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- Oil spill mars UC Berkeley's BP-funded research (AP)
BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists on the famously liberal campus demanding a severing of ties.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:00:44 GMT
- Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher (AP)
Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:02:37 GMT
- China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's (AP)
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:39:01 GMT
- Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)
Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:45:45 GMT
- Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill (AP)
President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:44:14 GMT
- ICICI Bank profit up 17 percent on better loans (AP)
ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, said quarterly profit rose 17 percent as it cut costs and eliminated bad loans amid revived credit demand in India's growing economy.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:18:36 GMT
- Suit blames Mets owners for Madoff-related losses (AP)
The owners of the New York Mets should be held accountable for letting their workers put more than $16 million in 401 assets into accounts controlled by jailed financier Bernard Madoff, a widow said in a lawsuit filed Friday.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:44:59 GMT
- TransCanada: 'Multiple bids' for Alaska gas line (AP)
TransCanada Corp. has received multiple bids from "major industry players and others" that want to use its proposed pipeline to transport natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to market, a company official said Friday.
Published: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:48:31 GMT
- Chrysler to add 900 jobs to midsize-car plant (AP)
Chrysler Group LLC said Friday that it will add nearly 900 jobs at a factory in suburban Detroit and spare it from a planned closure. The decision is a show of optimism that consumers will embrace the company's refurbished midsize sedans.
Published: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:41:10 GMT
- Chevron 2Q income triples on higher energy prices (AP)
Chevron's second-quarter earnings tripled on better refining margins and higher prices for oil and natural gas, the company said Friday.
Published: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:16:46 GMT
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