Salt Lake Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:40 A national report on states' performance in higher education graded Utah above average in a range of categories. But the yawning gap between the number of whites and Hispanics who attend college in Utah, and the declining affordability of higher education are alarming to education
Salt Lake Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:20 As a surgery intern, Brent James worked 90 to 120 hours a week and would take calls in the middle of the night that he wouldn't remember the next day. Today, as one of two Utahns elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine, he welcomes its new report calling for changes in medical residents'
Salt Lake Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:18 Eastern Utah's Nine Mile Canyon, resting place to thousands of ancient Anasazi relics and rock-art panels, will escape -- at least for now -- a federal plan to vastly expand oil and gas drilling.
Deseret News - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:10 President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus package could help restore some of Utah's nearly $4 billion in suspended transportation projects, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said Tuesday.
NYTimes.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 05:52 General Motors said it needed an $18 billion package in loans and lines of credit and that it will cut jobs, factories, brands and executive pay.
CNNMoney.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 05:46 Automakers submitted their turnaround plans to Congress Tuesday with the hopes of winning approval for a lucrative loan package they claim is necessary for their survival.
CNNMoney.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 05:27 President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be secretary of Commerce, a Democratic source told CNN on Tuesday.
LATimes.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 02:00 'There is no Plan B,' an executive says. The Big Three automakers now seek as much as $34 billion in U.S. aid.
Turning to Washington for a lifeline, General Motors Corp. has asked lawmakers for up to $18 billion to stave off collapse, promising in return to slash executive pay and jettison its poorly performing brands.
LATimes.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 02:00 The offer to work for $1 a year if an auto industry bailout is approved would mean a huge pay cut for Rick Wagoner and Alan Mulally.
Working for a buck a year would amount to a multimillion-dollar pay cut for the chief executives of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.
Deseret News - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 01:49 Most states are doing better preparing students for higher education than they did a decade ago, but that modest progress is eclipsed by rising tuition costs, enduring enrollment gaps between rich and poor, and a decrease in global competitiveness, a new report finds.
Deseret News - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 01:48 Over the past 67 years, Utah Trades and Technology has gone through several metamorphoses leading to Utah Valley University, as we all know it today.
Deseret News - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 01:48 Executives of major U.S. airlines, already seeing signs of slumping travel demand, said Tuesday that they were ready to cut more flights, and Delta hinted at more job losses as the carriers jockey to survive the deepening recession.
Deseret News - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 01:48 The head of the agency that administers water in the oil-boom area near Vernal said that water supplies for industrial use could run low if development of oil shale and tar sands accelerates.
NYTimes.com - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 01:16 In the worst month yet in a horrible year, U.S. sales fell 41 percent at General Motors and 33.9 percent at Toyota. Honda’s sales declined 31.6 percent, and Ford’s fell 30.6 percent.
