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Breaking News Fri, 25 Jul 2008
Shell station in Rosario
Energy   Financial   Houston   Nature   Photos  
 Oil & Gas Journal 
MARKET WATCH: Natural gas price falls, oil price rallies
| Sam Fletcher | HOUSTON, July 25 -- The front-month natural gas contract fell July 24 on the New York futures market after the Energy Information Administration reported a continued build in US gas s... (photo: Creative Commons / Pablo-flores )
Frontier Airlines (sl1)
Airlines   Investment   Photos   Transports   Washington  
 Business Journal 
Frontier gets $75M in capital
> | Frontier Airlines will get a $75 million infusion of working capital from a Washington, D.C., private investment firm. | Perseus LLC has committed the funds to Frontier, which will receive the mon... (photo: creative commons / )
U.S. President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice participate in the North Atlantic Council Summit meeting at the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania Thursday, April 3, 2008.  International Herald Tribune 
Bush expands sanctions against Zimbabwe
| : President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against what he calls the "illegitimate" regime of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his supporters. | Bush's action was... (photo: (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) / )
Photos   Politics   President   Sanctions   US   Zimbabwe  
New Orleans (Sept. 7, 2005)  An Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter drops 15,000-pound bags of sand into a levee that gave way, flooding the streets and homes after Hurricane Katrina ravished New Orleans filling eighty percent of the city with water.  The Miami Herald 
Power outages widespread in Texas after Dolly
HARLINGEN, Texas -- Business at reopened restaurants was humming, grocery store parking lots were packed and residents of south Texas were venturing out on the newly dry roads again as the remnants of... (photo: US Navy file / PM1 Brien Aho)
Business   Photos   Power   Storm   Texas  
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KLdy1 - july08 - properties - real estate - buildings - development. (dy1) The Guardian
US new home sales down 33% but higher than forecasts
| The front of a boarded up house in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/ AP | Sales of newly built homes in the US fell yet again last month, marking the sevent... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Business   Economy   Photos   Property   US  
 MCDONALDS - FOOD CHAIN                              The Guardian
Women file discrimination suit against McDonald's over hijab
| Two Muslim women said they were denied jobs at a McDonald's restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan, because they wore Islamic headscarves, according to a discrimination lawsu... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Discrimination   Mcdonald   Muslims   Photos   Women  
President George W. Bush Middle East Online
Bush's 'Surge' Gets Mixed Reviews
President George W. Bush’s Iraq War troop “surge,” which is now ending, got a mixed report card from congressional investigators, who found that many of Bush’s stated goa... (photo: White House / Chris Greenberg )
Bush   Democracy   Government   Photos   Politics  
Ford Pravda RU
Ford sees US economic recovery despite grim forecasts
| Ford Motor Co assumes the U.S. economy will begin to recover by early 2010 despite oil prices that will remain "volatile and high," the automaker said on Thur... (photo: WN / anand)
Automaker   Business   Ford   Industry   Photos  
Computer - Internet                  The Oklahoman
China says its population of Internet users rises to world No. 1 at 253 million
By Joe McDonald | AP Business WriterBEIJING (AP) - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million peo... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
China   Internet   Photos   Population   Technology  
Yerba mansa - am1 Seattle Times
N.M. researchers hope to cultivate `calming herb'
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - | The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical. | The native herb yerba mansa, translated from Spanish as... (photo: GNU)
Agriculture   Crop   Industry   Medicine   Photos  
Cars - Automobiles - Auto - Vehicles Toronto Sun
Auto workers facing more 'blood on floor'
More auto manufacturing layoffs are on the way, including in Canada, a leading automotive consultant says. | Yesterday, Ford Motor Co. announced it suffered its worst qua... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Automotive   Canada   Manufacturing   Oakville   Photos  
Star Bulletin
Hawaii construction costs to rise 4% over the next few years, expert says
By Kristen Consillio | Despite fewer jobs in Hawaii's building industry, commercial developers shouldn't anticipate a drop in construction costs anytime soon, according t... (photo: WN / Julie Adnan)
Construction   Hawaii   Photos   Properties   Real Estate  
Mar 23, 2008 - U.S. Army Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division conduct a patrol outside Northern Oil Company in Kirkuk, Iraq, March 23, 2008. CBS News
State Department Probes Iraq Oil Contracts
The State Department's inspector general is investigating Iraqi oil contracts after four Democratic senators complained that department employees may have encouraged lucr... (photo: DoD / Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet, U.S. Air Force)
Business   Iraq   Mideast   Oil   Photos   War  
Hamburgers-health (sl1) Canada Dot Com
U of A discovery takes heat off rare burgers
| EDMONTON - Ever wonder why it's possible to enjoy a rare-cooked steak, but a hamburger must be done all the way through? | The reason, says University of Alberta resear... (photo: creative commons / )
Bacteria   Consumer   Hamburger   Meat   Photos  
Housing Canada Dot Com
Real estate prices kill housing program
| A housing program that made the poorest of the poor into home owners has been scrapped after soaring real estate prices made it irrelevant. | The Neighbourhood Home Own... (photo: Creative Commons / james.thompson)
Business   Economy   Housing   Market   Photos  
Petrol Station - Gasoline - Petrol - Oil - Market - Petroleum Products Canada Dot Com
PetroCanada reacts to consumer push for diesel
| Cleaner-Burning | CALGARY - Petro-Canada is churning out more diesel and eyeing diesel projects for Western Canada as global demand for the cleaner-burning fuel grows a... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Canada   Consumer   Environment   Fuel   Photos  
Tax Issues Finance & Investments
- Peter Lowy takes the Fifth at US tax inquiry
- Audit finds problems with Missouri housing tax credit
- Audit finds problems with Mo. housing tax credit
- Kern County, oil companies argue over taxes
Petrol Station - Gasoline - Petrol - Oil - Market - Petroleum Products
Ending tax break wouldn't raise fuel prices, study says
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- China says Web users top US at 253 mln
- ALL BUSINESS: InfoGroup lets CEO keep title
- US foreclosure filings more than double
- U.S. new home sales stronger than expected
Petrol Station - Gasoline - Petrol - Oil - Market - Petroleum Products
PetroCanada reacts to consumer push for diesel
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Currency Banking
- Dollar dips despite stronger US economic data
- Dollar mixed, gold falls in Europe
- Gold edges lower on weaker oil, firmer dollar
- Dollar mixed against major currencies on Friday
 US Dollar - USD - Currency - Money - Forex. (ps1)
Dollar mixed, gold falls in Europe
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- Rising food prices bring new group to food banks: Struggling
- Struggling College Students Turn To Food Banks
- Struggling college students turn to food banks
- Spanish bank ups stake in Sovereign
Dog Food - Adult Dog Food   (rhubie)
Human food bank gets $9,000 of dog food for pets
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Finance Oil & Energy
- OMERS buys rest of TD tower for $425-million
- Mixed ruling for CN on Chicago purchase
- Sharp drop in resale prices for SUVs, trucks prompts move
- Chrysler gets out of the leasing business
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Honda profit climbs more than expected on fuel-saving cars
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- First of 200 waiting ships begin to move along Mississippi R
- NW senators split over curbing oil speculation
- Partisan differences over drilling block airline-backed ener
- First ships crawl down Mississippi after oil spill
Shell station in Rosario
MARKET WATCH: Natural gas price falls, oil price rallies
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Industries Technology
- Infosys plans to cut US dependence to 40 per cent
- Midway Announces Mortal Kombat: Kollection Exclusively for P
- Ottawa won't grant Air Canada waiver for group lay off o
- Active Power narrows loss by 4 percent
Yerba Mansa plant,jsa1
"Magic Plant" Needs Ecological Protection
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- Infosys plans to cut US dependence to 40 per cent
- New material could help motorists
- First ships crawl down Mississippi after spill
- Ottawa won't grant Air Canada waiver for group lay off o
Motorists - Vehicles Road
New material could help motorists
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