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WSJ starts stock-tracking feature online
Dec 17 2006 10:52PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The Wall Street Journal is launching an online stock market-tracking feature next month as it moves to a smaller size and cuts back on the stock tables in the newspaper.
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Boeing announces 2 more jet orders
Dec 17 2006 10:48PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Boeing Co. announced two jet orders Sunday _ add-ons to previously announced deals with Qatar Airways and Kenya Airways.
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Retailers profit from unused gift cards
Dec 17 2006 10:02PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shoppers across America have millions of gift cards tucked away in envelopes, drawers and wallets. And some of the nation's largest retailers are profiting as a result.
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Lawsuits target 'first strike' coins
Dec 17 2006 7:56PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - To avid collectors, coins that stand out as rare or of exceptional quality are worth more than their weight in platinum, silver or gold.
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U.S. retail gas prices rise slightly
Dec 17 2006 7:06PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - The price of gas inched up just over 2 cents a gallon around the nation in the past two weeks.
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Report: Eli Lilly Said to Play Down Risk
Dec 17 2006 6:07PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Eli Lilly and Co. has downplayed for about 10 years the risks associated with Zyprexa, which treats schizophrenia, The New York Times said on its Web site Sunday, citing internal documents from the drug maker and e-mail messages of its managers.
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Stores count on holiday procrastinators
Dec 17 2006 6:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Get ready for the final showdown between the nation's retailers and consumers. With Dec. 25 only a week away, many stores are finding themselves in the same position as in recent years, counting on those procrastinators to meet their sales goals even amid early reports of a strong shopping weekend.
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Harrah's board meeting again Sunday
Dec 17 2006 5:34PM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The special board committee of casino giant Harrah's Entertainment was meeting again in New York on Sunday for another round of discussions on buyout offers it received this week, according to a person close to the matter.
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Beijing, Washington sign reactors pact
Dec 17 2006 4:56PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China and the United States have signed an agreement that paves the way for Westinghouse Electric Co. to build four civilian nuclear reactors in China, a multibillion dollar coup for U.S. business over French and Russian competitors.
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Siemens exec won't step down
Dec 17 2006 3:03PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The former chief executive of Siemens AG, itself embroiled in a corruption scandal, said Sunday he will not resign as chairman of the company's supervisory board, despite a growing chorus for more accountability at one of Germany's biggest conglomerates.
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German retailers eye golden holidays
Dec 17 2006 2:46PM (CT)
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces _ and not only because Santa is coming to town.
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FedEx hub is controlled holiday chaos
Dec 17 2006 1:59PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Alex Vergos spends his usual workday at FedEx Express in a quiet office in front of a computer. But not this time of year.
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Medical spas now offer Botox in malls
Dec 17 2006 1:21PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Amy Andrade had been thinking about Botox for a while. So when she spotted a spa-like "cosmedical" clinic in the upscale Dallas mall she visits about once a month, she was immediately interested. When she learned the clinic was connected with one of Texas' leading medical institutions, she was sold.
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FCC head: Cities block cable competition
Dec 17 2006 12:30PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cable television rates keep going up while prices for other communications services are going down, says the nation's chief communications regulator, and he blames local governments for blocking competition.
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Strikers picket 150 Goodyear stores
Dec 17 2006 5:09AM (CT)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Union members battling Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took their picket lines to about 150 tire retailers in the U.S. and Canada on Saturday, making their case directly to consumers for health care and retirement benefits.
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