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NRC: Three Mile Island radiation not significant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant.
Nov 22, 2009 | 7:00 pm
Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity
Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago.
Nov 22, 2009 | 2:20 pm
Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
Nov 22, 2009 | 1:15 pm
Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth
Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:40 pm
Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring
As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself.
Nov 22, 2009 | 12:20 pm
Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer
British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday.
Nov 22, 2009 | 10:05 am
Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks
An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices.
Nov 22, 2009 | 6:15 am
Deutsche Bahn signs $26B Qatar railroad deal
An investment company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) joint venture with Germany's national railway operator to build a railroad network in the natural gas-rich Gulf sheikdom.
Nov 22, 2009 | 6:15 am
South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week
Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.
Nov 22, 2009 | 1:50 am
LyondellBasell gets buyout offer from Reliance
LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Nov 21, 2009 | 11:10 am
Russia president criticizes ruling party over vote
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.
Nov 21, 2009 | 7:45 am
Texas high court agrees to rehear Exxon case
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
Nov 20, 2009 | 8:05 pm
Ex-Vivendi CEO: I made mistakes but never misled
Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water company into a global media giant, but he never misled shareholders about the risks.
Nov 20, 2009 | 6:35 pm
Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens
Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:20 pm
Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year
Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:15 pm
Americans save more but earn less as rates fall
The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:05 pm
J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee
J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to its lineup and lower commodity prices for coffee beans and other items fattened its profit margins.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:35 pm
D.R. Horton sees 26 perecent spike in 4Q orders
Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc., saw new home orders spike 26 percent from a year ago in the latest quarter as buyers raced to close deals and take advantage of a federal tax credit. But a wider-than-anticipated loss fueled by write-downs sent shares tumbling more than 15 percent Friday.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:20 pm
Chase drops arbitration from card contracts
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration, a move that could lead to consumers filing class-action and other lawsuits.
Nov 20, 2009 | 4:10 pm
AP changes roles for 6 news editors, 4 photo eds
The Associated Press has named six news editors to oversee expanded multistate territories and has assigned four interim regional photo editors as part of a restructuring of U.S. news management to ensure the continuing strength of the news cooperative's state reports.
Nov 20, 2009 | 3:35 pm
