PRINCETON, N.J., June 25 (UPI) -- Respondents to a Gallup survey on the U.S. economy indicated levels of pessimism unseen for 17 years, the research group said.
WAYNE, N.J., June 25 (UPI) -- Oil and rubber price hikes are sending tire prices higher in the United States, creating consumer hesitation in the tire market, industry observers said.
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 25 (UPI) -- An Arizona research firm says selling in-flight wireless Internet access could add as much as $1 billion annually to airline coffers by 2012.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- New home sales in the United States dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 512,000, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Jardine cribs due to a strangulation and entrapment hazard.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Nordstrom girls' sandals due to a choking hazard.
U.S. markets edge up Wednesday ... U.S. rebates redirected to pay debts ... Canada running $28.1 billion surplus ... Energy prices erode appeal of country life ... News from United Press International.
OTTAWA, June 25 (UPI) -- Canada's economy ended the fiscal year in March with a $28.1 billion surplus, the Statistics Canada agency reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. crude oil inventories rose slightly last week, ending five straight weeks of declines, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday.
MIAMI, June 25 (UPI) -- One eastern Bolivian province took another step toward self-governance this week, as voters overwhelmingly supported greater autonomy from the central government, drawing a further divide in a poor South American country over the gas issue.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The volume of applications for U.S. mortgages decreased by a seasonally adjusted 9.3 percent in the week ending June 10, an industry group said.
MOSCOW, June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in his recent address to officers at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia that Russia was focused on strengthening its nuclear capabilities rather than building up its regular armed forces, which makes maintaining the U.S. nuclear arsenal increasingly important.
HONG KONG, June 25 (UPI) -- The JH-7A fighter-bombers of China's No. 5 Attacker Division deployed on the Shandong Peninsula theoretically could cover all the U.S. military bases in Korea and the Taiwan Strait.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Almost 2 million tax rebate checks from the U.S. government were used by recipients to cover child support, back taxes and student loans, the government said.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's selected the Science Applications International Corp. to provide independent analysis and evaluation services.
NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Internet ad-blocking programs, like Adblock Plus developed in Germany, are growing in popularity and could undermine many Web sites, experts said.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Miracle Recreation tire swings due to a fall hazard.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 25 (UPI) -- Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said she would sue the nation's largest mortgage lender for overselling risky loans.
TOKYO, June 25 (UPI) -- Japan's trade surplus in May fell to about $3.4 billion, down 7.6 percent from May of last year, due to higher imports, the Finance Ministry said Wednesday.
STURGEON BAY, Wis., June 24 (UPI) -- Door County in Wisconsin has lost almost its entire cherry crop this year because of a drought last summer and wild temperature swings and rain in January.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 24 (UPI) -- The economics of corn, tied to oil and food, also may be tied to record losses in some U.S. farm areas in 2008, a Purdue University agricultural economist says.
CHICAGO, June 24 (UPI) -- Grain trading was mixed Tuesday with export announcements propping up corn and soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade.
