So How Would You Kick-Start the Economy?

The Associated Press asked people around the country to share their ideas on jump-starting the economy. Some responses: More stimulus: Carolyn Morrison is a Wake County, N.C., school board member who has spent more than 45 years in education. The public school she attended as a child in Lumberton, N.C., was built by President Franklin Roosevelt's Depression-era Works Progress Administration. She wants more spending like that. "Thinking back to Roosevelt and other presidents who faced this problem, I guess the stimulus package would be the closest to giving jobs as anything." ——— Amen to that: John Jennings, 56, of Charlotte, N.C., runs...

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U.S. to Require Rear-View Video on Cars

The Obama administration moved Friday to effectively require all passenger cars and buses to be equipped with rear-view video cameras to help prevent fatalities caused when drivers back over a child hidden in the blind spot behind a vehicle. The technology, already offered in some models in the U.S., involves a small camera attached to the back of a car that sends a live video feed to a display mounted in the dashboard or rear-view mirror. It is designed to give drivers a broader view as they back out of a parking spot or driveway. Regulators say they are trying to prevent incidents such as a 2002 crash that killed two-year-old Cameron Gulbransen of New York when his father backed up his car and accidentally drove over the boy in the family driveway. Congress passed legislation in...

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Beverly Hills Business Happenings

• RealD ExpandsBeverly Hills-based RealD Inc., the maker of 3D cinemas and home-viewing technologies has reached a deal to install up to 500 screens in China. The move will be in theatres of Wanda Cinema, the largest movie circuit in the country. Installation is underway in Beijing and Shanghai. • DILEMMA To Launch Web SeriesLocal digital marketing agency DILEMMA is working on a new branded web series based on the “Chopper” comic book, striking a deal with action sports apparel and lifestyle brand Sullen Clothing to launch an online series and transmedia entertainment experience based on the horror comic. The project's creative team includes the co-creator of MTV's hit online series “Valemont” and marks the first production from a slate of branded programming. DILEMMA will distribute...

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