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APEC nations warn trade round could fail
Nov 12 2005 10:51PM (CT)
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) - The current stalemate over agricultural subsidies and other issues could cause global trade talks to collapse unless progress is made at next month's World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong, Asia Pacific countries are warning.
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Boeing to settle gender suit for $72.5M
Nov 12 2005 5:59PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Thousands of female employees involved in a gender discrimination lawsuit against the Boeing Co. will be sharing in a $72.5 million settlement in the next few weeks.
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Bottled water giant becomes target
Nov 12 2005 4:40PM (CT)
FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) - In an environmentally conscious state with a lackluster economy, Poland Spring has been a decades-long delight: a nonpolluting industry that relies on a renewable resource to provide hundreds of good-paying jobs in small towns where they are often hard to come by.
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Wal-Mart expects 3-5 percent Nov. growth
Nov 12 2005 4:20PM (CT)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - For the second week of November, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said that it expects its same-store sales will grow at the company's previous estimate of 3 to 5 percent for the month compared to November last year.
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N.Y.'s historic Fulton Fish Market moves
Nov 12 2005 4:11PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The historic Fulton Fish Market shut down in Lower Manhattan, leaving its waterfront site after more than 180 years for a new facility in the Bronx.
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Management guru Peter Drucker, 95, dies
Nov 12 2005 2:33PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peter F. Drucker, revered as the father of modern management for his numerous books and articles stressing innovation, entrepreneurship and strategies for dealing with a changing world, died Friday. He was 95.
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San Jose Mercury News avoids layoffs
Nov 12 2005 10:28AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Mercury News will avoid layoffs as it cuts 16 percent of its newsroom staff through buyouts and attrition, the newspaper said Friday.
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