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Product Recalls: egg noodles, eggs, dog treats
The following recalls have been announced: ...
Rescue by boomers not on menu for eateries
Aging boomers will eat out less often in next decade, market research firm forecasts, but San Diego restaurateurs disagree. ...
Plane wreckage removed from SF Bay Area lagoon
The wreckage of small plane that crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay and killed the three people on board was recovered Friday. The founder of a local steel company was believed to be among the dead. ...
3-D glasses double for daywear and theater viewing
Marchon 3-D glasses will see for in theaters. Consumers can watch a movie and then use the eyewear as regular sunglasses. But they won't be able to view TV 3-D movies with the glasses. ...
Weakened Earl hits Mass. with wind, rain, surf
The remnants of Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, but its close brush with the Northeast was less intense than feared only hours earlier. ...
Earl becomes tropical storm on way to New England
Earl is weakening on its way toward New England, and the once powerful hurricane is now a tropical storm. ...
Earl weakens to a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph on its...
Earl weakens to a tropical storm with winds of 70 mph on its way toward New England. ...
Report: Blackwater created shell companies
The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, The New York Times reported Friday. ...
Earl threatens Mass. with wind, rain, surf
A weakening but still dangerous Hurricane Earl dumped wind-driven rain on Cape Cod's gray-shingled cottages and fishing villages Friday night, disrupting people's vacations on the unofficial final weekend of the short New England summer. ...
SEC reaches settlement with ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement in its civil lawsuit against former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio. ...
Winds up on Nantucket, Earl now a weak hurricane
The outer bands of Hurricane Earl are beginning to bring wind and waves to Nantucket. ...
Top nuclear officer at San Onofre leaves
Ross Ridenoure, the top official at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has left "in the best interest of the station" and a replacement named. ...
Court throws out 6 million Rocky Flats award
A 6 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons plant was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court. ...
Product Recalls: egg noodles, shell eggs
The following recalls have been announced: ...
Flight with hole in engine also had damaged flaps
Investigators say a mechanical failure that blew a hole in the engine of a Qantas jet headed to Sydney from San Francisco also damaged the wing flaps. ...

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BP Spill Costs Reach Billion
BP said it has spent around billion in response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and expects to resume its relief-well drilling shortly. ...
Roche Launches Cost-Cutting Plan
Faced with austerity programs and health-care reforms around the world, Roche launched a cost-cutting plan that may include job reductions and a revamp of its research-and-development business ...
Campbell's Soup Sales Slip
Campbell Soup quarterly profit rose 64% as the company cut costs, but its soup sales continued to decline despite efforts to attract consumers with more promotions. ...
Texas Probing Google's Searches
Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company. ...
T-Mobile in Talks for New Phone
T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under 0 in the U.S. ...
UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai
A UPS cargo plane crashed Friday evening after takeoff near Dubai, killing two pilots in the package delivery giant's first fatal aircraft accident. ...
TPG Sells Stake in Ping An
TPG sold its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance for .16 billion in the latest example of how the U.S. company is reaping profits from its investments in Asia. ...
Cuomo Probes Cards' School Ties
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide investigation of credit-card companies marketing to college students through schools. ...
Pechter Bids for Value Line Funds
Richard Pechter, a director of Finra and NYSE's regulatory arm, said this week that he made an offer for Value Line's troubled mutual-fund business. ...
Libor Falls as Banks Sit on Cash
A key interest rate on short-term loans between banks is at its lowest level in five months, but the decline may be more a sign of bank caution than an all-clear for the financial markets. ...
Petrobras Seeks Billion
Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras launched the world's largest-ever sale of shares to finance a 4 billion, five-year investment program. ...
Goldman to Close Prop-Trading Unit
Goldman Sachs has decided to close its principal-strategies unit, which does its proprietary trading, in the wake of financial-overhaul regulation passed by Congress. ...
Goldcorp to Buy Andean
Canadian miner Goldcorp said it had reached a deal to buy Andean Resources in a deal that values the gold company at around .42 billion. ...
Toshiba to Launch New Tablet
Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad. ...
BP Provides Lessons Learned From Spill
BP disclosed various lessons and capabilities built from trouble-shooting the big oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. ...