日期：2007-09-03 07:54:38 点击：0 评论：0

MONTVALE, N.J. (AP) -- The Great Atlantic Pacific Tea Co. said Thursday it signed an agreement to operate Starbucks coffee shops in some of its AP grocery stores in the Northeast. Financial terms were undisclosed. The stores will initially begin open

日期：2007-09-03 07:54:32 点击：0 评论：0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Natural gas in storage in the U.S. grew last week and is about 12 percent above the five-year average for this time of year, a government report said Thursday. The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration said in its w

日期：2007-09-03 07:54:26 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gold prices eased Thursday as the U.S. dollar rose against other major currencies, supported by changing perceptions about the direction of interest rates. December gold slipped $1 to $674.40 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Excha

日期：2007-09-03 07:54:19 点击：0 评论：0

DETROIT (AP) -- Hastings Street was the place to be on steamy summer nights in Detroit many decades ago. Blues and jazz pulsed from hot spots like the Cotton Club and Club 666 as young black doctors, clerks and assembly line workers shared crowded si

日期：2007-09-03 07:54:11 点击：0 评论：0

CHICAGO (AP) -- CME Group, the owner of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, said Thursday that it purchased 159 Chicago Board Options Exchange exercise right privileges held by members of the Chicago Board of Trade for $39.8 million or $250,000 each. CME Gr

日期：2007-09-03 07:54:05 点击：0 评论：0

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Don't expect to hear much talk about farming from the presidential candidates who regularly tour Iowa, one of the nation's premier agriculture states. Instead, prepare for three words: I love ethanol. At a time when demand fo

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:59 点击：0 评论：0

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Brewer InBev SA said Thursday that net profits surged 27 percent to euro499 million (US$680 million) in the second quarter, as selling more beer in Latin America, Russia and Asia outweighed lackluster sales in Europe, the U.

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:53 点击：0 评论：0

BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) -- Two workers seriously injured and the estate of a paramedic killed in a propane gas explosion in January have filed a $60 million lawsuit against six companies. Four people died and five were seriously injured Jan. 30 when a pr

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:47 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. beer maker Coors Brewing Co, a unit of Molson Coors Brewing Co (NYSE: - ), has created a new subsidiary to develop high-end beers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition. AC Golden Brewing Co will "introduce

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:41 点击：0 评论：0

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Officials with Smithfield Foods Inc. said Wednesday they are in talks with union leaders to resolve a long-running dispute over organizing workers at a Tar Heel, N.C., plant, but they are adamant about how a vote would be co

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:35 点击：0 评论：0

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Weaver Popcorn Co., one of the nation's top microwave popcorn makers, has switched to a new butter flavoring, replacing a chemical linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers. The Indianapolis-based company began shipping n

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:28 点击：0 评论：0

Oil service stocks were among the markets best performers on Wednesday and the strength pushed the Oil Service HOLDRS () to its best levels in nearly a month. The sector gathered momentum after weekly inventory statistics showed big declines in crud

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:19 点击：0 评论：0

Market Vectors Steel (AMEX: - ) was the top-performing exchange traded fund year to date, according to Lipper, at 43.1%. Helping to push its performance was Posco (NYSE: - ) and Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (NYSE: - ). They both went into Wednesday wit

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:10 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gold prices advanced Wednesday, bolstered by rising oil prices and a weakening U.S. dollar, both of which are potential signals of inflation. Elsewhere, commodity prices finished mostly higher. Wheat prices logged a huge gain and rec

日期：2007-09-03 07:53:04 点击：0 评论：0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cereal and convenience food giant Kellogg Co. spent nearly $245,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form. The company lobbied Congress and the Federal Communications Commission o