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Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks

The Associated Press | Today at 6:21 a.m.

An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices.

  • Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit

    By JAN OLSEN, Associated Press Writer | Today at 6:02 a.m.

    A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations.

  • Senate vote under way on 1st test of health care

    The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 7:07 p.m.

    The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill.

  • Russia president criticizes ruling party over vote

    By IRINA TITOVA, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 21 at 7:51 a.m.

    Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to win fairly.

  • More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

    By NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer | Today at 3:12 a.m.

    The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club.

  • LyondellBasell gets buyout offer from Reliance

    The Associated Press | Nov. 21 at 11:17 a.m.

    LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

  • Comparison of Democratic health care bills

    By ERICA WERNER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writers | Nov. 21 at 1:07 p.m.

    A comparison of the health care bills before Congress:

  • Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle

    By DAVID ESPO, The Associated Press | Today at 4:52 a.m.

    A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.

  • Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

    By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 21 at 7:22 p.m.

    President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

  • Hawaii anxiously watching year-end tuna supply

    By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 21 at 11:07 a.m.

    On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This year, the long tradition may get a little more difficult to observe.

  • EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

    By SCOTT SONNER, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 21 at 5:37 p.m.

    Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.

  • Global Defense Technology shares little changed

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 10:42 a.m.

    Global Defense Technology & Systems shares were little changed after its initial public offering priced below expectations.

  • Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

    By STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writers | Nov. 20 at 5:27 p.m.

    Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.

  • California unemployment rate hits 12.5 percent

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 12:07 p.m.

    California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.

  • Publisher says buyer emerges for Ariz. paper

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 7:17 p.m.

    The publisher of the East Valley Tribune in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa said Friday that a buyer has made an offer that would keep the paper and its Web site in business.

  • Free clinics tied to health care debate

    By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 3:52 a.m.

    A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.

  • Trichet: time to withdraw some support measures

    By MICHAEL BAUER and GEORGE FREY, AP Business Writers | Nov. 20 at 9:07 a.m.

    Although it is too early to say the crisis is over, it is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit crunch, the European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday.

  • Global Cash Access agrees to pay $1M in settlement

    The Associated Press | Nov. 20 at 12:27 p.m.

    Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., which provides cash access services at casinos, has agreed to pay $1 million in a settlement after Arizona authorities initially refused to renew the company's certification in the state.

  • P&G says it's still interested in acquisitions

    By DAN SEWELL, AP Business Writer | Nov. 20 at 2:27 p.m.

    Procter & Gamble Co. is still interested in buying, and says size doesn't matter.

  • Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice

    By STEVEN K. PAULSON, Associated Press Writer | Nov. 20 at 3:21 p.m.

    At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.

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