DAYVILLE, Conn., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- International gas company BG Group announced it has agreed to purchase a Connecticut power plant, its second recent buy into the New England market.
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. nuclear regulators have issued a Georgia nuclear plant with a $104,000 fine for losing highly radioactive parts of fuel rods.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- India has announced a gas pipeline and city gas-distribution policy inviting private participation and allowing companies to have a time-bound monopoly to sell
The past year has seen landmark legislative support for solar in the United States; testing on the world's largest solar dish in Israel; and the announcement of
DETROIT, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Chrysler said Friday it has struck a deal with a Chinese automaker to build small cars for Chrysler that will be sold worldwide, including the United States.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. insurance giant MetLife Inc. has agreed to pay $19 million to end an investigation into its group insurance business, New York's attorney general said.
CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Apple Computer Inc. told the U.S. government Friday it exonerated Chief Executive Steven Jobs of any wrongdoing in a stock options backdating probe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- AT&T Inc. Friday won U.S. approval to complete an $85 billion takeover of BellSouth Corp. after it made a series of consumer-friendly concessions.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes fell in the year's final day of trading Friday, but the Dow Jones industrial average still finished its best year since 2003.
AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. union workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. have voted to end a 12-week strike, ratifying a contract that will save the tire maker as much as $610 million.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The agency that would process millions of applications from new guest workers under immigration reform proposals is crippled by antiquated technology.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Reports from Baghdad citing U.S. officials say that Saddam's execution could take place within the next few days, if true, the timing could not be worse.
MILAN, Italy, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Italian government Friday invited bids to purchase as much as 49.9 percent of ailing Alitalia, the country's flagship carrier.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Gibraltar's PartyGaming online poker company has agreed to buy two gambling Web sites to replace revenue lost when it was forced to stop accepting U.S. wagers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- An influential left-of-center think tank says Democrats should demand new Congressional authorization before any additional U.S. troops are sent to Iraq.
Capt. Myron L. Donald looks smilingly at this wife on March 17, 1973 at March Air Force base in California, after he placed a lei around her neck as he deplaned following flight from Clark Air Force base. The former POW from Tucson, Arizona, was held by the North Vietnamese for over five years. (UPI Photo/Files)
