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Nightmare

Further testing still has not found the cause of a battery fire aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Boston earlier this month, the National Transportation Safety Board said yesterday. The NTSB said “no obvious anomalies were found” in its initial investigation of an undamaged battery aboard the plane and that a more detailed examination would follow.

Fisker risk

Fisker Automotive, the Anaheim, Calif.-based green car company founded under an Obama administration program, is hoping to bag one or more investors that would purchase the electric car maker for as much as $1 billion, according to WSJ.com.

EasyJet-tison

Sir Mike Rake will be out as chairman of easyJet sometime this summer, ending a rocky three-year tenure at the UK-based discount airline.

Weak Jos.

Shares of Jos. A Bank could fall sharply today after the men’s apparel retailer said late Friday that annual profit could plunge 20 percent year-over-year due to lower margins. Analysts were expecting profit to rise 8 percent.