November 30, 2006, 5:11PM EST
The Departments of Energy and Treasury on Thursday announced $1 billion in federal tax incentives to nine companies to rapidly deploy clean coal-based power generation technologies.
November 30, 2006, 5:11PM EST
France's interior minister -- and a leading presidential hopeful -- Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he wants EU negotiations with Turkey suspended on the grounds that it is not geographically part of Europe.
November 30, 2006, 5:07PM EST
Directors at Reckson Associates Realty Corp. expressed frustration Thursday over what they described as a "lack of clarity" regarding Rome Acquisition Ltd.'s $4.6 billion bid for the company.
November 30, 2006, 4:59PM EST
The federal government and a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group on Thursday settled a complaint that the company failed to install air pollution controls at two coal-fired power plants in New Jersey.
November 30, 2006, 4:59PM EST
Ukraine Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych said on a visit to Moscow on Thursday that his nation wanted to bolster economic and transportation ties with Russia.
November 30, 2006, 4:58PM EST
Scientists used the abortion drug RU-486 to keep tumors at bay in mice bred with a gene destined to give them breast cancer.
November 30, 2006, 4:58PM EST
Drug store chain Longs Drug Stores Corp. said Thursday its sales at stores open at least a year -- or same-store sales, an important retail performance gauge -- jumped 2.7 percent in November.
November 30, 2006, 4:54PM EST
The pound hit a 14-year high against the dollar Thursday, providing a pre-Christmas boon for British tourists in the United States but raising fears for exporters as analysts predict a further slump in the U.S. currency.
November 30, 2006, 4:49PM EST
The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks.
November 30, 2006, 4:42PM EST
It's the birthplace of the transistor, the laser, the solar cell and the fax machine. Its researchers were the first to hear the echoes of the Big Bang. And now this American legend is part of a French company.
November 30, 2006, 4:39PM EST
Summary of monthly sales results for apparel category store chains, with percentage increase or decrease over the same month last year.
November 30, 2006, 4:37PM EST
Chain restaurant operator Denny's Corp. said Thursday its November same-store-sales, or sales at stores open at least a year, rose 0.1 percent.
November 30, 2006, 4:32PM EST
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. issued a sobering warning for the holiday shopping season Thursday, predicting its December same-store sales gain would be no better than 1 percent.
November 30, 2006, 4:32PM EST
Mexican broadcaster Televisa has launched a series of digital services that will allow viewers to watch live transmissions and download old movies from the Internet.
November 30, 2006, 4:27PM EST
A European Court of Justice adviser sided with Sweden's state-owned alcohol monopoly Thursday, arguing Stockholm had a right to ban individuals from having alcohol brought in from other EU nations.
November 30, 2006, 4:16PM EST
Eastman Chemical Co. said Thursday one of its manufacturing partners, TX Energy, has been awarded a federal tax credit of $130 million for a project to harness methanol from a proposed facility in Texas.
November 30, 2006, 4:14PM EST
PSEG Fossil, a subsidiary of PSEG Power, Thursday reached a $6 million settlement with state and federal regulators for failing to install required emissions controls at a Jersey City coal-fired plant.
November 30, 2006, 4:13PM EST
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. on Thursday said it completed the purchase of Mirant Delta's partially constructed Contra Costa Unit 8 electric generation facility and expects to invest about $370 million to complete the project.
November 30, 2006, 4:07PM EST
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agree on keeping oil at US$50 (euro37.88) per barrel.
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