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NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped back above $120 a barrel Thursday, halting a steep three-day slide after Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility for a fire at key Turkish pipeline that supplies Western countries. But the contract...
By Associated Press Thursday, August 7, 2008 - On a recent scorching-hot summer day, workers at Reed’s Firewood used heavy equipment to cut and split logs into firewood until it was too dark to see. The cost of seasoned...
Much went to paying off debt, not purchases, and holiday season may suffer According to figures released Thursday, apparel sales were hit the hardest in an overall decline of retail activity. As chain stores reported July sales...
Oil prices jumped back above $120 a barrel Thursday, rising for the first time in four days after Kurdish rebels reportedly admitted causing a fire at an oil pipeline in Turkey. Light, sweet crude for September delivery...
The Associated Press Thursday, August 7, 2008; 6:57 AM NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday as investors awaited government readings on unemployment and consumer credit. The market expects the Labor...
FRANKFURT, Germany - The European Central Bank has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25 percent even as the 15 countries that use the euro face continued high inflation and fears of slowing growth. Thursday's...
