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Former Qwest CEO reports to prison

DENVER — Two years after his conviction, former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio reported to a federal prison in Pennsylvania on Tuesday to start a six-year sentence for insider trading while he appeals his conviction to the Supreme Court.

Nacchio reported to a minimum-security prison camp in Minersville, Pa., around 11:30 a.m., a prison spokesman said. His deadline was noon. He is inmate No. 33973-013 and will be assigned a job that likely pays 12 to 40 cents an hour, officials said.

Largest steelmaker plans to idle plant, lay off 400

PITTSBURGH — ArcelorMittal SA, the world’s largest steelmaker, plans to idle a plant in Indiana and lay off about 400 workers because of global economic turmoil that has dampened demand for the metal.

The Luxembourg-based company said Tuesday it will suspend operations indefinitely at the Indiana Harbor Long Carbon facility in East Chicago. The plant is part of a larger facility that employs about 5,000 union workers and hundreds of nonunion workers. The layoffs of union and management workers are expected to begin in about 60 days.

Associated Press