Oil markets looking for signs of buble burst - Caspar Star-Tribune
NEW YORK - Oil prices edged modestly higher Friday as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt, at least temporarily, the week's sharp decline in prices. Prices at the pump finally backed away from record highs in the U.S. Given the market's inability to spark a larger rally Friday following ...
Toy maker Mattel's 2nd-quarter profit falls by nearly half on higher costs, lower Barbie sales - Newsday
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) _ Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Friday its second-quarter profit fell by nearly half, hurt by lower global demand for Barbie toys and higher costs, but results still beat Wall Street expectations. El Segundo, Calif.-based Mattel Inc., which makes Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher ...
Poll: McCain backers' excitement lags Obama voters - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON— John McCain is facing an excitement deficit. While overall interest in the presidential campaign has swelled since last fall, backers of Barack Obama are more fired up and express more loyalty to their candidate than McCain's do, a poll by The Associated Press and Yahoo News showed ...
Tomato scare ending fears linger for many people - Miami Herald
WASHINGTON The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll - it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods. An Associated Press-Ipsos poll finds that nearly half of consumers have changed their eating and ...
US, Iraq seek 'general time horizon' on troop cuts - San Francisco Gate
The United States and Iraq have agreed to seek "a general time horizon" for deeper reductions in American combat troops in Iraq despite President Bush's once-inflexible opposition to talking about deadlines and timetables. Iraqi officials, in a sign of growing confidence as violence decreases, have ...
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