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Report: U.S. workers are most productive
Sep 2 2007 10:08PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.
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Gaz de France, Suez O.K. new merger plan
Sep 2 2007 7:14PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Utility giant Suez SA and state-owned Gaz de France agreed to new terms for a long-stalled merger that would create a global energy giant minority-owned by the French state, an official said.
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Gaz de France, Suez O.K. new merger plan
Sep 2 2007 7:14PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Utility giant Suez SA and state-owned Gaz de France agreed to new terms for a long-stalled merger that would create a global energy giant minority-owned by the French state, an official said.
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Gaz de France, Suez O.K. new merger plan
Sep 2 2007 7:14PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Utility giant Suez SA and state-owned Gaz de France agreed to new terms for a long-stalled merger that would create a global energy giant minority-owned by the French state, an official said.
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Wall Street watches for more Fed clues
Sep 2 2007 1:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street investors left for Labor Day weekend pleased about the prospects of an interest rate cut, but they're likely to come back wanting more evidence that rates are indeed about to come down.
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Companies scramble to hire engineers
Sep 2 2007 1:23PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - So much for sweating out that first job after college. Like star athletes, engineering students Julie Arsenault and Emily Reasor are prized prospects for the energy industry, which is experiencing dizzying demand for engineers.
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Social security scandal angers Japanese
Sep 2 2007 6:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.
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Social security scandal angers Japanese
Sep 2 2007 6:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.
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Social security scandal angers Japanese
Sep 2 2007 6:29AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - After reading a book this year about serious flaws in Japan's pension system, retired deliveryman Yoshikazu Hirano thought he'd check his own records just to be safe. He's glad he did: The 74-year-old discovered the government had shortchanged him by 460,000 yen ($3,770) in benefits he accrued while driving a truck for three years in the 1950s and 60s.
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China Eastern sells 24 percent stake
Sep 2 2007 4:51AM (CT)
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Struggling after two years of losses, China Eastern agreed Sunday to sell a 24 percent stake to Singapore Airlines and Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment arm, company officials said.
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Japan's farm minister hit by scandal
Sep 2 2007 12:11AM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's agricultural minister acknowledged Saturday that a private farming group he leads exaggerated crop damage in order to receive government compensation, the latest political scandal to embarrass Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration.
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