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The Bush administration said Monday it would consider loaning crude oil from the government's emergency stockpile, if requested by U.S.4.5

BEIJING The European Union began on Monday to unblock Chinese textile imports held up at EU frontiers.5.1

An important natural-gas pipeline hub in Louisiana reopened Monday after closing due to Hurricane Katrina.3.1

Auto industry analysts predict a slowdown in vehicle sales in August, a trend due less to high gas prices than to a summer of heavily publicized discounts that thinned ...2.7

The Russian ruble cannot be introduced in Belarus by Jan. 1, the country's central bank chief said Monday, suggesting further delays were likely in plans to link the former ...2.7

Wall Street recovered from early losses and edged higher Monday even as Hurricane Katrina tormented U.S. refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, disrupting energy production there ...2.7

Healthcare software developer NDCHealth Corp. said on Monday it would be acquired by rival Per-Se Technologies, with a portion of the business spun off to Dutch publisher ...2.7

Andrew Corp., a maker of coaxial cable and satellite base stations, has bought certain assets from Nortel Networks Corp.2.7

I am writing this week about probably the single most important divide in tax. And no I don't mean the divide between those who pay it and those who don't.2.7

Communications satellite operator Intelsat Ltd. has agreed to buy rival PanAmSat Holding Corp.2.7

Criminal charges were brought against nine former KPMG executives as the accounting firm itself agreed on Monday to pay $456 million and admitted wrongdoing to settle a ...2.7

Irish millionaire Dermot Desmond has bought one third of Rietumu Banka, Latvia's fourth biggest bank in terms of assets, the unlisted group said on Monday.2.7

Newly-released official figures spelt out the cost to taxpayers of the salaries and expenses of MLAs in 2003/04 - a 12-month period that did not witness a single sitting of ...2.7

Spanish stocks and shares are proving an increasingly attractive proposition to foreign investors.2.7

The president of OPEC said Monday he will propose that the group of oil producing states increase its production by 500,000 barrels a day next month.2.7

Two years on it is time again for the Northern Ireland biennial poultry conference.2.7

DETROIT Signs of dissent in the strike against Northwest Airlines are beginning to bubble up among mechanics' union members on picket lines at airports around the United ...2.7

Two groups vying for control of supermarket chain Somerfield have overcome a key hurdle as they prepare bids worth more than 1bn, it has been reported.2.7

Eco-tourism initiatives will spearhead a new campaign to boost the tourist trade on a Donegal peninsula.2.7

Mumbai, Aug. 28: Birla Agro will go for an initial public offer, or IPO, and a subsequent listing of Birla Agro within the next six months.2.7

Six air carriers are forbidden to land on French soil for safety reasons, the French civil aviation authority says.3.1

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Was that the sound of geese heading south for winter, or the fund industry's marketing machine cranking up a gear? With the onset of cooler weather comes the inevitable ...2.7

Meet David Wilson, the founding director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, in Culver City, California.2

The team approach that drives Chicago metal-parts manufacturer Trendler Inc. today was never a thought a generation ago.2.7

My kids are starting to capture their lives. Not with a toy camera, but their very own digital video camera.2.7

Diann Arain worked out at the Contours Express in Jeffersontown. The women-only facility, part of a chain based in Nicholasville, Ky., opened in January and has 130 members.2.7

The 19th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman's Conference will be held at Chicago's Navy Pier on Sept.3.1

Snapfish, Hewlett-Packard's online photo service, will announce today an expanded deal with Walgreens so consumers can pick up their digital photo prints at a local store.2.7

Does your lunch fall by the workload wayside? It does for many of us, according to a survey of 1,000 adults.2.7

Fifty-seven percent of small-business owners say they work six or more days each week, according to an August Gallup Tuesday Briefing analysis.2.7

A government report on factory orders in the United States is expected to show orders fell during July by 0.8 percent after rising four months in a row.2.7

I/O Technologies of Wisconsin specializes in developing robust, user-friendly applications at competitive rates.2.7

Warehouse retailer Sam's Club has launched a new office products catalog, both online and on paper, targeting small-business customers.2.7

There might be no better chance for hands-on contact with all things agriculture -- from 18-ton combines to computer software -- than the Farm Progress Show, which opens ...2.7

Warner Music Group is preparing to launch a record label that would develop and market new artists and distribute their music only over the Internet.2.7

Nearly 90 percent of small businesses are paying more to provide basic medical insurance to their employees in 2005 than in 2004, according to the results of a ...2.7

A decade ago, the District of Columbia government was a hard sell on Wall Street.2.9