Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Nov. 14, from AP Financial News: PARIS (AP) -- French entertainment and telecom group Vivendi SA said Wednesday its third-quarter net profit fell by 63 percent from a year earlier, when gains had helped resul
Among the sector activity stories for Wednesday, Nov. 14, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc. and ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd. were among the chip stocks heading higher Wednesday as the
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE: - ) said on Wednesday it set up a special board committee and hired financial and legal advisers to help it review its merger options. But the No. 3 U.S. carrier denied it is discussing a possible deal
NEW YORK (AP) -- Word of a potential tie-up between the nation's second and third largest carriers pushed several airline shares higher Wednesday, reversing earlier declines and breathing new life into the beleaguered sector. The Amex Airline Index r
CAMILLA, Ga. (AP) -- Southwest Georgia is one of the most productive agricultural regions in Dixie, but you wouldn't know it from the soil under the corn, peanuts and cotton. It can be sandy, it can be pebbly, and it doesn't hold water very well. Tha
NEW YORK (AP) -- Millions of Americans planning car trips for the Thanksgiving weekend are finding they need to once again factor soaring gas prices into their budgets. Gas at the pump is within striking distance of May's all-time record of $3.227 a
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Americans should depend more on the Midwest than the Middle East for energy, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday at the start of a regional summit on energy and climate change. The region's farms, manufacturing base and research
LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- A traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people in Arkansas can be purchased for $39.13 this year, which is up more than $5 from a year ago, an Arkansas Farm Bureau survey shows. The annual report, with information gathered in sev
CHANG'GOU TOWN, China (AP) -- Digging coal deep underground, Luo Xianglai learned to listen hard to the sounds the rocks made when struck with his pickax. A dull thud usually meant solid rock and safety. A whistling noise signaled an impending cave-i
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) -- Hawaii's Kona coffee industry is looking to attract more Japanese consumers by offering special tours. Mountain Thunder Coffee Plantation is one of the farms taking the initiative by introducing a Japanese-language Web sit
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Hoping to inject life into the country's lackluster mining industry, Ecuador President Rafael Correa said in an interview with Reuters on Saturday he would revoke concessions on properties that are not being exploited. Correa al
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Floods have destroyed crops in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco -- Mexico's largest producer of cacao and a major grower of bananas -- but the losses were not expected to affect international prices, agriculture experts said Friday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp (NasdaqGS: - ), could ground up to 100 planes, if necessary, to save money on fuel expenses, a company official said, and other big carriers are talking about similar steps, an industry sour
Even if the price of oil doesn't breach the $100 mark, its recent rise will soon start to bite - at the pump, the airline ticket counter and possibly in your home. The price of a barrel of oil has pulled back in recent days, but even at a current $96
CHICAGO (AP) -- Corn fell while soybeans rose Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery was unchanged at $7.62 a bushel; December corn fell 2.75 cents to end at $3.8675 a bushel; December oats fell 6 cents to $2.8950 a bushel;
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·Spinning cotton
·Cotton: the next commodity c
·Oil inventories post surpris
·Agriculture Futures Slide on
·Russian Food Makers, Retaile
·Bhutto Is Unlikely Savior of
·Writedowns Overshadow Merril
·BGI's New ETNs Track Commodi
·La. Cotton Farms Hope for Dr
·Bunge Lifts 2007 Profit Outl
·Trinidad Boosts Sugarcane Fa
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