http:///262/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Ledger-Enquirer.com en-us Copyright 2008 Ledger-Enquirer.com AP Business 60 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:50:14 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Ledger-Enquirer.com http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365004.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365004.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:48 EDT Brewer InBev turned up the heat in its hostile, $46 billion bid for Anheuser-Busch, announcing Monday that it will attempt to remove the company's entire board. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365086.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365086.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:48 EDT Stocks advanced Monday as investors showed their relief over falling oil prices and waited for the arrival of second-quarter corporate earnings this week. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365032.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365032.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:58 EDT A stronger dollar and signs that tensions were easing in the Middle East sent benchmark crude prices tumbling more than $4 Monday. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365089.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365089.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:58 EDT Fresenius SE said Monday it has agreed to buy U.S. generic drug maker APP Pharmaceuticals for $3.7 billion in cash in a deal that will give the German health care company more opportunities in the North American market for drugs administered intravenously. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364949.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364949.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT The Coca-Cola Co., the world's largest beverage maker, has agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed company officials misrepresented or omitted information in public statements, causing the company's stock price to be inflated. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365123.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365123.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364616.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364616.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:16 EDT Aid for Africa - and whether enough was coming from the world's major economic powers - was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations met with seven African leaders at its annual summit. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364606.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364606.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny issues like missile defense are in a holding pattern until a new U.S. president takes office. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365106.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365106.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:40 EDT EMI Group has recruited an executive from a household products company to head its recorded music division, whose artists include The Rolling Stones and Norah Jones, as its new private equity owner continues to reach outside the music world for management talent. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364701.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364701.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:31 EDT For a vivid insight into the clash of old and new in China, follow the bicycle. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365095.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/365095.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:31 EDT China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s oil-services company said Monday it will offer about $2.5 billion for Norway's Awilco Offshore ASA. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364995.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364995.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:15 EDT The buzz around Marshall University this week will be about the importance of honeybees. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364961.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364961.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:05 EDT Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro? http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364576.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364576.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT Things in the U.S. sure are tough. Brother, can you spare a euro? http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364752.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364752.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364626.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364626.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:04 EDT During a bustling lunch hour in this Welsh commuter town, 25-year-old Richard Williams is one of the few who pause to look at properties for sale in a real-estate agent's window - and he isn't buying. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364718.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364718.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:34 EDT Communities and child health advocates around the country had pinned their hopes on Rhode Island prevailing in its landmark lawsuit against the lead paint industry. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364717.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364717.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:29 EDT Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may be cleared by federal regulators this month, and it can't happen fast enough for XM. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364716.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364716.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:08 EDT Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week - second-quarter corporate results. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364670.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364670.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:41 EDT OPEC chief Chakib Khelil says the world's surging oil prices are not likely to fall. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364627.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364627.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:19 EDT China's premier called for continued vigilance against inflation that has reached 12-year highs, saying the government should ensure that price increases are "acceptable," a state-run news agency reported Sunday. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364005.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364005.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:49 EDT President Bush spoke out Sunday on the Beijing Olympics and North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens, two sensitive issues in Asia, before turning attention to global talks on the Earth's rising temperature and oil prices. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364486.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364486.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:54 EDT South Korea will limit vehicle operations by public servants as part of an energy-saving campaign. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364004.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364004.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:44 EDT Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364088.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/364088.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:10 EDT Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363556.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363556.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:04 EDT Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363330.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363330.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:29 EDT Nine people, including a prominent executive who fled to France in an attempt to elude justice, were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collapse of New York-based commodities brokerage Refco Inc. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363455.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363455.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:29 EDT BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, said Friday it has agreed on terms of a $35 billion sale to a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in the biggest leveraged buyout ever. The deal is expected to be completed by mid-December. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363684.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363684.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:24 EDT France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363931.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/262/story/363931.html Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:24 EDT Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery.