KOFU, Japan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Fujiaqua Co., a mineral water producer in Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, has been operating for eight years without a proper license, a report says.
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- This holiday season, Britain saw a major increase in goods being bought online as shoppers turned away from crowded retail stores.
DETROIT, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Detroit-based Ford Motor Co. says the Ford Interceptor will be one of the new cars at the North American International Auto Show.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging early Saturday morning. Few Iraqis will shed any tears for him, or for his half-brother, who was executed a few minutes a
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Chic clothier Yellow Rat Bastard cheated its workers of pay and retaliated against them if they complained, New York's attorney general alleges in a lawsuit.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Gas talks between Gazprom and Belarus aren't expected to proceed until a top Belarusian official travels to Moscow, the Russian energy monopoly said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Pet care is booming across the United States, as more careers open up for nurses, groomers and masseuses for Fido, Fifi, Tramp and Taffy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Crude oil and gasoline futures staged a late-day rally in New York Friday to end the year and begin a four-day weekend with the price of oil above $61 a barrel.
MUMBAI, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- British cell phone operator Vodafone has submitted a bid of $17 billion to $18 billion for India's Hutchison Essar cell phone company.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Costs of caring for elderly parents in the United States is zapping the savings of their children, who compromise their own retirement to provide care.
BEIJING, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- China's tourism boom made money for businesses that secured access to centuries-old landmarks and government officials, but not residents, observers said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The emphasis on ethanol this year has seen it promoted as everything from a panacea for U.S. reliance on foreign oil to the fuel that will bring back jobs to th
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. nuclear power industry ends 2006 optimistic as what has been dubbed a "nuclear renaissance" is on the horizon and applications for the first new nuclea
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Power tariff in India may go up as the government has decided to revise coal royalty rates, shifting from present specific rate to ad Valorum system.
RASNODAR, Russia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Drilling began Thursday at the first prospective oil well on the Sea of Azov shelf, the Priazovneft Company announced.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- California-based Tri-Valley Corp. announced its drilling subsidiary, Great Valley Drilling Company, LLC, purchased a a new drill for drilling geothermal wells.
BEIJING, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- China Guodian Corp. announced it has agreed to invest $2.81 billion with its partner to build a coal mine and power plant in the northeastern province of Heilon
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India's Petroleum Ministry says it has proposed zero customs duty on capital goods imported for new refineries and their expansions.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Tanzania Electric Supply Co. announced Thursday that hydropower would be the main source of electricity and rations would be lifted in the new year.
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An engineering professor at Oregon State University has helped to design a miniature wind turbine that is better suited for powering buildings in more populated
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
