Gas prices tax government as highway fund runs short The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON - Soaring gasoline prices are hurting Uncle Sam in the wallet, too. | As motorists cut back on their driving and buy more fuel-efficient cars, the government is taking in less money from the federal gasoline tax. | The result: The principal source of funding for highway projects will so...
A private, blunter Bush declares, 'Wall Street got drunk' International Herald Tribune | : When he talks about why the economy is ailing, President George W. Bush often turns to euphemism, citing "challenges in the housing and financial markets." But Bush offered a far blunter assessment last week at a closed Republican fund-raiser in Houston: "Wall Street got drunk." | Despite the pr...
General Dynamics reports jump in profits, forecast raised Business Journal > | Stronger sales of tanks and planes boosted profits at General Dynamics Corp. by 25 percent last quarter, prompting the federal contractor to lift its earnings estimate for all of 2008. | Falls Church-based General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) reported net...
Canada's inflation rate quickens National Post | Greg Quinn, Bloomberg News Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary...
Alaska House approves TransCanada pipeline National Post | Yereth Rosen, Reuters Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Hera...
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Bush team turns to the dark side Asia Times | By Julian Delasantellis | Who could have imagined that, as the candle burns down low on the most aggressively pro free-market US administration since at least the Great Depressio...
United Airlines increases cash position by $1.2B The Examiner MINNEAPOLIS (Map, News) - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. is extending its credit card agreements with Chase Bank USA, generating a $600 million payment from the bank and increasi...
Green practices can save money The Oklahoman By Sarah D. Wire | Staff WriterPeople may assume "environmentally friendly" means "expensive," but some practices can save money as they help save the world. | . Run your dishwater...
Mass Cash The Examiner BRAINTREE, Mass. (Map, News) - The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night in the $100,000 "Mass Cash" game were: | 2-5-11-21-29 | (two, five, eleven, twenty-one, twenty-nine) | There were one winning jackpot tickets sold, in Waltham. | Copyright 2008 Th...
Obama's foray into West Bank unlikely to overcome Palestinian skepticism about US Star Tribune | RAMALLAH, West Bank - Barack Obama's trip to the West Bank on Wednesday appeared to generate some goodwill among Palestinians, though deep skepticism about U.S. policy remains. | Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, met with Palestinian Presi...
Tokio Marine to acquire US insurer Philadelphia Consolidated for $4.39 billion cash Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. said Wednesday it plans to acquire U.S.-based property and casualty insurer Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. for $4.39 billion cash. | Tokio Marine will pay $61.50 per share in cash for ...
Bank of America reports good news The State By The Charlotte Observer | Earnings easily beat analysts' expectations | If the financial industry is pulling out of the credit crisis, then Bank of America is leading the charge. | On Monday, the Charlotte bank that's South Carolina's second-largest handily beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter, posted record revenues, and saw a si...
