US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said he believes the financial crisis is coming to an end but society could take some time to fully emerge from the...

A squeeze on UK government spending has begun to hit the construction...

New car registrations are up in...

A pioneering winemaker from California’s Napa Valley has...

Singapore Telecommunications, otherwise known as SingTel, has awarded a SIN$220 million contract to Ericsson Telecommunications to expand its 2G and 3G mobile...

Indonesia’s House of Representatives Speaker, Agung Laksono, has invited President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a consultative meeting on the government's plan to raise fuel oil prices....

Tata Motors of India has launched a new dual fuel, eco-friendly model of its Indica range of...

Renowned artist Francis Bacon's masterpiece, 'Triptych', has set a new record in sales by fetching a whopping 43 million pounds at an auction in New...

British Airways has reported a 45% rise in annual profits but warned that economic uncertainty and high fuel costs pose challenges....

U.S. stocks closed mostly lower on Friday, with a slide in consumer confidence and surging crude oil prices fueling worries about the...

Faced with the threat of losing future earnings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia's contingent from the Rajasthan Royals franchise were coaxed back to Jaipur despite their fears following Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in the capital city of...

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will install Windows XP on its low-cost laptops for students in developing countries, according to a joint announcement...

WASHINGTON – When President Bush, once a Texas oilman, asked Saudi Arabia to pump more crude, he may have forgotten that the Saudis have a long memory. And that made it a good bet his mission...

'Same number of people flying' The Virgin Atlantic boss said fuel rises would mean some smaller companies would either be forced to merge or go under.He also predicted the cost of oil, now at...

TEHRAN – Iran's oil minister rejected on Saturday any idea of OPEC raising production, saying it would fail to ease record prices as the market was already “saturated” with oil. ...

Research ) plans to establish a global shared services and data centers in Malaysia through one of its subsidiaries, the insurance giant said on...

By MIN LEEASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HONG KONG -- Cathay Pacific Airways might cut routes to help cope with surging fuel prices, its chief executive said. Tony Tyler said in an internal company...

After a sluggish winter, employment in San Diego County rebounded last month, fueled by strong hiring in hotels, restaurants and government work, according to data released yesterday by the state...

Doctors and hospital officials will square off with health insurers Monday in San Diego over a state plan to ban medical providers from billing emergency room patients for charges not covered by...

Alvarado Hospital in San Diego has lost its court battle over a contract dispute with Blue Shield of California, demonstrating how challenging it can be for stand-alone hospitals to demand higher...

The world economy is “teetering on the brink” of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its midyear economic projections....

NEW YORK - Wall Street is clawing its way back from a dismal start to the year as confidence grows about the prospects of a US economic recovery without a calamitous...

BOSTON - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable...

Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 00:00 CDT By CHERYL CASWELL Kroger is jumping on the prescription discount bandwagon and offering 90-day supplies of hundreds of generic medications for $10. The...

NEW YORK – Unless you're looking carefully, you'll likely miss the fact that the new Asylum Web site for young men is a creation of Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. Same for WalletPop on personal...

DETROIT – A bitter 80-day United Auto Workers strike against an auto parts maker that has crippled dozens of General Motors Corp. factories could be coming to an end soon with a tentative...

SAN FRANCISCO – Winemaker Robert Mondavi, the man most credited for turning California into a world-class wine producer and millions of Americans into wine lovers, died Friday at his Napa...

-------- END BIGBOXAD ----------> The Commerce Department reported Friday that housing construction rose by 8.2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.03 million units. While...

-------- END BIGBOXAD ----------> But investors were clearly sidetracked for much of the session by energy prices and their effect on consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of...

President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone...

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover...

PHOENIX – If US Airways and United Airlines decide to combine, they'll bring along a number of reluctant employee groups that would rather remain separate. US Airways pilots on Friday joined...

Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the...

Inspire Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced Friday the receipt of a $1.25 million milestone payment from its Asian partner, Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., for the completion of Santen's Phase 3 testing...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Allstate Corp.'s subsidiaries can resume selling new car insurance and other policies in Florida after the insurer turned over documents showing how it sets homeowners...

LOS ANGELES – Janitors in Orange County have reached a tentative agreement with their employers on a four-year labor contract. SEIU Local 1877 spokeswoman Gina Bowers says the janitors'...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- General Electric Co. plans to sell or spin off the business that for a century has put appliances in American homes, a decision that could presage further asset sales, analysts...

Heathrow Terminal 5's shambolic opening has cost British Airways boss Willie Walsh his annual bonus, despite the carrier making record profits. The chief executive said he felt any award would have...

Cable TV, phone and Internet service provider Charter Communications drew concern Friday from two congressmen and a privacy advocate over its plan to experiment with tracking its customers' Web use...

FRANKFURT: Citigroup is mulling strategic options for its retail bank in Germany, the embattled US bank said yesterday, sending its first public signal that the centrepiece of its European business...

Rice futures sank to a six-week low Friday, falling for a fifth day on hopes that exports from Pakistan and Japan will ease fears of a shortage of the staple consumed by half the world's...

LOS ANGELES – Developer Robert F. Maguire III has abandoned efforts to buy back the company that bears his name and is on the verge of being replaced as its chief executive and chairman, The...

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Interior Department said Friday it is moving forward with an oil and gas lease sale covering nearly 4 million acres in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. The...

A striking United Auto Workers local at a key General Motors Corp. factory ratified a new contract with the company Friday afternoon and will resume production on...

BT's chief executive Ben Verwaayen has signed off his last set of results with fourth quarter figures which beat revenue forecasts and met earnings targets. The telecoms giant is also forecasting...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 21:00 CDT By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press May 16--The Henry Ford Health System made money last year, but less than the year before as its cost of providing...

NEW YORK – News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets – the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production...

WASHINGTON – By relaxing down-payment requirements for borrowers in markets where home prices are falling, Fannie Mae aims to both resuscitate the flagging housing market and respond to...

WASHINGTON – Slot auctions designed to reduce delays nationwide and increase competition are coming to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport...

-------- END BIGBOXAD ----------> The contract, which expires Sept. 1, gives the union the right to reject any deal that changes control of the company. The USW contends Esmark didn't give it...