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Google: Microsoft deal bad for Internet
Feb 3 2008 9:24PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. raised the specter of Microsoft Corp. using its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search leader's queasiness about its two biggest rivals teaming up.
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More data on housing, spending this week
Feb 3 2008 8:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market has been on the upswing, but few investors are relaxing just yet. This week's data on housing, retailers and labor costs will give Wall Street an idea of whether the economy is weakening or inflation is accelerating _ or both.
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More data on housing, spending this week
Feb 3 2008 8:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market has been on the upswing, but few investors are relaxing just yet. This week's data on housing, retailers and labor costs will give Wall Street an idea of whether the economy is weakening or inflation is accelerating _ or both.
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More data on housing, spending this week
Feb 3 2008 8:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market has been on the upswing, but few investors are relaxing just yet. This week's data on housing, retailers and labor costs will give Wall Street an idea of whether the economy is weakening or inflation is accelerating _ or both.
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Oil expo thrives amid weakening economy
Feb 3 2008 5:27PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Recession? What recession? When thousands of wheeler-dealers gather downtown this week to buy, sell and trade oil and gas projects, they'll be ready to shell out millions of dollars, perhaps tens of millions.
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Automakers take shine to dull finishes
Feb 3 2008 5:21PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - You can get a matte finish on your photos or your cell phone, so why not on your car? Dull was the new shiny at last month's North American Auto Show in Detroit, where at least eight cars from General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG's Lamborghini and Audi divisions, and others sported a gleam-free matte finish. It's a trend likely to show up more and more as drivers seek to differentiate their vehicles.
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Automakers take shine to dull finishes
Feb 3 2008 5:21PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - You can get a matte finish on your photos or your cell phone, so why not on your car? Dull was the new shiny at last month's North American Auto Show in Detroit, where at least eight cars from General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG's Lamborghini and Audi divisions, and others sported a gleam-free matte finish. It's a trend likely to show up more and more as drivers seek to differentiate their vehicles.
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Automakers take shine to dull finishes
Feb 3 2008 5:21PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - You can get a matte finish on your photos or your cell phone, so why not on your car? Dull was the new shiny at last month's North American Auto Show in Detroit, where at least eight cars from General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG's Lamborghini and Audi divisions, and others sported a gleam-free matte finish. It's a trend likely to show up more and more as drivers seek to differentiate their vehicles.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Postal agencies respond to mail decline
Feb 3 2008 5:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Sellers used to need about a hundred postage stamps every three months. These days, he can stretch that supply to last a year.
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Prices, lending spare ND's home market
Feb 3 2008 5:09PM (CT)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Homeowners in California or Florida may be hurting, but in North Dakota, you can still sell a house for more than you bought it and get a favorable loan, too.
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Trio to put Northern Rock bids on table
Feb 3 2008 5:07PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group, private equity firm Olivant and an in-house team are all expected to lodge rescue bids for stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC on Monday.
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Drillers eye huge Appalachian gas field
Feb 3 2008 5:01PM (CT)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - More than a mile beneath an area of Appalachia covering parts of four states lies a mostly untapped reservoir of natural gas that could swell U.S. reserves.
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Writers Guild, 4 NY filmmakers settle
Feb 3 2008 2:45PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Striking writers have reached interim contract agreements with four New York-based independent filmmakers, ending their 12-week walkout, the two sides said Sunday in a joint announcement.
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Investigators question bank executives
Feb 3 2008 1:25PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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Investigators question bank executives
Feb 3 2008 1:25PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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Investigators question bank executives
Feb 3 2008 1:25PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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Investigators question bank executives
Feb 3 2008 1:25PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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Investigators question bank executives
Feb 3 2008 1:25PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - French investigators have questioned several executives at Societe Generale as part of a probe into the futures trader that the bank has blamed for billions of euros (dollars) in losses, a judicial official said Sunday.
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Chinese bank gets nod for SAfrican stake
Feb 3 2008 1:01PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China's biggest bank said Sunday it has received approval to buy a 20 percent stake in South Africa's biggest lender, the latest big-ticket overseas expansion by Chinese investors.
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Chrysler supplier files for bankruptcy
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Chrysler LLC scrambled to maintain its inventory of plastic parts after a supplier filed for bankruptcy protection.
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GM unveils hybrid pickups
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new hybrid full-size pickup and a concept hybrid truck this week at the Chicago Auto Show, betting that pickup drivers have been itching to jump on the hybrid bandwagon.
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GM unveils hybrid pickups
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new hybrid full-size pickup and a concept hybrid truck this week at the Chicago Auto Show, betting that pickup drivers have been itching to jump on the hybrid bandwagon.
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GM unveils hybrid pickups
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new hybrid full-size pickup and a concept hybrid truck this week at the Chicago Auto Show, betting that pickup drivers have been itching to jump on the hybrid bandwagon.
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GM unveils hybrid pickups
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new hybrid full-size pickup and a concept hybrid truck this week at the Chicago Auto Show, betting that pickup drivers have been itching to jump on the hybrid bandwagon.
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GM unveils hybrid pickups
Feb 3 2008 3:58AM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - General Motors Corp. will introduce a new hybrid full-size pickup and a concept hybrid truck this week at the Chicago Auto Show, betting that pickup drivers have been itching to jump on the hybrid bandwagon.
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