WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday in favor of a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits but President George W. Bush has said he will veto it.
Gazprom has predicted $250 per barrel oil by next year; The Alberta government has launched a $178 million new technology plan; India's Reliance Industries is continuing to expand.
MCLEAN, Va., June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has contracted Science Applications International Corp. to support the battlefield simulation program.
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) -- For more than 90 years, the submarine has been the key strategic weapon of war at sea. Britain was nearly starved into submission by German submarines in both world wars, and Japan was effectively isolated, starved and defeated by U.S. submarines in World War II. So why do 21st century Western navies and their political bosses always devote so little time to anti-submarine warfare?
SEATTLE, June 12 (UPI) -- Seattle-based BlueView Technologies Inc. announced the launch of a new version of its Underwater Vision technologies with dual frequencies.
STRATFORD, Conn., June 12 (UPI) -- With the delivery Wednesday of the 30th UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter, the U.S. Army 4-101 Assault Battalion became the first unit equipped with the aircraft.
PHOENIX, June 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. General Services Administration has contracted BAE Systems for outer tactical vests to protect troops in the Iraq and Afghanistan combat theaters.
U.S. market rally fades Thursday ... Canada to benefit from food price jump ... Smaller packages, same price, mad buyers ... US Airways considers $2 billion 'hole' ... News from United Press International.
MCLEAN, Va., June 12 (UPI) -- Alion Science and Technology has been contracted to support the U.S. Defense Department with total lifecycle systems management.
JERICHO, N.Y., June 12 (UPI) -- U.S. company Northrop Grumman has contracted Griffon Corp. to support the company's Fire Scout program with ground control shelter communications management.
CARLSBAD, Calif., June 12 (UPI) -- The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego has contracted ViaSat Inc. for multifunctional information distribution system terminals.
MOSCOW, June 12 (UPI) -- Gazprom would face economic uncertainty if European gas markets diversified away from Russian natural resources, the chief of the energy giant said Thursday.
PARIS, June 12 (UPI) -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in Paris outstanding issues in the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline need a quick resolution.
BRUSSELS, June 12 (UPI) -- The French natural gas company Gaz de France is the subject of a European Commission inquiry into an alleged conspiracy with German utility E.ON.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 12 (UPI) -- Dutch energy firm Nuon announced a $739 million deal Thursday to acquire the North Sea energy assets of ConocoPhillips.
TRIPOLI, Libya, June 12 (UPI) -- The Italian oil and gas firm Eni and the Libyan National Oil Co. Thursday in Tripoli signed oil and gas renewal contracts for 25 years from January 2008.
NEW YORK, June 12 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rebounded past $136 a barrel Thursday on the New York Mercantile Exchange, gaining half the distance to the record set last Friday.
OTTAWA, June 12 (UPI) -- Canada stands to gain from rising rice and grain prices, and its food trade surplus of $11.2 billion in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported Thursday.
