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Venezuela to trade fuel for farm goods
Jan 21 2006 11:20PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pressed his crusade to spread his energy influence across South America late Saturday, promising to trade $150 million of diesel fuel annually with Bolivia in return for agricultural goods.
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Japanese stores pull U.S. beef off shelves
Jan 21 2006 10:18PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stores pulled U.S. beef products from their shelves amid renewed fears of mad cow disease on Saturday, a day after the government said a recent shipment from New York contained cattle parts that are a disease risk.
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Nikkei's dive shouldn't vex U.S. investors
Jan 21 2006 10:17PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Nikkei's plunge this past week made the headlines around the world, but what's really worth noting is how well Japanese stocks have done since 2000. While U.S. stocks spent much of 2005 supine, Japan and other foreign markets, especially the Euro-zone countries, booked superb performances. Their outlook for this year is just as upbeat.
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Investigators re-enter Sago mine
Jan 21 2006 8:30PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Federal investigators entered the Sago Mine on Saturday for the first time since the bodies of 12 miners were removed earlier this month.
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Google's stock sinks on worries about 4Q
Jan 21 2006 6:17AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s stock price plunged below $400 Friday for the first time in two months as a brewing battle with the Bush administration compounded investor worries about the online search engine leader's upcoming fourth quarter earnings report.
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Cotton producers nervous over drought
Jan 21 2006 3:54AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Little rain has fallen on producer Ronald Thuett's cotton patch, leaving a parched, hardened ground on the South Plains that prevents him from doing winter work such as tilling soil.
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U.S. producers angry at Japanese beef ban
Jan 21 2006 3:21AM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - As Japan halted imports of U.S. beef because of mad cow fears, angry cattle producers worried about the threat to their industry with the loss of the nation's largest overseas beef market.
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Report: Livedoor exec to face prosecutors
Jan 21 2006 2:31AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Prosecutors will question Livedoor Co.'s chief executive Takafumi Horie next week as part of an investigation into allegations of securities fraud at the Internet startup, a report said Saturday.
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Source: Ameriquest to pay $325M settlement
Jan 21 2006 1:58AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The parent company of mortgage lender Ameriquest has agreed to pay $325 million to settle investigations into its practices by attorneys general in several states, a person familiar with the terms of the agreement said late Friday.
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