/overview/TopStories/index.shtml Overview / Top Stories zh-cn <a href='http://www.dedecms.com' target='_blank'>Power by DedeCms</a> kkcba@163.com /overview/TopStories/2007093025421.shtml SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea dreams of forging an economic community with North Korea, using trade and investment to foster closer ties and help smooth the way toward eventual unification of the divided peninsula. The impoverished North, fo 2007-09-30 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007093025414.shtml The following recall has been announced: Quong Hop Co. of South San Francisco, Calif., is for the second time expanding its recall of tofu products, this time to include a new item and ones that have shelf-life dates until late November and late Janu 2007-09-30 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925399.shtml DIBRUGAR, India (AP) -- He's a genteel man, with a sprawling plantation house, courtly manners and an estate of carefully trimmed tea bushes that stretches across the gentle hills of Assam, blanketing the land as far as you can see. But the business 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925397.shtml ROME (AP) -- Italy's Cabinet approved lower taxes for businesses and tax breaks for homeowners and renters Saturday, a reflection of Premier Romano Prodi's efforts to pacify disgruntled centrists and far-left parties in his fractious coalition. The m 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925393.shtml SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Inc. has issued a software update that creates problems for iPhones modified to work with a cellular carrier other than ATT Inc. and disables at least some unofficial programs installed on other iPhone handsets. Apple w 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925388.shtml TOULOUSE, France (AP) -- An auction of hundreds of parts from the defunct Concorde supersonic jet began Friday in southern France, giving bidders a shot at everything from landing gear and cockpit gauges to silverware and an oven. The auction is aime 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925384.shtml COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Thomas Willcox tooled around for months in his sport utility vehicle as 11 manilla folders full of documents plucked from his parents' closet shared the space with his hunting rifles and other clutter. It wasn't until his wife 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925383.shtml BEIJING (AP) -- The Chinese government launched a company Saturday to invest $200 billion from its vast foreign reserves, creating one of the world's richest investment funds at a time of rising scrutiny of such state-run entities. Financial analysts 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925381.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The three women at the center of a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Bloomberg LP are not the first to accuse the financial information company founded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of discrimination. A separate suit was r 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925380.shtml DETROIT (AP) -- Local union leaders on Friday endorsed a tentative agreement between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers that requires GM to pay out at least $35 billion for retiree health care, establishes lower wages for thousands of n 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925371.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Friday charged three Dell Inc. accountants with insider trading, saying that the men had made about $250,000 in illegal profits in 2005 by trading on inside information about the Texas computer maker's earning 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925367.shtml WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. said it should be allowed to go after about $23 million of its employees' retirement savings because it gave them fair warning the money could be seized if the company sank into bankrup 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925355.shtml Highlights of the tentative contract between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers union, according to a summary released Friday by the UAW. The contract is subject to a vote of GM's 74,000 UAW-represented hourly workers, who are scheduled 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925338.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Scottish Re Group Ltd. on Friday said it plans to restate its per-share results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30. The company said that it would revise its second-quarter results to a loss of 30 cents per share from 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925334.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees completed their buyout of Stephen Swindal, once George Steinbrenner's designated successor as the team's boss. Jennifer Steinbrenner, one of the owner's daughters, filed for divorce from Swindal in March, a month 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925330.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The three women at the center of a lawsuit filed by the federal government against Bloomberg LP are not the first to accuse the financial information company founded by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of discrimination. A separate suit was r 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925327.shtml SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A nurses union has authorized a two-day strike at up to 16 Northern California hospitals to protest patient care practices and proposed changes to health care and retirement benefits. The California Nurses Association said Frida 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925324.shtml NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A town's mayor and his wife surrendered to the FBI on Friday and were charged with diverting campaign funds and taking cash in exchange for aiding a bar owner. David Delle Donna, mayor of Guttenberg, is the latest of several New 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925323.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York Jets season-ticket holder filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for "deceiving customers." The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, N.J., by Carl Mayer of 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925321.shtml NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Jon Corzine's administration has not ruled out developing nuclear energy as a way to meet the state's energy needs, a member of the governor's staff said Friday. When asked whether the administration is considering ke 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925318.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Customer satisfaction with a toll-free help line for Medicare beneficiaries appears to be dropping based on interviews conducted earlier this year by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services. The 1-800- 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925317.shtml LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Two-thirds of Michigan's state government workers were told Friday not to report to work Monday as negotiations continued on a budget plan that could avert a partial state government shutdown. Messages went to about 35,000 stat 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925313.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Jessica Benjamin is a bit bashful about admitting this. But sometimes, driving by herself, this mother of four in suburban New York has been known to slip the "High School Musical" soundtrack into the CD player. And Terri Welch, a mo 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925312.shtml REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) -- A lawyer for Norman Hsu said Friday the Democrat's high-flying years on the political fundraising circuit should have made him easy for authorities to find during 15 years on the lam. "He was public, he was visible," said 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925311.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Author Douglas Brinkley says he's giving back the advance he received from Penguin Group USA Inc., for failing to promptly deliver a biography on Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. Penguin had sued Brinkley, a history teacher at Ho 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925300.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Start looking for a new doorstop. ATT Inc. said Friday it wants to try delivering its White Pages online rather than on front porches, noting the effort could save 4 million pounds of paper per year in two North Carolina test ci 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925299.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil and gas company Resolute Energy Partners L.P. said Friday it plans an initial public offering of 13.8 million common units, representing a 33 percent limited partner interest in the company, according to a regulatory filing. In a 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925285.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- General Electric Co., Bayer AG and two other companies have alerted doctors to new warnings about side effects of their chemicals which are used in imaging procedures. The letter dated Sept. 12 cautions that chemicals with gadolini 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925275.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new version of a ringworm drug that is designed for children four years old and up. The medication, which is made by Novartis, comes in crumb-size granules and is approved to tr 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925274.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Business is worse at some casual-dining restaurants than investors may realize. Customers are vanishing at alarming rates. While the sector is in a multi-year slump, its depth is masked because of chains' short-term focus. On 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925266.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Jabil Circuit Inc. was among the stocks dragging the Standard Poor's 500 Index lower on Friday. Shares of Jabil Circuit slipped $1.66, or 6.8 percent, to $22.84, after the electronics contract manufacturer's fiscal first-quarter outl 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925258.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Deutsche Bank lost a bid to force JP Morgan Chase Co. to hand over $47.6 million recovered in Internet company Genuity Inc.'s bankruptcy, after a federal judge ruled the German bank had breached an agreement with Genuity. Judge Sid 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925257.shtml WHAT'S HAPPENED: In the three years since Merck pulled its blockbuster drug Vioxx off the market over safety concerns thousands of lawsuits have been filed against the company by people who claim they were harmed by the drug. WHO'S WINNING: Analysts 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925256.shtml TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Novelist John Grisham has been named in a libel lawsuit filed over a nonfiction best seller he wrote about the 1982 murder of a cocktail waitress. The lawsuit, filed Friday morning in U.S. District Court, also names several other 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925248.shtml ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Tupperware Brands Corp., which makes plastic containers, said Friday it is replacing its credit agreement with one ewith lower interest rates. The new agreement includes a $200 million revolving facility and $600 million in term 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925247.shtml ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Republican Assembly leader James Tedisco said Osama bin Laden is likely popping champagne over Gov. Eliot Spitzer's new plan to allow illegal immigrants to get New York driver's licenses. Tedisco, joined by other Republican Assem 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925245.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five cases this year in which private Blackwater USA security guards killed Iraqi civilians are at the core of a U.S. review of how the hired protection forces guard diplomats in Iraq, officials said Friday. Iraqi authorities are a 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925244.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Marsh McLennan is shifting around the top ranks of its insurance brokerage unit, Marsh Inc., in the wake of the removal two weeks ago of the unit's top executive, according to a memo from the CEO. Phil Moyles, who is currently an exe 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925236.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- China Digital TV Holding Co. is luring investors to its initial public offering by promising to capitalize on the potentially explosive growth of digital television in China. "There's a hunger for Chinese companies that are leaders i 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925225.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average ended lower on Friday, with shares of Pfizer Inc. helping to pull down the index. The index shed 17.31 to 13,895.63, with 30 stocks evenly split among the winners and losers. Shares of Pfizer gave up 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925224.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Eid stamp commemorating Muslim holy days was reissued Friday, the Postal Service said. The stamp, first issued in 2001, was released at the new 41-cent first class rate that took effect in May. The stamp observes the two most i 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925223.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Quarterly outlooks played a major role in shaping some of the most widely traded stocks for the week. Shares of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. sank on Monday and dragged down other airline stocks, after the carrier issued a third 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925221.shtml HOUSTON (AP) -- Oil and gas producer El Paso Corp. said Friday it closed its purchase of Peoples Energy Production Co. for $879.1 million in cash. El Paso said the purchase would add to the company's inventory of drilling projects. Shares of El Paso 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925220.shtml STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Oil and gas company Rex Energy Corp. said Friday it established a $200 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The facility, which has an initial borrowing of $75 million and expires in 2012, will replace the comp 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925215.shtml PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Maternity apparel retailer Mothers Work Inc. said Friday it isn't renewing its leased department store relationship with Sears Holdings Corp. The company currently leases the maternity apparel department in 502 Sears stores. Its 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925214.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- True Religion Apparel Inc. Chief Operating Officer Daryl Rosenberg has resigned, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. No reason was given for his Tuesday departure. Rosenberg joined the company 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925202.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Memsic Inc., a developer of advanced semiconductor sensor and system solutions, on Friday said it plans an initial public offering of its common stock, according to a regulatory filing. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchan 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925201.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday delayed approval of a new toxic fumigant for use by fruit and vegetable farmers, after more than 50 prominent scientists objected that the chemical was too dangerous. The agency had sai 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925200.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medical device maker and diversified health care company Covidien Ltd. on Friday declared its first quarterly dividend of 16 cents per share. The dividend is payable on Nov. 9 to shareholders on record as of Oct. 9. Covidien is bas 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925199.shtml Soprano Angela Gheorghiu was fired from her role as Mimi in "La Boheme" by the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Friday, the latest in a string of flare-ups that have marked her brilliant but tempestuous career. Public criticism of performers by management i 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925165.shtml LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Progressive Gaming International Corp. on Friday said it completed the sale of its table-game division to casino gaming supply company Shuffle Master Inc. The division holds worldwide rights and lease contracts for all of Progressiv 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925164.shtml BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) -- American Science and Engineering Inc., a provider of X-ray technology, on Friday received a $13.1 million contract from the Pentagon to provide services for their X-ray equipped vans used to check suspected vehicles. ASE has 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925163.shtml NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say they have tentative settlements in a 2002 case over a Superfund site in eastern New Orleans, and they want a judge to delay all court proceedings until early next year in hope of reaching final versions. Pr 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925162.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement Friday with two companies it claims failed to disclose fee agreements that might have jeopardized the tax-exempt status on $650 million of municipal bonds. CDR Financial 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925140.shtml Among the sector activity stories for Friday, Sept. 28, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of homebuilders traded mixed Friday, concluding a week of bad news for the slumping housing market. NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of major railroad oper 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925139.shtml Among the stock activity stories for Friday, Sept. 28, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Zoran Corp. lost Thursday's gains and then some on Friday after an analyst downgraded the chip maker because of slowing orders that could hurt f 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925138.shtml WYOMISSING, Pa. (AP) -- Carpenter Technology Corp., a maker of specialty metals and engineered products, named a company veteran Friday as the new president of its Dynamet Inc. subsidiary. Andrew McElwee has been named president, effective on Sept. 1 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925137.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two U.S. government agencies responsible for oversight of energy markets are at odds over the limits of their jurisdiction, according to federal court filings posted Friday. In question is whether the Federal Energy Regulatory 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925136.shtml Under the tentative contract reached between General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers, GM made commitments to build current or future products at 16 plants across the U.S.: -- Arlington, Texas: Large sport utility vehicles until 2012; Full-si 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925117.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lenders and unsecured creditors of Interstate Bakeries Corp. are calling on the troubled company to quickly find a way out of bankruptcy protection as a crucial deadline nears for it to reach new labor contracts. JP Morgan Chase Ba 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925116.shtml HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Commercial air service in Hagerstown and two other U.S. cities would be preserved through at least Nov. 15 under a federal funding bill awaiting President Bush's signature, Maryland's two U.S. senators said Friday. Without the 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925100.shtml Among the stock activity stories for Friday, Sept. 28, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. set a new year high Friday after a Citi analyst started coverage of the biotechnology company with a "Buy" rating. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925099.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first round of Food and Drug Administration employees who faced losing their work to the private sector will be allowed to retain their jobs and pay, the National Treasury Employees Union said Friday. Earlier this year, the FDA 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925098.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Military contractor EDO Corp. on Friday said it received a $55 million deal for support work on the ballistic missile defense system. The company will perform the work from October 2007 through December 2011. EDO and its subcontracto 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925076.shtml ZEELAND, Mich. (AP) -- Furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. said Friday it would add $300 million to its share repurchase program. The company, which has about 65.2 million shares outstanding, said $73 million remains from the original buyback authoriz 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925075.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Volkswagen AG said Friday it was recalling 340,000 passenger cars in the United States because the head lights failed to comply with federal safety standards. The recall includes 2005-2008 Jetta models and 2006-2008 Rabbit, GTI and 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925074.shtml PENDING DEAL: Affiliates of Bain Capital LLC agreed to acquire network equipment maker 3Com Corp. for $2.2 billion, or $5.30 in cash for each share. That's a 44 percent premium over the stock's closing price Thursday. China's Huawei Technologies woul 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925062.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of handset makers traded lower Friday, though shares of Treo maker Palm Inc.'s rose early in the day after the company unveiled its latest smart phone, the Palm Centro. Palm shares declined in late afternoon trading, but earli 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925061.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparel makers ended mixed on Friday, as Gap Inc. said a laptop with information on job applicants was stolen. Gap said job data for about 800,000 job applicants, including Social Security numbers, were stolen. Elsewhere in the secto 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925060.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of casino operators with interests in Macau traded lower Friday as Las Vegas Sands Corp. said it will open a second hotel in the southern Chinese gambling enclave next month. The Sands Macao Hotel will be the second casino hot 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925044.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey keeps topping Forbes' rankings of the rich and famous. This is Forbes' third go-round this year at putting Winfrey at the top of some list or other. The talk-show titan took the top spot on Forbes.com's list of list of 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925026.shtml NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- On this cable TV channel, there are no political pundits, no reality shows, no poker games. There are livestock auctions, polka music and tractor pulls. CNN it's not. Or MTV. Or ESPN. It's RFD-TV, which bills itself as "rural 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925025.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase Co. won federal approval to open four bank branches, a government agency said. The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a weekly bulletin, released Wednesday, that JPMorgan's reques 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925002.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bank of America Corp. won federal approval to open five branches, a government agency said. The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a weekly bulletin of regulatory activity, released Wednesd 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092925001.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- An index of European stocks trading on American indexes rose Friday, with shares of gold producer Randgold Resources Ltd. reaching all-time highs as gold prices increased. The Bank of New York Europe ADR Index gained 0.32, to 192.07. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924990.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wachovia Corp. won federal approval to open two bank branches, a government agency said. The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a weekly bulletin of regulatory activity, released Wednesday, that 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924989.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States on Friday announced it would spend up to $25 million to pay for 50,000 tons of heavy fuel oil for North Korea -- part of an agreement the communist regime made with the U.S. and other nations pushing it to dismant 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924988.shtml ST. LOUIS (AP) -- An engine aboard an American Airlines jet caught fire Friday during a flight to Chicago, forcing the pilots to return to St. Louis and evacuate the aircraft on the runway. There were no reports of injuries aboard the MD-80 jet, said 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924978.shtml TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A cloud was lifted from billions of dollars in local government construction projects Friday when the Florida Supreme Court revised a ruling that required voter approval for two types of borrowing. The high court made it cle 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924977.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A director of design software maker Autodesk Inc. sold 13,080 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Thursday, Larry W. Wangberg reported he sold the shares th 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924968.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The chairman, president and chief executive of Eastern Co., which makes vehicular and industrial hardware, locks and other products, sold 11,762 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a F 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924967.shtml DETROIT (AP) -- September auto sales are expected to be weak due to a credit crunch, high gas prices and the troubled housing market, reflecting an overall slowdown for the year but little effect from the brief strike against General Motors, industry 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924966.shtml DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- An Irish museum was formally cleared Friday of claims that its founders were Nazi spies who bought art works from dealers trafficking in items stolen from Jews. The report from U.S. expert Lynn Nicholas, published by the Royal 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924965.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal bank regulators said Friday that they closed an online bank headquartered in Georgia that failed primarily because of loan defaults. The federal Office of Thrift Supervision said it appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance C 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924955.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utility operator Exelon Corp. paid the Washington Group $140,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby for guaranteed federal loans for nuclear and other projects, according to a recent disclosure form. The firm lobbied on energy effi 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924954.shtml THE FORECAST: Many industry analysts are predicting another down month for auto sales in September, increasing pressure on U.S.-based automakers who are restructuring to compete with their Asian rivals. THE NUMBERS: JPMorgan auto analyst Himanshu Pat 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924953.shtml Members of the U.S. House from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are asking the Federal Communications Commission to carefully review the proposed sale of Verizon's land telephone lines in the three states. The five House members also asked in a lette 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924939.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Financial services company Credit Suisse Group said Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding to develop additional financing of up to $1 billion and provide services for Vietnam's shipbuilding industry. Credit Suisse has arrang 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924938.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Standard Poor's Ratings Services said Friday it affirmed Gannett Co.'s ratings, including its investment grade "A-" corporate credit rating, to reflect the newspaper publisher's conservative financial policy. The McLean, Va.-based co 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924921.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Alcatel-Lucent, up 51 cents at $10.26 The Financial Times reported there has been pressure on the telecommun 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924916.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Generic Pharmaceutical Association paid Fierce, Isakowitz Blalock $120,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form. The firm lobbied lawmakers on Medicare and Medicaid regulatio 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924915.shtml MUMBAI, India (AP) -- Aishwarya Rai will star in a film about the Taj Mahal, India's famous marble monument to love. Ben Kingsley, who is producing the movie, says Rai agreed to do the film when he spoke to her during the shooting of "The Last Legion 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924914.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paris-based telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA paid Winning Strategies Washington $220,000 to lobby the U.S. federal government, according to a recent disclosure form. The firm lobbied on military appropriations, 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924913.shtml CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- Crews at the Western Hemisphere's second-largest oil refinery restarted a gasoline-producing unit on Friday after it was switched off for repairs, a spokesman said. A fluid catalytic cracker at the Hovensa r 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924903.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Treo smart phone maker Palm Inc. reports its fiscal first-quarter earnings on Monday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. OVERVIEW: During its first quarter ended Aug. 31, Sunnyva 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924902.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America hired Whitaker Group LLC to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form. The firm lobbied on trade, manufacturing and other issues related to the heal 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924901.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. paid Fierce, Isakowitz Blalock $100,000 to lobby against tougher federal fuel economy standards, according to a disclosure form. In June, the Senate approved legislation requiring the auto industry to produce more fu 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924900.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- The tumult of credit market dislocations and volatile stock swings during the third quarter has claimed an all-too-expected casualty: the pace of global takeovers. There was a marked slowdown in the third quarter with $992.1 billion 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924899.shtml JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The owner of a failed beef plant that cost Mississippi taxpayers millions of dollars was sentenced Friday to serve eight years in prison for committing mail fraud. Richard N. Hall, president of the now defunct Mississippi Beef 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924887.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers United for Rail Equity, a collection of trade groups representing more than 3,500 electric, utility, chemical and manufacturing companies, paid Van Ness Feldman $400,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half o 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924878.shtml LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A judge at the state agency that oversees utilities wants Southern California Edison to pay $200 million in fines and ratepayer refunds for rigging customer satisfaction surveys, a move that enabled the utility and its employees t 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924860.shtml KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Coal company National Coal Corp. said Friday it will close its $55 million buyout of Mann Steel Products Inc. in mid-October, later than expected. The stock deal was announced in June. The deal was expected to close before th 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924859.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- An RBC Capital Markets analyst upgraded Thor Industries Inc. Friday and raised his price target in the stock, citing increased comfort with towable levels and a downward revision in Wall Street's expectations. Edward Aaron said he ha 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924858.shtml SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A federal grand jury has charged a family doctor with writing prescriptions for thousands of pills to patients who would then give some of the drugs back to the doctor. Dr. Harry Black, 61, of DeWitt, his wife, Lisa Black, 43, 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924857.shtml MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Buca Inc., operator of Buca di Beppo Italian restaurants, said Friday the Securities and Exchange Commission settled a lawsuit alleging violations of federal securities laws. The suit related to the SEC Enforcement Division's inve 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924841.shtml CINCINNATI (AP) -- Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., an operating company of Johnson Johnson, said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved for marketing its surgical implant device Realize to foster weight loss in morbidly obese adults. The device 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924840.shtml SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- National Semiconductor Corp. said Friday it would pay a quarterly dividend of 6 cents per share, up from 4 cents per share in the previous quarter. The dividend will be paid Jan. 7 to shareholders of record on Dec. 17. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924839.shtml HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Aetna Inc. said Friday its board has declared a regular annual cash dividend of 4 cents per share on the insurance company's common stock. The dividend is payable on Nov. 30 to shareholders of record on Nov. 15. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924838.shtml DETROIT (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain told an audience Friday in an area hard hit by plant closings and job losses that he's optimistic about opportunities in a global economy even as he acknowledged it won't solve every worke 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924837.shtml HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Aetna Inc. said Friday its board has authorized the insurance company to repurchase up to an additional $1.25 billion of its common stock. Aetna said the company plans to continue buying shares in the open market from time to 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924836.shtml ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- As mainstream photography turns digital, the mammoth film-manufacturing hub that George Eastman opened here in 1891 is swiftly shrinking. A decade ago, when it stretched across 1,600 acres, Kodak Park was easily the biggest in 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924835.shtml The announcing teams for TBS' coverage of baseball's four division series: CHIP CARAY and TONY GWYNN: Caray is the son of longtime Braves broadcaster Skip Caray and grandson of Hall of Famer Harry Caray. Gwynn followed up his long career with the San 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924820.shtml ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Avery Dennison Corp. and 3M Co. settled in a patent infringement suit involving pressure-activated adhesives for commercial graphics, both companies said Friday. Financial terms of the settlement, which ends litigation in the 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924819.shtml ATLANTA (AP) -- Chip Caray settles into his seat in the TBS booth, preparing to call another Atlanta Braves game at Turner Field. Sounds about right. Only this time, he's got Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn right next to him. And this is actually a warmup f 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924815.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- New Century Financial Corp. said Friday the mortgage lender's chairman and vice chairman resigned from the company's board this week. The bankrupt mortgage lender said Robert K. Cole, the company's chief executive and chairman, resig 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924814.shtml BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's Finance Ministry said Friday it expected a balanced budget this year, three years earlier than planned -- a sign of economic recovery in Europe's largest economy, which has also pushed unemployment to the lowest point since 1 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924813.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government approved a new flu vaccine for adults Friday, bringing to six the number of seasonal influenza manufacturers licensed for the U.S. market. CSL Limited, of Parkville, Australia, anticipates making 2 million doses of i 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924812.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- An index of Asia-based companies that trade on U.S. exchanges declined slightly in afternoon trading Friday, the last day of the third quarter. The Bank of New York Asia ADR Index -- which includes shares of companies based in China, 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924804.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Starent Networks Corp., which provides hardware and software that lets mobile carriers offer customers multimedia services, jumped Friday after a Goldman Sachs analyst said demand for Starent's products should get stronger. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924803.shtml SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Qualcomm Inc. said Friday that former Apple Inc. executive Donald J. Rosenberg has joined the chipmaker as head lawyer and general counsel. Rosenberg replaces Lou Lupin, who resigned in August after a series of legal setbacks in the 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924793.shtml The radio industry is overhauling the way it counts listeners, moving away from a pencil-and-paper diary method in use since the 1960s in favor of a pager-like device called a Portable People Meter. A group of people are selected to carry around the 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924792.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. said Friday a Canadian court upheld a patent on the company's impotence treatment Viagra against a challenge by Apotex Inc. The Canadian Federal Court of Toronto ruled that a proposed generic impotence drug from Ontario-b 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924791.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- When investor Chuck Highbaugh had a dispute with his broker, it took the efforts of a mediator to literally bring him back to the table. When Highbaugh accused his broker of placing him in unsuitable investments, they agreed to meet 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924781.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. fell Friday after the biotechnology company said it would shift its responsibility for hepatitis B drug Tyzeka to partner Novartis, cutting 100 related jobs. Idenix will cease co-promoting Tyzeka 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924780.shtml SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) -- DeVilbiss Healthcare, which makes respirator therapy devices, announced it plans to outsource 80 manufacturing jobs to China. DeVilbiss president and CEO Kees Regeling blamed costs. Medicare funding for home oxygen therapy will 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924779.shtml PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors said in court papers filed Friday that two former hospital executives convicted in a corruption case defied common sense when they argued that a federal judge gave incorrect instructions to the jury. Rober 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924778.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of interactive software developer Silverstar Holdings Ltd. more than doubled Friday after the company said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as it boosted its release schedule by more than 50 percent. Shares of Silver 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924766.shtml CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- A former zinc-smelting plant left "a big cancerous tumor" in a small West Virginia community and DuPont should now be required to clean up the "mess," a plaintiffs attorney said Friday. DuPont and another company are accused 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924756.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. set a new year high Friday after a Citi analyst started coverage of the biotechnology company with a "Buy" rating. In afternoon trading, shares of Novato, Calif.-based BioMarin rose 61 cents, or 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924746.shtml ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A.G. Edwards, Inc. stockholders on Friday approved a $6.8 billion plan to be acquired by Wachovia Corp. to form the nation's second-largest retail brokerage firm. A.G. Edwards, the St. Louis-based financial services holding company, 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924745.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Environmental Power Corp. dropped sharply Friday after the renewable energy producer's public offering of 5.4 million shares priced at $5.25 per share. On Thursday, the Portsmouth, N.H.-based company's shares closed at $6.2 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924744.shtml KINGSPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- As a child, Patty Loveless received gifts from the Santa Train that rolled through her native Eastern Kentucky mountains every holiday season. On Nov. 17, the 50-year-old country singer will return as a guest on the train as 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924743.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The turmoil that has plagued Wall Street in recent months may be calming down, although the situation remains delicate, a Federal Reserve official said Friday. "We have tentative signs that the financial markets are beginning to re 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924742.shtml BOSTON (AP) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and a subsidiary have agreed to pay more than $515 million to settle federal and state investigations into their drug marketing and pricing practices, U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan announced Friday. Government 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924733.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of major railroad operators were mixed in trading Friday, as a Bear Stearns analyst said demand for carloads appear to be improving, but are still suffering year-over-year losses. Analyst Edward Wolfe said overall railroad vol 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924732.shtml HOUSTON (AP) -- The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States was down this week by nine to 1,760. Of the rigs running nationwide, 1,443 were exploring for natural gas and 311 for oil, Houston-based Baker Hughes I 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924719.shtml JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Friday its affiliate Evansville Western Railway Inc. closed the purchase of 318 acres of land from the city of Winter Haven, Fla., to be used for an intermodal and automotive terminal. The t 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924718.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Radio advertisers who for years complained about the low-tech way of tracking listeners are getting what they asked for and more: Electronic ratings are delivering more accurate counts, but are also upending basic assumptions about t 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924717.shtml NAPOLEONVILLE, La. (AP) -- About 7,000 Entergy Louisiana customers are without power in northern Assumption Parish, and utility crews are trying to determine the cause. Friday's outage caused schools in the parish to close, and Harry Shields, a spoke 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924716.shtml ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- This Avon rep wears a hard hat and carries a pile of company catalogues to his day job on a construction site, encouraging the men to buy their ladies a little something. Perfume and lingerie are his top sellers. Oh, and he won' 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924704.shtml PARIS (AP) -- OK, so it won't fit on the mantelpiece, but imagine how it will impress your friends. A 1.2-ton landing gear from the Concorde and a Mach-monitoring speedometer are perhaps the standout pieces on sale at a four-day auction in France of 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924703.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Online search giant Google Inc. has acquired certain assets and technology of social mobile service provider Zingku, a Google spokesman said Friday. The purchase price was not disclosed. In an e-mail, Google spokesman Andrew Pederson 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924702.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Zoran Corp. lost Thursday's gains and then some on Friday after an analyst downgraded the chip maker because of slowing orders that could hurt fourth-quarter results. Longbow Research analyst Tayyib Shah downgraded Zoran to 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924701.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Very young children simply should not take some commonly used cold and cough medicines, federal health officials say in recommending that the "consult your physician" advice to parents on the labels be dropped. The preliminary reco 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924700.shtml SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile's government asked congress on Friday to approve an 8.9 percent budget hike for 2008 to boost social spending. "We want an economy that grows, that makes us competitive, but that at the same times brings prosperity to al 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924687.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 "baby bond" from the government to help pay for future costs of college or buying a home. Clinton, 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924686.shtml BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Francis Ford Coppola says in an interview broadcast Friday that he lost 15 years of computer data, including writings and family photographs, when robbers raided his Argentine studio. Speaking with Argentine broadcaste 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924685.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of biotechnology companies traded mostly flat Friday as BMO Capital Markets initiated mixed coverage on more than a dozen companies. Analyst Jason Zhang issued an "Outperform" rating and $44 price target on Vertex Pharmaceutic 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924671.shtml GENEVA (AP) -- The United States estimates that its Internet gambling restrictions have only cost Antigua and Barbuda $500,000 in annual lost revenue -- a figure the tiny Caribbean nation's chief counsel flatly rejected Friday. Antigua, the smallest 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924670.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Wesco International Inc. rose sharply Friday, after the company said it will buy back up to $400 million shares and a CIBC World Markets Corp. analyst said the electrical supplies and equipment distributor's stock is inexpe 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924652.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyco Electronics Ltd., which was spun off from Tyco International in June, said Friday its board declared an initial quarterly dividend of 14 cents per share. The Bermuda-based supplier of engineered electronic components said the di 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924651.shtml MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Graco Inc., which makes pumps, filters and fluid measurement devices, on Friday announced a quarterly dividend of 16.5 cents per share. The dividend will be paid Nov. 7 to shareholders of record on Oct. 22. 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924650.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orthopedic products maker Stryker Corp. spent $160,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The company lobbied for Medicare reimbursement fees and also on legislation tha 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924649.shtml MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Graco Inc., which makes pumps, filters and fluid measurement devices, said Friday it expanded its buyback program by 7 million shares. The company had fewer than 1 million shares remaining under a previous buyback authorization wh 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924648.shtml MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican lawmakers have approved a broad electoral reform that would ban political parties from paying for television and radio ads, despite staunch opposition from large media companies. The bill, which would require TV and radio 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924647.shtml LONDON (AP) -- An outbreak of bluetongue, an animal disease previously unknown to British shores, was officially declared on Friday. The insect-born virus, once limited to Mediterranean countries, appeared in Britain last weekend after spreading acro 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924646.shtml ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- Banco Santander of Spain has signed with CONMEBOL to become the title sponsor of the Copa Libertadores, replacing Toyota as the primary financial supporter of South America's premier club competition. CONMEBOL president Nic 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924645.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. said Friday its board approved the repurchase of up to $750 million in stock. The Bermuda-based supplier of engineered electronic components said it may repurchase stock on the open market or in private transact 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924644.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae paid Fierce, Isakowitz Blalock $100,000 to lobby the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a disclosure form. The firm lobbied Congress on legislation that would strengthen fed 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924626.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- American Electric Power, one of the nation's largest power generators, hired Valis Keelen LLC to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure filing. The firm lobbied on legislation and regulations dealing with cl 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924625.shtml SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- Belgian bank KBC Group NV acquired 75 percent of the capital of Economic and Investment Bank, one of Bulgaria's top 10 banks, the country's stock exchange said Friday. KBC paid 295 million euros ($416 million) for the stake, t 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924624.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- United Airlines spent more than $1.4 million lobbying the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a recent disclosure form. The company supported efforts to establish cost-based funding for the Federal Aviation A 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924623.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Utility company PPL Corp. hired Valis Keelen LLC to lobby the federal government, according to a recent disclosure form. The firm lobbied on legislation and regulations dealing with climate change and clean air, according to a form 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924622.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Discount retailer Target Corp. spent $100,000 lobbying the federal government in the first half of 2007, according to a recent disclosure form. The company lobbied on legislation dealing with credit card interchange fees, solar ene 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924621.shtml ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The European commissioner for energy said Friday that southeastern Europe could solve its chronic energy shortages by cutting down waste in consumption and cross-border connections rather than by generating new supplies. But Co 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924620.shtml UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Nigeria's president said that oil production has been increasing in his country and attacks on oil workers in its crude-rich southern delta region have been decreasing as a result of the dialogue his government initiated with m 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924619.shtml BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- As soldiers in Myanmar intensified their crackdown on pro-democracy protesters Friday, authorities also went after the Internet and mobile phones that have proven so vital and powerful in documenting the dramatic confrontati 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924618.shtml AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Four left-leaning Dutch parties, including the largest, called for a boycott of gas stations owned by France's Total SA on Friday due to the company's investments in Myanmar. The military junta that rules the Asian coun 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924579.shtml CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Drug maker Novartis says it will give the Massachusetts Institute of Technology $65 million over 10 years to revolutionize the way drugs are made, the company said Friday. The research program at MIT will aim to develop a hig 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924578.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of online retailers traded mixed Friday, with online jewelry auctioneer Bidz.com Inc. rising after a Roth Capital Partners analyst began coverage of the stock with a "Buy" rating. Bidz shares rose 74 cents, or 6.2 percent, to 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924577.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- European Union governments are expected to agree next week on the dismantling of remaining national monopolies for mail delivery by 2011, with an additional grace period granted to some countries, diplomats said Friday. The 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924576.shtml GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Authorities will be posting the Klamath River in Northern California next week to warn of high concentrations of toxic blue-green algae that can harm people and pets that swim in or drink tainted waters. The algae is the sam 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924575.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A director of WMS Industries Inc., which makes gaming machines, sold 7,500 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Thursday, William J. Vareschi Jr. reported he 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924574.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday refused to block a new city rule that requires taxi drivers to install global positioning systems and credit card machines in their cabs by Monday. The drivers argue that the city overstepped its authority a 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924573.shtml CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) -- Packaging company and paper recycler Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. said Friday it will record a pretax loss of $100 million on the sale of a Brewton, Ala.-based mill to paper and building products maker Georgia-Pacific Brewto 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924572.shtml MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain's prime minister headed to Russia on Friday for talks on boosting economic ties and finding a solution to international issues like Iran and Kosovo. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will meet with Russian President Vladimir Pu 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924571.shtml STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden's financial regulator ordered investment bank D. Carnegie Co. AB to clean out its board and its chief executive Friday after an investigation showed the company had manipulated its trading results. Carnegie also was f 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924570.shtml TOKYO (AP) -- Mitsubishi Motors Corp. on Friday raised its group sales and operating profit outlook for the six months ended Sept. 30, citing strong overseas sales and the yen's weakness. The upward revision underscores the auto maker's continued tur 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924569.shtml The following recalls have been announced: -- About 21,000 Mini Zooper doll strollers, manufactured in China by Lan Enterprises, because a child's finger can become caught in the stroller's rectangular metal clip or the black plastic side hinge, poss 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924568.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- BBT Insurance Services, a unit of financial services firm BBT Corp., said Friday it acquired Georgia insurer Sidney O. Smith Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Sidney O. Smith provides commercial and personal property and casualty ins 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092924567.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- BBT Insurance Services, a unit of financial services firm BBT Corp., said Friday it acquired Georgia insurer Sidney O. Smith Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Sidney O. Smith provides commercial and personal property and casualty ins 2007-09-29 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824474.shtml KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- AirAsia X, Malaysia's first long-haul budget carrier, will launch operations by flying to Australia's Gold Coast in November, the company said Friday. The airline will commence four direct return flights per week betwee 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824473.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Friday revised boat maker Brunswick Co.'s outlook to "Negative" from "Stable," due to increased uncertainty about consumer spending and the cyclical downturn of the marine industry. 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824472.shtml GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- RF Micro Devices Inc., a maker of power amplifiers and transceivers for mobile phones, said Friday it plans to expand its compound semiconductor manufacturing capacity. The company said it anticipates growing demand for its c 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824471.shtml NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Shareholders of communications and software company Avaya Inc. voted to take the company private Friday, selling it for $8.2 billion to two private equity groups. The company announced in June that it accepted a buyout offer from 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824470.shtml HAZARD, Ky. (AP) -- The Kentucky and West Virginia Nurses Association Union rejected a contract offer from Appalachian Regional Healthcare, setting up the possibility for a strike when the current contract expires on Sunday. It would be the second ti 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824469.shtml MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian tennis player Dmitry Tursunov said he was approached several times with offers of bribes to fix matches, a newspaper reported Friday. "I was approached in Madrid in the middle of the season last year, and at some other tourname 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824468.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government health officials on Friday gave drug companies until Oct. 31 to stop making and selling any unapproved medicines labeled for use by children younger than 6 that contain the painkiller and cough suppressant hydrocodone. T 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824467.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of oil refiners were mixed Friday after Soleil Securities initiated coverage of four companies with "Buy" or "Hold" ratings. Energy analyst Jacques Rousseau rated Valero Energy Corp. and Sunoco Inc. at "Buy" and Frontier Oil C 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824466.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a role for artists and other famous faces to play when it comes to global issues, Shakira said during her visit to the Clinton Global Initiative conference, a meeting that has its share of well-known attendees. But boldface n 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824465.shtml TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Ouch! After some retailers advertised that a stronger dosage of pain reliever Advil would hit their store shelves soon, drugmaker Wyeth is running newspaper ads saying the product is not available. The problem? The Food and Drug 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824464.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clinical trials that enroll millions of patients in tests of experimental drugs and medical devices get scant government oversight, according to a watchdog report released Friday. Over a six-year period, the Food and Drug Administr 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824463.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of solar power companies First Solar Inc. and SunPower Corp. rose Friday after a Banc of America analyst said those "high quality companies" should stay atop the sector. Solar stocks have been strong this year, with First Sola 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824462.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Setting up a veto fight with President Bush while handing Democrats another campaign issue, Congress passed legislation to expand a popular children's health program. Eighteen Republicans in the Senate lined up with Democrats in vo 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824461.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Wyndham Worldwide Corp. climbed Friday as a Deutsche Bank analyst initiated coverage of the hotel operator with a "Buy" rating, citing international opportunity and timeshare stability. Chris Woronka said Wyndham only gener 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824460.shtml DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- In one commercial, a mother says she hasn't seen her son since he left eight months ago. The scene cuts to a young man laying face down on a rocky shore, as Senegal's most famous troubadour says, "You know how this story ends." 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824459.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A director at insurance holding company American Financial Group Inc. sold 10,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Terry S. Jacobs reported he 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824458.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A director of telecommunications company NTELOS Holdings Corp. sold 2.3 million shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Thursday, Andrew Gesell reported he sold 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824457.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- A director at telecommunications company NTELOS Holdings Corp. bought 2.26 million shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Michael Huber reported he b 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824456.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman and chief executive of natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. bought 25,000 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Aubrey Kerr McClendo 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824455.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- The president and chief executive of ACI Worldwide Inc., which provides software for electronic payment systems, bought 9,000 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday. In a Form 4 filed wit 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824454.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Nestled between Lake Michigan and downtown skyscrapers, Grant Park is the crown jewel of the city's lakefront, a mile-long ribbon of green that draws local residents and tourists alike. It's where Peggy Figiel brings her 4- and 7-year 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824453.shtml MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Actor Adam Sandler said Thursday he would like to work alongside gay-rights groups after starring in this year's "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry." In Mexico with co-star Kevin James to promote the film's opening in theaters h 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824452.shtml BOSTON (AP) -- Dominated by home-cleaning gadgets, the consumer robotics market is expanding with the arrival of 'bots that can spy inside your home when you're away or arrange virtual meetings of family or friends. Robotics experts say gadgets intro 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824287.shtml NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- The United Auto Workers filed a petition Friday with the National Labor Relations Board seeking an election to form a union for about 3,000 dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Union officials called the move the largest organi 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824286.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Swiss eye care products maker Alcon Inc. said Friday it now holds a 76.9 percent stake in of WaveLight AG's outstanding shares. Its planned takeover of WaveLight was also recently approved by competition authorities in Germany and Au 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824285.shtml EDINBURG, Texas (AP) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a plan to build fencing along parts of the Mexico border a "terrible idea" that overlooks local communities. Pelosi made the comments during her trip to the Rio Grande Valley for the annual Hi 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824284.shtml MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian court ordered imprisoned former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to stay in a Siberian jail for another three months, a Web site operated by his supporters said Friday. The decision is the latest setback in Khodorkovsky's lawy 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824283.shtml PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Prison officials violated workplace discrimination laws when they fired a Muslim nurse who insisted on wearing a head scarf on the job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged Thursday. The agency charged in a lawsuit 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824282.shtml INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Office and industrial real estate company Duke Realty Corp. said Friday it priced an offering of 7 million shares of common stock, though it did not divulge the price per share. The offering follows an announcement that Duke Real 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824281.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Harman International Industries Inc. jumped in early trading Friday, after a Bear Stearns analyst upgraded the audio equipment maker on new company initiatives and prospects for stabilizing margins. Shares jumped $3.04, or 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824280.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares Palm Inc. rose Friday after the company debuted its latest smart phone, the Palm Centro, which is cheaper, lighter and thinner than the company's Treo products. Palm shares rose 36 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $16.76 in morning t 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824279.shtml HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Diversified industrial company General Electric Co. said Friday it will build a $50 million manufacturing facility in Vietnam for its energy division. The factory, GE's first in Vietnam, will produce components for power genera 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824278.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Duff Phelps Corp., which provides financial advisory and investment banking services, jumped in their debut on Friday after the company's initial public offering priced below the anticipated range. After pricing at $16 per 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824277.shtml RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- MeadWestvaco Corp., a packaging solutions provider, said Friday it has agreed to a joint sales and marketing agreement with Brazilian paperboard producer Klabin whereby MeadWestvaco will sell and market a coated kraft paperboard 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824276.shtml CHANGZHOU, China (AP) -- Trina Solar Ltd. said Friday it has agreed to supply Italian energy company Eni SpA with up to 6 megawatts worth of solar modules. Trina did not release financial terms of the agreement. The company has already signed a contr 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824275.shtml Among the earnings projection stories for Friday, Sept. 28, from AP Financial News: CLEVELAND (AP) -- PolyOne Corp., a provider of specialized polymers used by the homebuilding, automotive and other industries, on Friday lowered its sales expectation 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824274.shtml Among the earnings stories for Friday, Sept. 28, from AP Financial News: BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, hit badly by its exposure to the U.S. subprime lending crisis, said Friday its first-quarter profits fell nearly 67 perce 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824273.shtml CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Biotechnology company Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it is cutting 100 positions and amending an agreement with Novartis to stop all activities dealing with the hepatitis B drug Tyzeka. Novartis will have full respon 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824272.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Accenture Ltd. climbed at the opening bell Friday after the outsourcer issued a bullish forecast for next year. The Bermuda-based technology consultant said its revenue leaped 29 percent to top $5 billion in the fiscal four 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824271.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Hartmarx Corp., maker of casual and golf apparel, on Friday lowered its full-year earnings and revenue estimates to reflect unfavorable retail conditions. The company currently estimates fourth-quarter earnings per share of between 16 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824270.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of cruise operators fell Friday morning as a Goldman Sachs analyst lowered price targets and earnings estimates on concerns about rising fuel prices and possible consumer weakness. Steven Kent said Goldman's energy research te 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824269.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Times Co. said Friday the first college-themed issue of its Sunday New York Times Magazine did well with advertisers, garnering a total of 104 ad pages. The newspaper publisher said the magazine's education category reached 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824268.shtml STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Scandinavian Airlines said Friday it will begin flying turboprop planes grounded last month after two separate landing gear failures. The first Q-400 aircraft will fly Oct. 4, according to the airline. The company grounded i 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824267.shtml CHICAGO (AP) -- Hartmarx Corp., maker of casual and golf apparel, said Friday its third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent, but were well below Wall Street's expectations due to unfavorable retail conditions. For the three months ended Aug. 31, the com 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824266.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michigan, in an unintended consequence of a critical labor agreement between the United Auto Workers and General Motors, could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding, state officials said Thursday. The state could 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824265.shtml MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A Filipino working for an Italian oil company has been kidnapped in Nigeria, an official said Friday. The report from Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Esteban Conejos came a day after authorities in oil-rich southern Nigeria 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824264.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Treasury prices posted strong gains Friday as the final trading session of the third quarter got underway. The quarter saw a switch in investor sentiment away from risk and toward safety. On Friday new data showing brisk consumer spe 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824263.shtml WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investment adviser and financial planner Ameriprise Financial Inc. spent more than $438,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The company lobbied on legislation related 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824262.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Chinese digital media company Focus Media Holding Ltd. dipped in early trading Friday, on concerns about lower margins in the fiscal second quarter. Shares fell $1.55, or 2.6 percent, to $57.60 in morning trading. The compa 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824261.shtml NEW YORK (AP) -- Israeli generic drug developer Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Friday a legal settlement with British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC will allow it to sell three generic versions of Glaxo drugs in the U.S. Teva said it is all 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824260.shtml MIAMI (AP) -- With pressure mounting on the Chicago Cubs as they struggle to clinch the NL Central, manager Lou Piniella found someone to ease the tension: comedian Bill Murray. The Cubs' No. 1 fan hung out with the team during batting practice befor 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824259.shtml BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union reaffirmed Friday a plan to force airlines using European airspace to cut carbon dioxide emissions despite opposition from the airline industry. The EU faulted the International Civil Aviation Organization 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824258.shtml ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The European commissioner for energy said Friday that Iran's great long-term potential as a supplier of energy to the West will go largely untapped until a solution to that country's controversial nuclear enrichment program is 2007-09-28 Top Stories 秩名 en.yinlu.net /overview/TopStories/2007092824257.shtml DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp. shares edged up Friday as leaders of the United Auto Workers planned to brief union officials from factories across the nation on the terms of a historic new contract with the company. GM shares were up 12 cents t