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  • U.S. corn planting still slow, but gaining
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 7:22 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- Planting in the U.S. corn belt lags behind the five-year average, but farmers are gaining ground, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Monday.
  • Grain trades ride on weather Monday
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM
    CHICAGO, May 12 (UPI) -- Weather concerns bolstered prices on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday, encouraging weather for crops suppressing prices.
  • Former executive says AIG is in crisis
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 5:20 PM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- The head of American International Group's largest shareholder group and former company chief executive Maurice Greenberg said AIG is in crisis.
  • UPI NewsTrack Business
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
    U.S. markets post strong gains Monday ... Copper prices prompting wave of thefts ... Power demands pushing metal prices up ... GM cutting 1,400 jobs in Canada in 2010 ... News from United Press International.
  • U.S. markets post strong gains Monday
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:28 PM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes climbed to the close Monday as oil prices retreated on a day with no major economic reports released.
  • Air advocate says California will prevail
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 4:27 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- California auto emissions standards, tougher than U.S. laws, will likely prevail as an industry standard, the head of the state's air pollution board said.
  • Crude oil prices back down Monday
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:47 PM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Crude oil prices settled slightly on the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday after a six-day run of gains.
  • Copper prices prompting wave of thefts
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:36 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The soaring price of copper has triggered a rash of copper thefts in the United States, authorities, art dealers and utility companies say.
  • Power demands pushing metal prices up
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:14 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- A global increase in energy demands have triggered price jumps in metals, as power shortages from Chile to South Africa have limited production, analysts say.
  • GM cutting 1,400 jobs in Canada in 2010
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 3:04 PM
    WINDSOR, Ontario, May 12 (UPI) -- General Motors of Canada President Arturo Elias announced Monday a transmission plant closure in the Ontario city of Windsor will cut 1,400 jobs in 2010.
  • Daiso child rain ponchos recalled
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall Monday of Daiso children's rain ponchos due to a possible strangulation hazard.
  • Between train whistles, business unusual
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 12 (UPI) -- Two large CSX shareholder groups trying to unseat current board members will be conducting their business at a New Orleans rail yard, the company said.
  • UPI NewsTrack Business
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:49 AM
    U.S. markets gain slightly Monday morning ... Canadian new-house prices slowed in March ... Poll: Economy is worsening ... NASA awards Ares mobile launcher contract ... News from United Press International.
  • Shorter trips open business possibilities
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:43 AM
    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 12 (UPI) -- Summer trips are likely to be shorter this year as U.S. consumers adjust their plans to rising gas prices, two Purdue University professors said Monday.
  • Rail workers in Britain to vote on strike
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 11:19 AM
    LONDON, May 12 (UPI) -- More than 12,000 Rail Maritime and Transport Union members in Britain have been asked to vote on a possible strike, union officials said Monday.
  • Poll: Economy is worsening
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM
    PRINCETON, N.J., May 12 (UPI) -- A large majority of adults in the United States indicated the economy is in the worst shape it has been in all year, a Gallup poll said.
  • Canadian new-house prices slowed in March
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 10:29 AM
    OTTAWA, May 12 (UPI) -- The growth in prices of new houses in Canada slowed for the second straight month in March, up just 0.2 percent from February, Statistics Canada said Monday.
  • NASA awards Ares mobile launcher contract
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 10:09 AM
    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it awarded a contract to the Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to build the Ares I mobile launcher for NASA's Constellation Program.
  • Cablevision Systems to purchase Newsday
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 8:54 AM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. has outbid Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for control of Long Island, N.Y., newspaper Newsday, Tribune Co. said.
  • Big profits elude big social Web sites
    • Published: May 12, 2008 at 8:36 AM
    NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace have large memberships but big profits from social network Web sites elude U.S. corporations, industry analysts say.