Congress mulls limits on oil speculators - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Fed up with soaring oil prices and a chorus of people blaming Wall Street speculators, Congress is considering a host of rules aimed at limiting the inflow of investor money into oil contracts. But oil traders urge caution
Chase turns sour for lemonade stand robber - Salon
A young girl whose lemonade stand was robbed of $17.50 chased the suspect into a nearby home and called police, who spent nearly an hour trying to coax the man into surrendering. “The guy came up and was, like, ‘Give me your money,’” said Dominique
Hershey to meet Mars challenge with marketing - Philadelphia Inquirer
Faced with competing against a combined Mars-Wrigley, Pennsylvania-based candymaker Hershey Co. said this day it will pour money into marketing its biggest brands to invigorate stagnant sales in the slow-growing U.S. market. However, the president and
List of highest-paid CEOs in 2007 - MSN MoneyCentral
CBS Class B Ord Shs ( CBS ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist (AP) - The 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2007 at Standard & Poor’s 500 companies based on calculations by The Associated Press. The total pay figures are rounded, and are based on
Judge tosses former NYC gossip columnist’s suit - MSN MoneyCentral
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has dismissed New York Post gossip columnist Jared Paul Stern’s defamation lawsuit against the Daily News, supermarket mogul Ron Burkle, and Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Stern denied Burkle’s claim that he’d demanded money
Correction: Election Commission story - Newsday
In a June 15 story about the Election Assistance Commission, The Associated Press erroneously reported the agency’s current operating budget. That figure is $16.5 million, not $115 million. The bigger figure represents money appropriated by Congress
Bush says funds available for Midwest floods - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Tuesday stated there was enough money in a government relief fund to handle the flooding disaster in the Midwest and he planned to go to Iowa this week to review the damage. On his first day back from
Delaware coffers boosted by unexpected windfall - MSN MoneyCentral
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Lawmakers struggling to fashion Delaware’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year are facing the kind of challenge they likely would enjoy facing more often: What to do with a $63 million windfall. Finance officials were so surprised
Stocks turn lower - CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Stocks weakened Tuesday afternoon after a bigger-than-expected jump in wholesale inflation revived worries about pricing pressure in an already troubled economy. The inflation report overshadowed any relief that earnings
High fuel costs hurt charter, commercial fishing - Houston Chronicle
ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Down here in the so-called “Sportfishing Capital of the World,” there’s a saying among anglers: Even during a depression, a man has money for beer and fishing. Rising fuel costs and general economic malaise, however, are putting
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