FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Preservationists say Wal-Mart faces a fight over its plans to put a huge store next to the Civil War Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. food price inflation won't retreat in grocery stores until next year, despite current price plunges for agricultural commodities and fuel, experts say.
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will start offering Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G for sale this weekend, signaling a major new retailing partnership, analysts said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Financial woes have delayed or canceled nearly $5 billion in New York City development projects, squelching an important job source, industry experts say.
LONDON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Record post-Christmas Boxing Day shopping crowds enticed by deep price cuts could not dispel the gloom gripping the British retail industry, observers said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Russian ruble fell to a new low against the euro Friday with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warning Russia faces a dangerous time.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Since 2005 Kiev and Moscow have squabbled over Ukraine’s natural gas arrears to Russia. In one of Europe’s most enduring energy sagas, according to Russian natural gas state monopoly Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov, Ukraine has announced that it will pay Moscow $800 million of its outstanding natural gas debt, leaving the remainder for sometime in 2009. Western Europe is nervously watching the dispute, as Russia now provides 44 percent of the European Union's natural gas imports.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices rose Friday to more than $37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in a holiday-shortened trading week.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Friday on a light trading day in which crude oil prices gained in New York.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes rose Friday on a quiet trading day with many Wall Street offices closed for an extended Christmas holiday break.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Russian arms manufacturers delivered two multirole fighter jets to the Indonesian armed forces Friday as part of a $300 million contract, officials said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A challenging retail holiday season went into overtime on the day after Christmas with U.S. retailers slashing prices to attract customers.
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LONDON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Retailers in Britain are bracing for what some say could be the biggest Boxing Day sales event ever, with discounts up to 90 percent to lure in customers.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A market regulator in Russia slapped fines on state-owned oil major Rosneft and crude producer LUKoil for violating antitrust measures.
DETROIT, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A loan stipulation calling for U.S. automakers to pay half of retiree healthcare costs with company stock carries high risks, a labor expert said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- A committee for a gas cartel indoctrinated in Moscow says it is unlikely pricing mechanisms for natural gas will decouple from crude oil prices.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Profiteering mortgage consulting businesses have raised concerns among consumer advocates and U.S. bankers who say their services are often free.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials will travel to Iran Monday to persuade officials there Islamabad should acquire the New Delhi share in the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Russian energy monopoly Gazprom agreed to a deal with Turkmenistan for greater control over a Central Asian gas pipeline, a statement said.
MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iran and Russia held a ministerial-level meeting in Moscow on bilateral ties in the energy sector that involved energy giant Gazprom.
Actor and comedian Andy Samberg (L) makes out with Harvard College senior Matthew DaSilva (R) before his speech at the 2012 Harvard College Class Day Excercises in Tercentenary Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 23, 2012. UPI/Matthew Healey
