ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The United Launch Alliance announced it has contracted St. Louis-based LaBarge Inc. to supply complex wire harnesses for the Atlas V launch vehicle.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Greece buys IFVs from Russia; Weak dollar causes Airbus, Dassault to flee eurozone; Libya spends $14.7 billion on French goods; Bidding for Galileo opened up; New Nimrod costs rise further
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- New York-based Ultralife Batteries Inc. announced it has been contracted to supply a U.S. defense contractor with advanced communications systems.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Minnesota-based Ballistic Recovery Systems announced plans to realign its senior management in response to recent strong growth figures.
GERMANTOWN, Md., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Maryland-based Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. announced it has received certification to track and monitor hazardous cargo shipments.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Russia's ability to sell vast quantities of weapons systems is rooted in the military experience and consequent design experience of its arms industry.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. insurance brokerage Aon Corp. said Monday it would sell two units for a combined $2.75 billion and use the proceeds to buy back shares.
GREENSBORO, N.C., Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Loews Corp. said Monday it would spinoff its interest in No. 3 U.S. tobacco company Lorillard Tobacco Co. into a separate publicly traded business.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Recent U.S. tactical successes in Iraq have led some to assume that we are now "winning the war," but the tactical successes must first be operationalized.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Diversified industrial firm Ingersoll-Rand Co. said Monday it would buy U.S. heating, ventilating and air-conditioning giant Trane Inc. for $10.1 billion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Infantino-brand lion baby teethers because of a choking hazard.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Valucraft-brand booster cables made in China due to a safety hazard.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Boring fashions and tight budgets have led to a decline in retail sales of women's clothing, boding ill for the retail industry, reports said Sunday.
LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is expected to raise prices amid what it called challenging conditions in the wholesale gas markets.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Directors of the Chicago-based Sun-Times Media Group Inc. have approved a plan to reduce the company's operating costs by $50 million in 2008.
Nintendo to offer Wii rain checks ... White House threatens farm bill veto ... Drop in U.S. dollar draws foreign tourists ... Economist: Relax Basel banking rules ... News from United Press International.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Nintendo plans to issue tens of thousands of rain checks to appease Christmas shoppers who want the sold-out Wii video game console.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The White House is threatening to veto a $286 billion bill that would authorize significant new spending for U.S. agriculture programs.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The weak U.S. dollar has many Europeans looking at the United States as a cheap place to spend their holiday money and load up on material goods.
LONDON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- A leading British economist is calling for a suspension of the Basel banking rules that influence financial systems worldwide.
Musician Taylor Swift holds her award that she won for Woman of the Year at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 20, 2012. UPI/Jim Ruymen
