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The Federal Communications Commission wants public input on a proposed radio station shuffle that would affect Wilburton, Okemah and McAlester.

Hummingbird Ltd. warned that second-quarter earnings and revenue would come in below analysts' expectations because sales came up short at one of the enterprise software ...

Managers of the Ash Grove Cement Co. plant say a controversy over use of industrial slag to make cement at the Holcim Inc.

The only bad thing about Saturday for Tiger Woods was that it came to an end. On a day when nothing seemed to go wrong, even that turned out right for the most feared player ...

Some will have missed the cut-off point at midnight and others may already be wondering about funds selected in a hurry.

Big is better in the pharmaceutical business. Bigger companies can sell more drugs in more places.

Valerie Holsworth, a pensioner from Scarborough, grew so tired of waiting for a National Health Service dentist's appointment that she ripped out her rotting teeth with ...

TWO bidders including a US publisher have come forward to buy the computer games being developed by Vis Entertainment, which went into administration last week.

Even the mere whiff of government-mandated price cuts has mobilized drug companies to flash their most potent political weapon in California: cash.

Tops Markets LLC will close three stores and change some services, eliminating about 450 jobs in northeast Ohio.

Verizon Communications Inc. said it agreed to buy investor Carlos Slim Helu's 43.4 million shares of MCI Inc.

SOMERFIELD is planning to give a shortlist of its potential bidders limited access to its books within the next 10 days as the battle for control of the supermarket chain ...

Molecular Devices Corporation today announced the introduction of two new reagent products for ADME assay screening-Transil Membrane Affinity and Transil Human Serum Albumin ...

Miami University's business school got a huge shot in the arm this weekend. The Cintas chairman of the board and his family donated $30 million to build the Richard T.

SIMCLAR Group, the diversified manufacturing company, has acquired a loss-making firm in Preston in an undisclosed deal that will give it access to key patents and help ...

HONG KONG: China's Bank of Communications, which plans a US$2 billion IPO this year in Hong Kong and Shanghai, won a vote of confidence on Friday when Standard & Poor's ...

Forman or Bacardi will sit idly by. None would comment, but industry sources said any counter-bid may be done in partnership with Diageo, which is eyeing up Allieds Makers ...

Cadbury Schweppes has not been in talks with potential buyers of its European beverages business, the company has said in response to a newspaper story that it was ...

SEOUL: POSCO, the world's fifth-biggest steel maker, has said it may bid for a stake in South Korea's top independent power producer and was also considering the purchase of ...

Across the country, businesses are joining together to help with emergency planning, with Georgia's companies pitching in to protect national security.

A Marlborough restaurant has introduced a corkage fee with a twist - customers pay if they choose not to drink.

TOKYO: Japanese DRAM chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. on Friday cut its profit estimates for the business year just ended, hit by sharp price falls and slow demand from digital ...

Economists at the Beijing Forex Conference 2005 have said China should not give in to foreign pressure to adjust its currency regime.

The American Bar Association is considering testing direct mail and telephone scripts that strongly encourage credit card payment to boost membership renewal rates.

TRW Automotive will close its Fremont plant by the end of next year. The Michigan-based copany says a lack of business is forcing the shutdown and will put 270 workers out ...

KARACHI: Average rates for carryover transactions declined 4.1 percent on week-on-week basis with declined investment in rollover trade, as investors reduced their leveraged ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. Midland, Texas-based Western Container is in the middle of a three-point-two million dollar expansion at its warehouse in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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NEW YORK: ShopKo Stores Inc. has agreed to be acquired by private investment firm Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Inc.

The man charged with investigating the excesses of Te Wananga o Aotearoa is being paid $2688 a day - 18 times the average wage.

ASHES II ASHES, the new Austin, Texas-based band featuring former SLAVES ON DOPE members Frank "Frankie" Salvaggio and Rob Urbani , along with ex-UNLOCO singer Joey Duenas, ...

EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said the European Union was ready to continue negotiations with the United States over government aid to their respective aircraft ...

More than 40 Boston models strutted their stuff yesterday at Saks Fifth Avenue's Models' ``Casting Call'' Party - but the best runway run-through was saved for last.

GCN's Best of FOSE Awards singled out the most innovative and well-designed new products at FOSE this year.

Italian utility Enel gave preference on Saturday to a bid from a group of investors led by Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris for its telecoms arm Wind -- valued by Enel at ...

Melissa Little, a scientist from the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience was presented with the prestigious GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for ...

Bangalore Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday began a four-day visit to India _ where he was expected to discuss a border dispute and trade cooperation with Indian leaders ...

Just after publicizing an effort to fast-track a plan doubling the size of its radioactive waste facility, Envirocare of Utah is backing off.