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Industry, government join E. coli fight
Jan 1 2007 11:22PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In light of food poisoning outbreaks involving spinach and lettuce, the government and the produce industry are scrambling to make leafy greens safer before the spring planting season.
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Goodyear employees set to return to work
Jan 1 2007 11:09PM (CT)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - The contract has been approved, the picket lines and fire barrels taken down, but some hard feelings remain among Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. workers who will return to work Tuesday after a three-month strike that at times got ugly.
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Housing slump seen weighing on economy
Jan 1 2007 11:09PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The slowdown that hit the U.S. economy will persist into 2007 as the once red-hot housing market continues to suffer through a serious correction, analysts say.
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Study: 2 of 5 bosses don't keep word
Jan 1 2007 11:08PM (CT)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - For most people, it's back to work Tuesday after a holiday weekend with family and friends. And for many, a new study shows, it will be under a bad boss. Nearly two of five bosses don't keep their word and more than a fourth bad mouth those they supervise to co-workers, the Florida State University study shows.
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Mine safety measures yet to take effect
Jan 1 2007 5:19PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Many of the safety measures state legislatures and Congress rushed to adopt to protect the 46,000 people working in the nation's underground coal mines after the Jan. 2. Sago Mine explosion have yet to take effect.
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Analysts see blasts hurting Thai economy
Jan 1 2007 5:04PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The terrorist bombings in Bangkok that rang in the New Year dealt a fresh blow to investors' confidence in the Thai economy, already shaken by a year of political turmoil and inept efforts to control the value of the baht, analysts said Monday.
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Thailand blasts concern tourism experts
Jan 1 2007 5:00PM (CT)
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Deadly New Year's bombings have failed to shatter Bangkok's charms for most visitors _ even one wounded in the blasts.
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Firms praise FDA approval of cloned food
Jan 1 2007 4:52PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Despite a government endorsement, food from cloned animals could take years to reach supermarket shelves. But the backing does give hope to several struggling businesses that clone cows and pigs.
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Slovenia adopts euro as new currency
Jan 1 2007 11:14AM (CT)
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia adopted the euro on Monday, becoming the 13th EU nation to use the single European currency.
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Wall Street eyes broad data for new year
Jan 1 2007 4:38AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The first trading week of the year may be a short one, but it may help determine whether the stock market's record-breaking run will continue or melt down in 2007.
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Belarus signs gas contract with Gazprom
Jan 1 2007 2:51AM (CT)
MOSCOW (AP) - Belarus and Russia's natural gas monopoly signed a five-year contract for gas supplies early Monday, just hours before Russia had threatened to cut off supplies in a price dispute.
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