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Japanese stocks rise near five-year high
Nov 20 2005 10:44PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks advanced for a fourth straight day to their highest in nearly five years as traders loaded up on export-oriented stocks like autos and electronics that benefit from the yen's recent weakness.
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Crude oil rises on expected U.S. cold snap
Nov 20 2005 10:42PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Crude oil prices opened the week higher Monday, lifted by fresh news of snowfall and colder-than-normal weather in the northeastern U.S. that is likely to boost demand for heating fuels.
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Emirates Airlines to buy 42 Boeing 777s
Nov 20 2005 10:41PM (CT)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Emirates Airlines has placed an order for 42 Boeing 777 jets worth $9.7 billion at list prices, the airlines' chairman said Sunday, while China has signed a deal to buy 70 Boeing 737 airliners valued at $4 billion. Chinese airlines also will buy 80 more soon, the government said Sunday during a visit to Beijing by President Bush.
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Retailers like Wal-Mart adjust to Katrina
Nov 20 2005 6:59PM (CT)
WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) - No other Wal-Mart in the country looks like the one that reopened here more than two months after Hurricane Katrina nearly wiped the town off the map.
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Gas prices continue to plunge nationwide
Nov 20 2005 5:37PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - Retail gas prices continue to plunge across the country, dropping 18 cents in the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday.
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Coal producers offer perks to draw workers
Nov 20 2005 4:29PM (CT)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Caught between strong demand and an ongoing labor shortage, some coal producers are offering pay hikes, improved benefits and bonuses in an effort to attract new miners _ and to keep existing employees from being raided by competitors.
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American woos unions, seeking cooperation
Nov 20 2005 4:01PM (CT)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Terry Finley's paychecks grew ever larger in the 1990s, as he and other mechanics at American Airlines enjoyed the rewards of pay increases won in bitter contract negotiations between their union and the company.
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Volatile gas takes Chesapeake for a ride
Nov 20 2005 3:33PM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Fresh out of college, Aubrey McClendon and Tom Ward were just trying to learn the ropes of the petroleum business in the early 1980s when they drove the dusty roads of the Southwest hunting good oil land.
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Human rights group sues Talisman Energy
Nov 20 2005 3:30PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - For the people of Sudan, a case slowly moving through the courts holds great potential _ a lawsuit that claims a Canadian company aided in genocide in its pursuit of oil.
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Retailers prepare to greet Xbox faithful
Nov 20 2005 3:22PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - It's late November and gamers, it's cold outside. But a little winter chill won't stop video game lovers from lining up at stores throughout the country in hopes of being among the first to score Microsoft Corp.'s brand new Xbox 360 when it is released Tuesday.
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Tin miners feed demand with little return
Nov 20 2005 3:19PM (CT)
MAYUWANO, Congo (AP) - Farmer-turned-miner Faustin Matiya emerges from Congo's forest covered in mud and carrying more than his own weight in tin ore.
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Paper launched on donations, volunteers
Nov 20 2005 1:10PM (CT)
ATWATER, Minn. (AP) - While charges of U.S.-sanctioned torture and riots in Paris led newspapers around the country during the second week of November, folks in Atwater were reading about a $450 school levy hike and a friendly reminder about winter street parking regulations.
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Giving thanks for even minimal returns
Nov 20 2005 12:31PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street has much to be thankful for this week. Despite the looming threat of inflation and high energy prices that continue to threaten to limit consumer spending, the stock market seems to have embarked on its usual year-end rally.
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