LONDON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- British manufacturers are retreating from a trend of foreign outsourcing by bringing production back home to improve quality, private researchers said.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- International oil majors are gobbling up formal contracts with the Iraqi government to develop some of the country's largest oil fields.
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- An oil and gas trade group in New York complained to state officials they need to work to expand exploration of natural gas locked in Marcellus shale deposits.
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The Kazakh government announced it was attempting to secure a stake in the massive Karachaganak oil and gas field amid tax disputes with consortium members.
HONG KONG, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The China National Offshore Oil Corp. announced Wednesday two oil and gas fields in Bohai Bay near North Korea started production ahead of schedule.
JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Michigan environmental regulators cleared a hurdle for state utility Consumers Energy to build a new so-called clean coal plant in the state's eastern region.
BERLIN, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Construction of the Nord Steam natural gas pipeline is on schedule following an approval by German environmental officials, directors said.
TEHRAN, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heads to Turkmenistan on Jan. 6 to launch a second natural gas pipeline between the countries, officials said.
U.S. markets mixed early Wednesday ... Old e-mails show AIG's tension rising ... Laid off executives see everyday struggles ... More hiring forecast by Canadian managers ... News from United Press International.
IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. technology giant Broadcom Corp. said it had agreed to pay $160.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit over backdated stock options.
BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Southeastern Europe's proposed natural gas pipeline moved a step closer to reality after the Romanian president signed a decree allowing parliament to ratify construction.
TORONTO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- About one-third of 255 Canadian hiring managers expect to increase hiring in 2010, a survey published Wednesday in Toronto indicated.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A number of U.S. executives find themselves in the same boat as many in the recession: Out of work and struggling with hard changes, figures show.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- In-house e-mails at U.S. insurance giant American International Group show rising tension over the derivatives market that began to unravel in 2007.
If the centerpiece of the U.S. economy is jobs, the centerpiece of commerce is housing and home prices fell flat in October, a closely watched index said.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Argentina's record crops of soybean have caused dismay among corn and sunflower growers who see the government's emphasis on lucrative soybean exports as a potential blow to their agricultural crops, essential to food security.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Raytheon, the world's largest missile maker, has won a $1.1 billion order from Taiwan for new Patriot missile systems.
Modest market gains slide away Tuesday ... 10,000 tasks later, Delta merger complete ... Morgan Stanley to alter bonus pay policy ... Russia, Ukraine, again worry Europe on oil ... News from United Press International.
DENVER, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. telecommunications firm Qwest said it would cancel pension death benefits for its retirees to maintain other pension benefits for former workers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Modest early-day market gains evaporated in New York Tuesday, despite a small boost in consumer confidence announced by the Conference Board
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Quality and billing among U.S. legal firms is in flux due, in part, to the recession and attorneys finding themselves out of work, evidence shows.
ATLANTA, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman said a review of the merger between Delta and Northwest Airlines was ready for an official stamp of approval.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. revealed that it issued 34 cease and desist orders in November to U.S. banks out of 51 enforcement actions.
Women wait in line to vote at a polling station in Cairo, Egypt on May 24, 2012. Egyptians, choosing their leader freely for the first time in history, voted for a second day on Thursday in an election that is the fruit of last year's popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa
