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PARIS Economic growth in France, Europe's third-largest economy after Germany and Britain, slowed in the second quarter as oil prices and concern about job losses curbed ...4.6

DENVER Aug 12, 2005 , The chief executive of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. has resigned after a company investigation concluded he misused charter airplanes and corporate ...4.2

Bank of America Corp. says its acquisition of credit card issuer MBNA Corp. will not push the bank over the federal 10 percent cap on U.S. deposits.3.8

Appliance maker Maytag Corp. on Friday backed a buyout bid of $1.68 billion, or $21 a share, from larger rival Whirlpool Corp.2.7

Cree saw its shares tank a day after the semiconductor company provided its quarterly results and said its chief financial officer was planning to resign.2.7

MX-Contact: The complete customer relationship management and contact management system for Microsoft Outlook.2.9

Crude-oil prices soared near a record $67 a barrel on Friday as U.S. refinery outages looked set to test gasoline supplies in the world's biggest-consuming nation.2.9

The average daily room rate in Las Vegas continues to soar, statistics compiled by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority say.2.7

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he was considering a five billion dollar plan to upgrade phone and internet services in rural areas as proposed by the country's ...2.9

Home News Markets Technology Commentary Personal Finance Autos Real Estate News > Midsized Companies Overstock.com sues hedge fund Overstock.com claims a hedge fund and a ...2.7

Treasury bond prices were mostly higher at midday Friday. The price of the Treasury's 10-year note was up 27/32 point, or $8.44 per $1,000 in face value, around midday ...3.1

DALLAS - Blockbuster Inc. moved Friday to shore up investor support as the movie-rental chain's stock hovered close to its all-time low on the heels of a disappointing ...3.9

Cable and Wireless on Friday ruled out raising its proposed bid for telecoms company Energis and warned the deal would be called off if debt holders in the smaller firm do ...3.1

By DAVID PHELPS Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune 12-AUG-05 An offense-minded management team for Northwest Airlines is vowing to keep the airline at full throttle and cover ...2.7

Northrop Grumman received a contract from the Marine Corps to begin outfitting their F/A-18 Hornets with Litening AT pods and pylons, a self-contained, multisensor laser ...2.7

An agreement has been signed to transfer greenhouses from Gaza settlers to the Palestinian Authority when Israel quits the area next week.2.9

Birch Telecom Inc. and its subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said Friday.2.7

Stun-gun maker Taser said an Arizona court dismissed a lawsuit against the company alleging wrongful death, negligent infliction of emotional distress and product liability.2.7

UK supermarket group Somerfield has slammed the Competition Commission for intervening in its takeover of 115 Safeway stores from rival Morrisons.2.9

Alan Mulally, head of The Boeing Co.'s commercial airplanes division, sold $3.8 million in company stock last week, about half of his total outright stock holdings.3.2

Italy's opposition and the international media kept up the pressure on central bank governor Antonio Fazio to resign over allegations of backdoor maneouvering during a murky ...2.9

U.A.E. based Etisalat, one of the leading telecom companies in the region, appointed a group of seven banks to act as a vehicle to finance a $2.114 billion bid to purchase a ...2.7

AOL poll on public attitudes about gasoline prices is based on telephone interviews with 1,000 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii.2.7

NEW DELHI - India's industrial output grew 10.3 percent in the April-June quarter from the same quarter a year ago, the government said Friday, boosted by increased exports ...2.7

Deputy Development Minister Giorgos Salagoudis is scheduled to chair a broad meeting of parties involved in the production and distribution of fuels about how to stem ...2.7

Urgent changes are needed to the practice of "clawing back" tax credit overpayments, according to charities and some MPs.2.9

Movie Gallery posted a second-quarter loss after factoring in a number of items, and the company said rental demand in the latest three months was on the slow side.2.7

New Delhi: The government has been asked to speed up the pace of exploration of oil and natural gas in order to bring down the huge import bill and also to cope with the ...2.7

University of Florida researchers have developed a compound that forces clothes in the spin cycle to shed 20 percent more water than they normally would, which could lead to ...2.7

At least 70,000 travelers were stranded Friday after British Airways canceled all flights to and from Heathrow Airport because of an industrial dispute, an airline spokesman ...2.7

With international oil prices continuing to reach new highs, arguments that taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel should be reduced are gaining ground in Korea.2.7

The same question emerged a few months earlier, when Novartis made two bids -- for a German generic-drug company, as well as for U.S. generic-drug maker Eon Labs.2.7

Amazon.com will make the payment this quarter and will license the patents, the Seattle-based company said Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.2.7

As sources within Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria insisted on Thursday that it will not launch another offer for Italian bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro , an Italian ...2.7

The Kenyan government is set to issue licenses for companies to offer phone calls over the internet, officials say.2.9

Administrators are resuming their search for a buyer for an airport services specialist after it fell victim to contract delays.2.7

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. agreed to buy Poligrafia SA for about $53.3 million to expand in Poland.2.7

A retired Coast Guard officer will become the Port of Tacoma's new director of security.2.7