline project won't happen next year.

BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press

Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney

Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair job.

BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent

US stocks higher as inflation remains tame

Stocks rose on Friday after a government report showed that inflation was tame in September, which will leave consumers with more money to spend if the trend holds up.

JOSHUA FREED, AP Business Writer

Official: US blames Iran hackers for cyberattacks

A former U.S. government official says American authorities firmly believe that Iranian hackers, likely supported by the Tehran government, were responsible for recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and that they appeared to be in retaliation for the latest round of U.S. sanctions against the country.

LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press

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Transportation

Airline executives urge airport security overhaul

SCOTT MAYEROWITZ, AP Airlines Writer

Bad joke prompts Alaska airport evacuation

The main terminal of Anchorage's largest airport was evacuated Sunday after a man made comments about a bomb, which he later said were meant to be taken as a joke.

Associated Press

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