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Chicago protests end of Marshall Field's
Sep 9 2006 11:37PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Protesters marched, carried signs and called for a boycott Saturday because their beloved Marshall Field's store, the shopper's magnet on State Street for more than a century, had been replaced by a New York icon _ Macy's.
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Fake safety labels concern testing firm
Sep 9 2006 11:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - For 112 years, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. has made its mark on everything from fire doors to night lights, with the familiar "UL" seal of approval assuring consumers a product is safe.
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Trade ministers vow to break log jam
Sep 9 2006 10:23PM (CT)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Developing nations on Saturday called on rich countries to restart global trade talks, saying the suspension of negotiations not only threatened the current round of discussions but also the multilateral trading system itself.
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FedEx pilots to vote on proposed deal
Sep 9 2006 9:50PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A proposed contract for pilots of FedEx Express, operator of the world's largest cargo airline, is heading to union members for a vote.
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Ford CEO gets $18.5M upfront, $2M salary
Sep 9 2006 12:04PM (CT)
DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co.'s new chief executive will get an annual base salary of $2 million and an immediate payout of $18.5 million for taking the job, the company said Friday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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HP chairwoman tries to quell uproar
Sep 9 2006 7:03AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Battling to keep her job, Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn tried Friday to defuse the uproar over a company-ordered investigation that relied on a potentially illegal ruse to obtain the personal phone records of her fellow directors and at least nine reporters.
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Journalists fired for taking gov't money
Sep 9 2006 4:57AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Ten South Florida journalists, including three with The Miami Herald's Spanish-language sister paper, received thousands of dollars from the federal government for their work on radio and TV programming aimed at undermining Fidel Castro's communist regime, the Herald reported Friday.
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