Oil prices: Above $79 on gulf storm, weaker dollar Tulsa World NEW YORK — Oil and gasoline futures rose Monday as a tropical storm heading into the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. dollar both weakened. | Benchmark crude for December delivery on Monday gained $1.85 to $79.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. | Ida had been listed as a Category 1 hurric...
Kraft set to formalize hostile Cadbury bid - sources CNN Kraft likely to make hostile bid for Cadbury | The company is expected to formalize a $16.7 billion offer for the British candy giant. | | | | RSS Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS (close) November 9, 2009: 4:20 AM ET | PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -- Kra...
Ex-New Orleans vendor arraigned in contract case The Miami Herald | NEW ORLEANS -- A one-time city vendor pleaded not guilty Thursday to engaging in a kickback scheme involving contracts for New Orleans' crime surveillance program. | A federal grand jury on Friday issued a 63-count indictment, including charges of ...
Hale named to Churchill Downs executive post Business Journal Gift to WKU to promote business growth V Foundation plans bocce tournament Churchill in deal to acquire Youbet.com 'Shut up and deal' takes on new meaning at Hard Rock IU, Western get federal teaching grants | D. Brett Hale has been named senior vice...
Organizers rethink int'l art show in New Orleans Fresno Bee | - Associated Press Writer E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | NEW ORLEANS -- The nation's economic downturn is prompting officials to revamp the city's foray into international contemporary art shows. | Called Prospect...
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Obama coaxes states to change with school dollars The Miami Herald | WASHINGTON -- Using stimulus dollars as bait, President Barack Obama is coaxing states to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they compete for $5 billion in schoo...
New Orleans jury finds against Dell in unfair trade trial Business Journal Capital Gains Hire ground? Triad sees some uptick in job growth Study: Philanthropy energized Dell to outsource N.C. jobs to Mexico Dell: More acquisitions ahead | A New Orleans ju...
US cotton almost clear of voracious boll weevil The Wichita Eagle LUBBOCK, Texas - For more than a century, small green beetles ate through U.S. cotton crops, costing growers $20 billion and making the boll weevil the most expensive agricultural ...
Raytheon gets $197 million Navy deal for services on LPD-17 ships Star Tribune | TEWKSBURY, Mass. - Raytheon Co. received a $197 million Navy contract for engineering and support for the LPD-17 class of amphibious warfare ships, the company said Thursday. | The defense contractor is the ship's electronics systems integrator and...
Haagen-Dazs(R) Ice Cream Challenges Consumers to Imagine a 'World Without Bees' redOrbit Posted on: Thursday, 12 November 2009, 07:00 CST | OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- There's sure to be plenty of buzz surrounding the premiere of PBS's Chefs A' Field episode "Disappearing Act: A World Without Bees," an in-depth exploration o...
Defiant DC sniper mastermind Muhammad executed The Examiner Comments JARRATT, Va. (Map, News) - John Allen Muhammad stepped foot into Virginia's death chamber and within seconds was lying on a gurney, tapping his left foot, his arms spread wide with a needle dug into each. | "Mr. Muhammad, do you have any last words?" the warden asked the mastermind behind the D.C.-area sniper attacks that killed 10 in 2002...
