WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The Bush administration is insisting "long-term viability" be part of a federal loan for U.S. automakers, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sugar said its had authorized a $1.34 billion agreement to sell 181,000 acres to the state of Florida, a deal now waiting local approval.
OTTAWA, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The Bank of Canada reacted to the global economic crisis Tuesday by lowering its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 1.5 percent.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A prominent New York lawyer with impeccable credentials and a 250-lawyer firm bearing his name has been charged with conducting a $100 million fraud.
LONDON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Industrial production, accounting for 20 percent of Britain's economy, fell sharply in October, the Office for National Statistics said Tuesday.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. company Emrise Corp. has received new orders for its improvised explosive device jamming technologies worth approximately $2 million.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Global employment researchers at Manpower Inc. said Tuesday hiring for the first quarter of 2009 will slow fastest in Singapore, India and Taiwan.
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MOSCOW, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Russian pipeline giant Transneft has lobbied federal agencies for permission to increase its transit rates by about 21 percent for 2009, officials said.
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has renewed a contract with Sikorsky Aerospace Services for continued logistical and engineering support for the Corpus Christi Army Depot.
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Top directors from Russian energy giant Gazprom met Tuesday with Serbian officials to pave the way for the South Stream natural gas pipeline, executives said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Retail sales in the United States fell 0.8 percent in the week ending Dec. 6, the International Council of Shopping Centers-USB reported Tuesday.
TOKYO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Japanese electronics giant Sony said it would react to the economic downturn by cutting 8,000 jobs, a move Sony said would save $1.1 billion a year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Modifying mortgages failed to prevent defaults in more than half of the cases in the first half of the year, a federal regulator said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Conditions attached to the proposed $15 billion in automaker loans put the U.S. government close to the concept of nationalizing the industry, observers said.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Gays will try to heighten the straight community's awareness of their rights and impact on the U.S. economy this week by staging a calling in "gay" to work day.
MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Officials with Russian energy giant Gazprom will brief the European Commission on a row over gas debts with Ukraine that could spill over to European markets.
FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has modified a contract with Argon ST Inc. for the company to continue development of communications intelligence technologies.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted ICx Technologies to lead a sensor systems integration team for the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command.
FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army has contracted Argon ST Inc. for the company to supply its intelligence surveillance reconnaissance technologies.
