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More than three-quarters of the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore oil production had been cut off Saturday as energy companies evacuated petroleum platforms in the face of Hurricane Gustav.
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Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months _ about 20 percent of their value _ Congress’ top budget analyst...
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Gold prices kept rising Tuesday, approaching $900 an ounce after another day of turmoil in financial markets encouraged buying of safe-haven assets. Silver also rose.
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The grip on the credit markets loosened just barely on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would buy commercial paper, the unsecured short-term debt that...
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Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months _ about 20 percent of their value _ Congress’ top budget analyst...
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Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the...
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AMD’S SPLIT: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will now focus on designing chips and spin off a new venture focused on making them. Chip-making factories are massively...
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Iceland has indeed bailed out Glitnir. But here’s the thing: Iceland’s credit default swaps are now suggesting that the sovereign itself is a distressed...
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Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says its third-quarter earnings plunged 52 percent due to sharply lower prices, weaker demand and higher costs.
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Two things rule the financial world: Making money and figuring out ways to make more of it. That’s why some on Wall Street are sure to figure out how to profit...
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The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more...
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Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S....
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The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...
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Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site’s users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.,...
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Wall Street sank further Tuesday, extending its heavy losses as enthusiasm over Federal Reserve efforts to inject confidence into credit markets gave way to concerns...
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The head of Frontier Airlines says he’s pleased with the business generated by a Denver-to-Aspen service launched in April by subsidiary Lynx Aviation.
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For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: “Real men have...
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Regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. says it has a tentative contract with its pilots union after 10 months of negotiations.
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Government data show consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time in more than a decade as households, battered by rising job layoffs and the worsening economy,...
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Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months, Congress’ top budget analyst estimated Tuesday.
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Oil prices rebounded slightly Tuesday, hovering near $89 a barrel after some stability returned to the shaky financial system and encouraged investors to cautiously...
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One month after the start of a Machinists union strike, the Boeing Co. reported a nosedive in deliveries of commercial aircraft but still got 10 planes to customers...
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The area of poppy production in Afghanistan and the yield of opium from these crops have reduced this year compared with 2007, a UN report says
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A Kuwaiti oil official says a small explosion at one of the country’s oil refineries has killed one worker and injured another. Production was not affected.
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Production platforms and drilling rigs were back to normal Thursday following evacuations triggered by Tropical Storm Edouard’s pass through the northern Gulf of...
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General Motors Corp. said Monday it will cut shifts at plants in Ohio and Louisiana, eliminating 1,760 jobs, as part of the automaker’s previously announced plan...
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General Motors Corp. said Monday it will cut production by another 117,000 vehicles, citing continued weak in consumer demand for pickup trucks and sport utility...
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Industrial output rose in June at the fastest pace in 11 months.The strength came from the end to an automotive production strike rather than any underlying boost to...
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Three of Russia’s oil projects, which all have foreign participation, failed to achieve oil production targets in 2007, Russia’s Audit Chamber said...
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Japanese automakers reported generally solid growth in global production and exports in May, as robust demand in Asia and emerging markets cushioned the effects of a...
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General Motors Corp. says it will further cut production of trucks and sport utility vehicles from the summer through the end of the year.Spokesman Chris Lee said...
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Industrial production dipped in May, underscoring the strain on factories from the deep housing slump.The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday that output at the...
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Production has restarted at Toyota’s joint venture auto plant in China after it was halted for a week after a deadly earthquake struck nearby.Toyota Motor...
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Pumpjacks, the oil rigs that resemble those thirsty bird toys, are going up in Missouri for the first time in two decades, the latest region to revive a long-faded...
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Production of ABC’s “Ugly Betty” is moving to New York.The announcement was made Monday by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor David Paterson and ABC...
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Industrial production posted a better-than-expected increase in March, rebounding from a big decline the previous month.The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday that...
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Are you a video enthusiast? a amateur fiml maker? or someone who is starting out in the big world of films? Here is one website which brings to you information about...
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Japan’s industrial production rose 1.6 percent in October to a record high, boosted by output of semiconductors and autos, the trade ministry said...
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Japan’s top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its global production climbed 14.4 percent in October, moving it closer to overtaking General Motors of the...
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New Mexico pecan producers went nuts when initial estimates showed the state was No. 1 in pecan production for the first time, beating out the usual top producers,...
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Ricky Kirshner, center in black, a producer for the Democratic Convention, talks with Democratic leaders, from left, Gov. Howard Dean, Federico Pena, co-chair of the Obama campaign and Democratic Convention CEO Leah Daughtry at Invesco Field during a...
