Warm and windy in the southern Plains; Snow heads for Chicago - The Weather Guys - USATODAY.com
Warm and windy in the southern Plains; Snow heads for Chicago Warm and windy in the southern Plains; Snow heads for Chicago Weather_focus Wind comes sweeping down the Plains -- The formation of a lee-side low over eastern Colorado will bring warm, breezy conditions to parts of the southern Plains, especially over West Texas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. With the warm and windy conditions, fire ...
Murdoch biographer: MySpace is for '(expletive) cretins' | The Social - CNET News
by eagledrc December 2, 2008 6:13 AM PST, Murdoch biographer: MySpace is for '(expletive) cretins' Michael Wolff, whose new, lascivious Rupert Murdoch bio The Man Who Owns The News has taken the New York media industry by storm, stirred up some social-networking class warfare in an interview Monday with BusinessWeek's Jon Fine. "If you're on MySpace now, you're a ...
Oil Futures Trade Little Changed Below $50 a Barrel - FOXBusiness.com
NEW YORK -- Crude-oil futures traded little changed below 0 a barrel early Tuesday, after tumbling more than 9% in the previous session. Crude oil for January delivery gained 12 cents to 9.41 a barrel in electronic trading on Globex. Earlier, the contract hit an intraday low of 7.36 a barrel. ...
Gold Rises As Dollar Weakens - FOXBusiness.com
NEW YORK -- Gold futures rose early Tuesday, following the previous session's big losses, as the falling U.S. dollar reduced the metal's appeal as an alternative investment. Gold for February delivery, the most active contract, rose .50, or 0.2%, to 78.30 an ounce in early electronic trading. December gold, the front-month contract, also rose 0.2% to 76 an ounce. The precious metal ...
Walgreens Nov. Same-store Sales Slip - FOXBusiness.com
NEW YORK -- Walgreens said Tuesday its November sales at stores open at least one year fell 0.9%, and front-end same-store sales also fell 0.9%. Total sales rose 3.7% to .96 billion, the drugstore operator said. Black Friday and the following weekend saw stronger consumer traffic than a year ago, Walgreens said, but fewer items were purchased per transaction. Transactions on a same-store basis ...
UAL To Raise $300 Mln Cash From Asset Sales Refinancing - FOXBusiness.com
NEW YORK -- UAL Corp. said Tuesday it expects to raise about 00 million in cash during the fourth quarter, which includes a 50 million benefit from refinancing expected to close before the end of the year, according to Chief Financial Officer Kathryn Mikells. UAL, parent of United Airlines, is raising cash to get through the slow winter months and to offset an economic downturn. The Chicago ...
British Airways in Talks With Qantas - NYTimes.com
By DAVID JOLLY and CAROLINE BROTHERS, PARIS -- British Airways surprised Iberia and American Airlines, with which it is in partnership talks, with news Tuesday that it was also discussing a merger with the Australian carrier Qantas. Airlines around the globe are merging or forging partnerships as a weakening economy slackens demand and oil price volatility saps profit. On Monday, Ryanair made a ...
AFP: Israeli minister urges patience over Mideast peace talks
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni urged the international community to allow Israel and the Palestinians to pursue peace talks at their own pace, warning that deadlines could be counterproductive. "The eagerness of the international community can lead to a failure that nobody can afford," Livni told the European parliament's foreign affairs committee in ...
The Press Association: Top Hollywood award honours Jackson
Samuel L Jackson was honoured with the American Cinematheque Award Samuel L Jackson has received the prestigious American Cinematheque Award for his contribution to the movie world. The actor's celebrity mates Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone and George Lucas joined the Pulp Fiction star for the glitzy bash held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But the stars weren't wasting time hanging ...
AFP: British Airways 'exploring merger' with Qantas
A British Airways plane sits parked on the runway at the London Heathrow's Terminal 5 LONDON (AFP) -- British Airways said on Tuesday that it was "exploring a potential merger" with Australian rival Qantas Airways. "In response to recent media speculation, British Airways Plc confirms that it is exploring a potential merger with Qantas Airways Limited via a dual-listed ...
The Press Association: RBS may refund overdraft charges
The Royal Bank of Scotland will "pro-actively" refund unauthorised overdraft charges if it loses the current High Court test case. An internal document, which was seen by the BBC, reveals that the bank is drawing up contingency plans in case the current legal proceedings go against it. In it the group acknowledges that if it loses the case, it may have to refund past charges, which ...
AFP: Niger 'mercenaries' held over riots in Nigeria: official
The Nigerian town of Jos lies between the Muslim north and Christian south Niger 'mercenaries' held over riots in Nigeria: official JOS, Nigeria (AFP) -- Authorities in a Nigerian state rocked by sectarian clashes that left hundreds dead at the weekend announced the arrest on Tuesday of 16 "mercenaries" from neighbouring Niger. Nuhu Gagara, commissioner of information in the ...
British Airways in merger talks with Qantas | Deals | Reuters
By Dan Lalor, LONDON (Reuters) - the companies said, signaling further consolidation in an industry desperate to cut costs in the global economic downturn. Shares in British Airways surged as much as 17.5 percent after the airline said it was exploring a potential tie-up with fellow OneWorld alliance member Qantas in which it used to own a 25 percent stake BA, whose market value of 1.8 billion ...
The Press Association: Ayr falls to freeze
Wednesday's meeting at Ayr has been abandoned as the track is frozen in places, while Catterick faces an inspection. Ayr clerk of the course Katherine Self called a 1pm inspection due to the threat of further frost and with the situation showing no signs of improvement, she took the decision to call off the card early. "We're still frozen in places, unfortunately, and the showers ...
By Steve Matthews and Timothy R. Homan, Broadcom's Manian Didn't Earn Degrees Claimed on Web Site, UC Irvine Says o China Is `Heart of Global Slowdown' as Property Slump Stalls Driver of GDP U.S. May Be in for `Great Recession,' Longest Postwar (Update1) "We're looking at some pretty severe numbers for the fourth quarter, and the first quarter of 2009 ...
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq - USATODAY.com
Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin known as "Chemical Ali," listens as a special Iraqi court sentenced him to death on Tuesday in Baghdad after convicting him of crimes against humanity while crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq. Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin known as "Chemical Ali," listens as a special ...