Bush, Fukuda lay out goals for G-8 summit in Japan (AP) Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive Japanese issue that's entangled in the nuclear standoff with North Korea. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 05:00:54 Etc/GMT
Employers use federal law to deny benefits (AP) Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:43 Etc/GMT
FDA reports more cases of salmonella illnesses (AP) The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other types of fresh produce. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:42 Etc/GMT
Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP) Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:41 Etc/GMT
Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Fla. coast (AP) Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:40 Etc/GMT
Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery (AP) Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:39 Etc/GMT
FBI probe latest setback for beleaguered Detroit (AP) Auto industry cutbacks, double-digit unemployment and one of the nation's highest home foreclosure rates have left Detroit with a dreary economic future. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:38 Etc/GMT
Travel experts: US share of foreign tourists slips (AP) Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:37 Etc/GMT
Nigeria's first oil well is still source of woe (AP) Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:36 Etc/GMT
SocGen fined over trading scandal (AP) France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year. Sun, 6 Jul 2008 04:27:35 Etc/GMT
