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AK Steel still sees narrower operating loss in 2Q

May. 28, 2009
Despite weaker demand from key auto industry customers, AK Steel Holding Co. still expects second-quarter operating losses to shrink compared with first-quarter results, the steel maker's chief executive said Thursday. James L. Wainscott, also the West...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic