ROSELAND, N.J., Oct. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. private-sector employment rose by 166,000 jobs in September, significantly short of the consensus forecast, Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday.
PARIS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- French energy company GDF Suez said Wednesday it signed a 15-year contract in Uruguay to build and operate a liquefied natural gas processing plant.
SUCRE, Bolivia, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Spanish energy company Repsol said it completed an expansion project at the Margarita gas processing plant in southern Bolivia.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it started producing oil from the second phase of a deep-water complex off the coast of Brazil.
BEAUMONT, Texas, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A division of Koch Industries said operations at its first liquefied natural gas production facility in the Eagle Ford shale play in Texas will start in 2015.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Oil production gains from the United States won't displace Middle East producers from the market, chief energy leaders said in London.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Investing portions of Scotland's oil and natural gas wealth will help ensure a vibrant economy is realized during independence, the government said Wednesday.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Swedish energy company Lundin Petroleum said Wednesday oil was flowing from its Gohta oil prospect off the coast of Norway in the Barents Sea.
HOUSTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. Energy Department decision to grant liquefied natural gas exports from Lake Charles, La., means project planning can begin, companies said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Working with Mexico on offshore oil would ensure energy security for North America though may come with environmental risks, U.S. senators heard.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A $1.9 million settlement with a Chinese manufacturer accused of abusing U.S. energy conservation standards as among the largest on record, the government said.
DALLAS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Texas has pulled out of a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block the planned American Airlines-US Airways merger, the state's attorney general said.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- IKEA stores in Britain this week began selling rooftop solar panel systems, giving the industry a boost after rounds of feed-in tariff cuts and freezes.
TOKYO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Japan's sales tax will go up to 8 percent starting April from 5 percent now as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government prepares to check the soaring public debt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Jeffrey Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, became the official owner of The Washington Post on Tuesday, the newspaper reported.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Stocks on Wall Street turned higher Tuesday as investors shrugged off the partial government shutdown caused by gridlock in Washington.
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- As compromises go, Argentina is buying used French Mirage jets from Spain rather than pour scarce cash into an ambitious but more desirable acquisition of new aircraft.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Bank of America said it will open five "express centers" in Charlotte, N.C., Boston and New York featuring tellers displayed by video screens to help cut costs.
FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. defense contractor General Dynamics said Tuesday it secured a contract to help protect U.S. Navy networks and data from cyberattacks.
SEVILLE, Spain, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Airbus Military announced it delivered its first A400M military airlift vehicle to the French military from its assembly line in Seville, Spain.
AMITYVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. aerospace company Exelis announced it wrapped up talks with Boeing to provide an airborne launch system for the Navy's P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Republic Airways Holding Inc. said Tuesday it would sell its regional U.S. airline Frontier to Indigo Partners in a deal valued at $145 million, including debt.
MOSCOW, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The Russian Defense Ministry said it planned to buy more than 750 pieces of military equipment ranging from ballistic missiles to armored vehicles next year.
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney arrive on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of Gravity at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on October 1, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo
