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Oil prices drop in Asia
Aug 27 2006 11:37PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices opened the week lower Monday in Asia on news that a storm in the Caribbean had weakened and was unlikely to threaten the Gulf of Mexico's oil production.
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Crash a blow for struggling Comair
Aug 27 2006 11:34PM (CT)
ERLANGER, Ky. (AP) - The fatal crash of a Comair regional jet Sunday morning dealt an emotional blow to a commuter airline trying to emerge from bankruptcy.
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Oil prices drop in Asia
Aug 27 2006 10:12PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Oil prices opened the week lower Monday in Asia on news that a storm in the Caribbean had weakened and was unlikely to threaten the Gulf of Mexico's oil production.
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Wal-Mart says Aug. sales up 2.7 percent
Aug 27 2006 5:54PM (CT)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said August sales at its U.S. stores rose about 2.7 percent from the same period last year. The increase released Saturday was in line with the retailer's forecast of same-store sales growth of 1 percent to 3 percent.
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Wall Street preps for more economic data
Aug 27 2006 5:28PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street will finally get the data it has craved to help get a better handle on the economy and whether it has pulled back further than policy-makers wanted. In the next five days, some two dozen economic reports will be released _ including consumer confidence, job growth and manufacturing figures. Investors might even get a better clue about what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke thinks of interest rates when minutes from the last Fed meeting are released.
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Gas prices down 15 cents over 2 weeks
Aug 27 2006 4:14PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - U.S. retail gas prices dropped 15 cents a gallon in the past two weeks, the sharpest decline in nearly a year, according to a survey released Sunday.
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Chad suspends 3 ministers over oil deals
Aug 27 2006 3:58PM (CT)
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - The president suspended the oil minister and two other Cabinet members who negotiated deals with two foreign oil firms that he ordered out of the central African country over a tax dispute, officials said Sunday.
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Environmentalists: Condos threaten coast
Aug 27 2006 1:50PM (CT)
ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) - On a sandy bluff overlooking the Pacific, surfer Mark Massara sees a developing threat to a California amenity: guaranteed beach access for average families.
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Farmers cash in on exotic animals
Aug 27 2006 1:25PM (CT)
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Dirk Milz, a ceramic tile installer who farmed on the side, started out with traditional beef cattle and sheep. The allure of exotic animals soon grabbed him, though, and now Milz and his son raise everything from African porcupines to yaks on their 57-acre hilltop farm by the Delaware River in central New Jersey. The elder Milz, a native of Koblenz, Germany, started buying llama for his Edelweiss Farm in the mid-1980s.
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FedEx Express, pilots OK tentative deal
Aug 27 2006 9:56AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - FedEx Express, operator of the world's largest cargo airline, has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with its pilots, the company announced Sunday.
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