RENO, Nev., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A leading Canadian gold producer plans to buy Reno, Nev.-based Glamis Gold Ltd. in an $8.6 billion stock deal, the companies said.
DETROIT, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. said its U.S. auto sales rose 3.9 percent in August, making it the only domestic automaker reporting an increase last month. Ford Motor Co. reported a 12 percent drop in U.S. auto sales, while Chrysler said its sales fell 4.2 percent.
MELBOURNE, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An Australian magistrate on Friday sent 11 members of an alleged terror cell to trial following a six-week commitment hearing.
ATHENS, Greece, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The clean-up of an oil spill covering a large swath of Lebanon's coastline is succeeding, but environmentalists warn the damage has not yet been quantified.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Intel Corp. may eliminate 10,000 to 20,000 jobs in a massive layoff that could be announced right after Labor Day weekend, news reports said Friday. The world's largest chipmaker could announce the layoffs as early as Tuesday after the U.S. stock markets
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a backlash from his own party after rejecting demands that he name his departure date at Labor's annual conference.
BERLIN, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been voted the world's most powerful woman by Forbes magazine and she is set to even play a greater role in shaping global p
LONDON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The economies of countries using the euro as their currency grew faster than previously reported, but a slowdown appears ahead, two reports said Friday. The European Community's gross domestic product grew 0.8 percent the first quarter of this year, up fr
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. consumer sentiment declined in August, but improved late in the month as gasoline prices retreated, a university survey said Friday. Consumer sentiment for the latter half of August was 82.0, up from 78.7 early August, the University of Michigan said
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Gateway Inc., the Irvine, Calif.-based personal-computer maker, said Friday it would reject a $450 million offer for its retail business. The Aug. 23 offer by Lap Shun Hui, who sold his eMachines Inc. to Gateway for $262 million in 2004, "is not in the be
NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- New York's The Village Voice has laid off eight people including senior editor Robert Christgau, saying it needs to put more emphasis on writers. Christgau also had been the publication's longtime pop music critic, The New York Times reported.
PARIS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Nortel Networks Corp. is selling part of its cell phone business to French telecommunications giant Alcatel for $320 million, Alcatel said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. senators are to probe the way passengers boarding flights to the United States are screened against immigration and terrorist watch-lists.
TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The nation's manufacturing sector grew in August at a slower rate than in July amid continued pricing pressure, an Arizona-based trade group said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched its annual National Preparedness Month to educate Americans to deal with emergencies.
DALLAS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Dallas-based TXU Corp. said Thursday it plans to file applications for at least six new nuclear power plants as nuclear energy gains traction.
HYANNIS, Mass., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Opponents of a wind farm in waters near Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, Mass., say a new study shows it could have disastrous effects on its beaches.
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BANGKOK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Bombs exploded at 22 banks in southern Thailand Thursday in what authorities believed was a terrorist attempt to damage the local economy.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- India needs to expand power generation six fold over the next 25 years to boost industrial production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Army soldiers have until Oct. 3 to file reimbursement claims for private purchases of protective and safety equipment, including body armor.
