日期：2007-11-22 05:24:56 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Online content providers mostly declined Wednesday, with shares of Wedding site operator The Knot Inc. falling to a year low after an analyst initiated coverage with a "Hold" rating, and said its stock should remain constrained in th

日期：2007-11-22 05:24:37 点击：0 评论：0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that school supplier Discount School Supply Co. is recalling Chinese-made paint brushes because they breach lead paint standards. The recall involves 20,000 sets of six "sh

日期：2007-11-22 05:24:18 点击：0 评论：0

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) -- Partners Trust Financial Group Inc., a bank serving upstate New York, said Wednesday its shareholders voted "overwhelmingly" to approve its buyout by mid-Atlantic regional bank MT Bank Corp. MT said in July it agreed to buy Partne

日期：2007-11-22 05:23:55 点击：0 评论：0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pro-Tec Services LLC nearly lost $330,000 as a creditor in InaCom Corp.'s 2000 bankruptcy case because it didn't notice the technology company had quietly sought court authorization to erase its debt to Pro-Tec. In seeking that aut

日期：2007-11-22 05:23:38 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of most major oil companies reversed early gains to closer lower Wednesday as crude prices pulled back from record levels that were set overnight. Crude futures surged to a record $99.29 a barrel in electronic trading, prompti

日期：2007-11-22 05:23:15 点击：0 评论：0

Browns Valley had no money to replace Christmas decorations ruined by a flood earlier this year. But three Twin Cities companies and about a dozen cities in three states have offered to donate new or unused decorations. The spring flood left many res

日期：2007-11-22 04:58:34 点击：0 评论：0

WARSAW, Ind. (AP) -- Orthopedic products maker Zimmer Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its board will recommend at its next annual meeting to eliminate a requirement for a 80 percent super-majority vote to amend stockholder actions related to directors.

日期：2007-11-22 04:58:17 点击：0 评论：0

DALLAS (AP) -- Technology outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said Wednesday it has appointed four new members to its board, hoping to end boardroom intrigue that coincided with a 19 percent plunge in the stock price over three week

日期：2007-11-22 04:57:58 点击：0 评论：0

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (AP) -- Multibank holding company United Bancorp Inc. said Wednesday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 13 cents per share. The dividend is payable Dec. 20 to shareholders of record Nov. 30.

日期：2007-11-22 04:57:38 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- The executive vice president of intermodal customer service at Hub Group Inc., a freight transport company, bought 5,929 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Tuesda

日期：2007-11-22 04:57:20 点击：0 评论：0

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- First Financial Corp., which operates banks in Indiana and Illinois, said Wednesday its board declared a regular semiannual dividend of 44 cents per share. The dividend is payable Jan. 2 to shareholders of record Dec. 14.

日期：2007-11-22 04:57:01 点击：0 评论：0

PORTLAND, Me. (AP) -- Scores of radio stations are helping shoppers get in the holiday spirit by rolling out all-holiday play lists through the Christmas shopping season. Already, 92 stations nationwide have switched to all-holiday formats, according

日期：2007-11-22 04:56:43 点击：0 评论：0

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Subsidies for companies that provide telephone service in rural areas should be capped and part of the money should be dedicated to wireless phone and high-speed Internet service, a government advisory board says. The Federal Commu

日期：2007-11-22 04:56:16 点击：0 评论：0

WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERS FICTION 1. "Double Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company) 2. "Confessor: Chainfire Triloly, Part 3" by Terry Goodkind (Tor Books) 3. "Stone Cold" by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 4. "A Thous

日期：2007-11-22 04:55:56 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- The city's downtown windows are filling up with images of Santa Claus, holiday dreams, classic winter scenes, snowpeople and even Al Gore. At Barneys New York, the store's windows, along with its holiday catalog and shopping bag, are