Investors' focus shifts to 2Q earnings reports
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors, whose optimism was recently shaken by surprisingly weak economic data, are now hoping companies can provide some clues about a recovery....
FDA warns against use of Hardcore, New Whey drinks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy two types of energy drinks packaged in test-tube like vials, saying that utility knife blades were found in two vials in an apparent case of tampering....
Chrysler names remaining directors to new board
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- Chrysler Group LLC on Sunday announced the remaining members of its new board of directors, a group that includes a former CEO of Northwest Airlines, investment bankers and top officials of the Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA....
Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages
States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that prohibit or strictly limit the practice, an Associated Press analysis has found....
States digging deep to monitor water
KINGSTON, N.H. (AP) -- About a quarter mile into dense woods, geologists watch as a drilling rig twists a shaft deep into the granite bedrock of southeastern New Hampshire. They are searching for water - not to drink - but to watch....
As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes'
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town....
Downturn dating: Hearts flutter as markets stutter
CHICAGO (AP) -- Credit the recession for "staycations" and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates....
Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists....
China won't press for new global currency at G8
BEIJING (AP) -- China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat said, as President Hu Jintao left Sunday for Italy....
Iconic skyscrapers find new luster by going green
NEW YORK (AP) -- When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants....
Car dealer fights Chrysler over franchise
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) -- A poster in Jim Tarbox's office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: "Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph."...
Schwarzenegger legacy entwined with fiscal crisis
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California voters gave Arnold Schwarzenegger a single, blockbuster-sized mission when they sent him to Sacramento six years ago in an unprecedented election: Fix California's chaotic budget system, once and for all....
Europe's free, state-run health care has drawbacks
LONDON (AP) -- As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given....
Calif. bullet train hits criticism on SF Peninsula
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) -- Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and the Los Angeles area....
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