County gasoline price hits new record San Diego SAN DIEGO - The rising price of crude oil pushed the cost of a gallon of gasoline in San Diego County to a record high Friday, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported. | The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in San Diego County is now $3.965 - 2.7 cents mo...
Bush in Saudi Arabia for Nuclear Deal Voa News | U.S. President George Bush is in Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Washington and Riyadh. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the two leaders are expected to reach agreement on civilian nuclear technology. | Pres...
Dark side of beach paradise NZ Herald | It is a year now since the town of La Jolla, a surfers' paradise north of San Diego, has struggled with karma lost. The sun still catches the plumed crests of the waves as they roll toward the beaches of Windansea and Bird Rock and the bleached hai...
Coal region county mulls unthinkable: switch to gas Penn Live 5/16/2008, 1:48 p.m. EDT> The Associated Press | POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Hard coal built this area of eastern Pennsylvania into an economic powerhouse in the 1800s and early 1900s, and helped fuel the nation's industrial revolution. Even to...
Houston-area unemployment rate lowest since 2000 Houston Chronicle TOOLS | A spike in the number of Houstonians who found jobs last month pushed the local unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly eight years. | The local unemployment rate was 3.8 percent for April, the lowest since December 2000 when it was 3...
India ask US, EU to show leadership in Doha talks The Times Of India | NEW DELHI: India on Friday said the multilateral negotiations on Doha Round are poised at a delicate stage and their conclusion will depend on the beneficiaries of the previous W...
In South Korea, US reaffirms safety of its beef Kansas City Star Ahn Young-joon U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez arrives to hold his press conference at a hotel in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 16, 2008. | A top U.S. trade offici...
Rice price dives as US and Japan set to unlock grain pact The Times div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Rice prices nosedived today as Japan moved closer to unlocking its massive hidden surplus and...
Cape Wind CEO: Common sense will prevail in wind turbine campaign Business Journal > Gordon to keynote Boston Business Journal's Green Business Summit [Boston] New Mass. wind plans aloft [Boston] Wind-power company gets nod for Cape test tower [Boston] | The developer looking to build the area's largest offshore wind project -- a p...
Jobless rate down slightly in April Business Journal > | The state's unemployment rate dropped slightly in April to 4 percent from 4.1 percent in March, but the rate is still higher than the much lower 3.7 percent recorded in February and 3.3 percent in January. | Alabama still reported a better jobles...
Daniel Corp. selected to oversee Metlife offices in Atlanta Business Journal > Microsoft to add jobs in Birmingham, expand on U.S. 280 [Birmingham] Daniel Corp. completes first phase of $540M project in south Alabama [Birmingham] Luxury licks and lures [Atlanta] | Daniel Corp. was tapped to manage and lease a nearly 900,000-s...
Petronas' Labuan methanol plant commissioned The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd's subsidiary, Petronas Methanol (Labuan) Sdn Bhd had commissioned its mega methanol plant in Labuan with the firing up of the package boiler, the biggest in Asia. | Petronas said Friday the commissioning would enable the plant's eventual commercial production scheduled for September this year. | The boiler, wi...
Why high oil prices are not squeezing us more The Times div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | IT is hard to keep up with the price of oil. No sooner have we got used to $100 a barrel than it is in the $120s. Will the price rise to $150, $200 or even $300 a barrel? How far can it rise without doing severe damage to the world economy? | A few days ago Arjun...
