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Stocks Fall As Inflation Rises - Forbes

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Stocks Fall As Inflation Rises Forbes -Sep 29, 2006 By ELLEN SIMON , 09.29.2006, 04:21 PM. Stocks ended a stellar third quarter with a moderate decline Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average pulling back further from record-high levels. Dow industrials end at 11,718 — just shy of setting a fresh…MarketWatch Dow recovery continuesIrish Examiner Reuters -Jackson Hole Star-Tribune -India Infoline.com -BusinessWeek all 907 news articles

US Airways Names Kirby As President - Houston Chronicle

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US Airways Names Kirby As President Houston Chronicle -Sep 28, 2006 2006 AP. TEMPE, Ariz. - US Airways Group Inc. on Thursday named J. Scott Kirby as president, effective Oct. 1, among other management appointments. US Airways' Names Scott Kirby As President - UpdateTrading Markets US Airways names new presidentWashington Business Journal San Antonio Business Journal all 61 news articles

FUTURES MOVERS - MarketWatch

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FUTURES MOVERS MarketWatch -Sep 29, 2006 By Ciara Linnane, MarketWatch. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures dipped early Friday after Nigeria dismissed talk it's planning to cut production from October 1 as part of an informal pact with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to prop up falling prices. Venezuela to Cut Oil ProductionMSN Money Oil weakens despite price cutNEWS.com.au Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -El Universal -India Daily all 504 news articles

Wal-Mart sales up in September - BusinessWeek

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Wal-Mart sales up in September BusinessWeek -5 hours ago SEP. 30 5:27 PM ET Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Saturday that its September sales were up 1.8 percent from the same period a year ago. Wal-Mart Sep. Same Store Sales Up 1.8% - Quick FactsTrading Markets Wal-Mart September Sales Rise 1.8%TheStreet.com Washington Post -Reuters -Reuters -Reuters all 15 news articles

Dallas, Fort Worth officials pitch flight compromise - Houston Chronicle

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Dallas, Fort Worth officials pitch flight compromise Houston Chronicle -Sep 28, 2006 AP. DALLAS - Officials from Dallas and Fort Worth made another pitch Thursday for a compromise on the Wright Amendment to lift restrictions on long-haul flights from Dallas Love Field after eight years, sending… House approves bill to lift Love Field flight limits in 8 yearsKLTV Senate approves bill to lift Love Field flight limitsabc13.com Bryan College Station Eagle -Tulsa World (subscription) -WFAA (subscription) all 91 news articles

UPDATE 1-Cingular sues firm, others linked to HP pretexting - Reuters

Former Execs Get Prison Time for Fraud - Forbes

US August Spending Rises 0.1%; Core Prices Up 0.2% (Update3) - Bloomberg

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US August Spending Rises 0.1%; Core Prices Up 0.2% (Update3) Bloomberg -Sep 29, 2006 By Carlos Torres. Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) — Consumer spending in the US rose 0.1 percent last month, less than forecast and the smallest gain since November, as the tumbling housing market made Americans more thrifty. US consumer spending slows in AugustThe Age Consumers cut back in AugustChicago Tribune AXcess News -Pioneer Press -Arizona Republic -Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) all 246 news articles

PayPal in settlement deal with 28 states - Reuters

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PayPal in settlement deal with 28 states Reuters -Sep 28, 2006 By Eric Auchard. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payments unit of EBay Inc. has agreed with attorneys general from 28 US states to improve how it notifies users of their consumer rights, the company said on Thursday. PayPal settles with US statesNEWS.com.au PayPal Settles With Attorneys GeneralFOX News Bizjournals.com -North Country Gazette -Asbury Park Press all 149 news articles

Citgo says 7-Eleven deal exploited politically - Reuters

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Citgo says 7-Eleven deal exploited politically Reuters -Sep 28, 2006 Mr. Toshifumi Suzuki has been serving as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director of Seven& I Holdings Co. No more Citgo gas at pumps for 7-ElevenSun-Sentinel.com FROM OUR READERS: Cut ties to Chavez, Citgo gasDetroit Free Press Boston Herald -Turkish Daily News (subscription) -Joliet Herald News -The Saginaw News all 195 news articles

Amaranth Says It Plans Liquidation After More Hedge Fund Losses - Bloomberg

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Amaranth Says It Plans Liquidation After More Hedge Fund Losses Bloomberg -22 hours ago By Katherine Burton and Jenny Strasburg. Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) — Amaranth Advisors LLC suspended redemptions in order to sell off its remaining assets after losses at its two main hedge funds continued in the past week. BUSINESS ANCHOR Betting on the weather and taking an ice-cold bathIndian Express Hedge fund with pension cash may shutSan Diego Union Tribune Los Angeles Times -Times Online -San Diego Business Journal -AXcess News all 152 news articles

American Mold Guard, Inc. Set to Present at the RedChip Small-Cap Conference in Santa Monica, California, October 31 - November 1, 2006
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — RedChip Visibility, a division of RedChip Companies, announced today that American Mold Guard (Nasdaq:AMGI) and fifteen more companies will present at the RedChip Small-Cap Investor Conference at the Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California, October 31st-November 1st from 8:30am-4pm. American Mold Guard, Inc. provides mold prevention and restoration services primarily to builders of single and multifamily homes in the United States. It detects, prevents, and treats mold and microbial contamination. The Company's mold contamination services involve removing various mold contamination from wood, concrete, and other construction materials, as well as applying a surface coating solution that prevents microbes from growing on treated surfaces. It also provides termite control services. The Company offers its services to national and regional home builders through eleven service centers in four states: California, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.

Pirate Capital Clarifies Resignations
NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Pirate Capital LLC announced today the following clarification.

Platinum IT Consulting Inc. Posts Solid Third Quarter Sales and Foresees Growth in Fourth Quarter
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Platinum IT Consulting Inc., a subsidiary of Global IT Holding Company (Pink Sheets:GITH) is pleased to announce that in conjunction with their affiliated company Parker Clark, they have posted solid sales revenue in their third quarter. Total sales for the year have now reached 2.9M.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Filing
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBI) announced today the filing of its second quarter 2006 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Alfa Extends Exercise Date for Warrants and Provides Corporate Update
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Alfa International Holdings Corp. (OTCBB:AHDS), today announced that it has extended the exercise date for its common stock purchase warrants ("Warrants") held by owners of its Series B Preferred Stock. All such unexercised Warrants will now expire on April 30, 2007.

International Forecaster September 2006 (#5) - Gold, Silver … - Gold Seek

Indian Police Allege Pakistan Role in Mumbai Bombings (Update1) - Bloomberg

Trim Inflation Now - Gold Seek

Senators Withdraw 'Nuclear' Bill in Trade Fight
Two senators who have threatened punitive legislation against China for its currency system shelved their bill yesterday, saying that they still believe Beijing is practicing unfair trade but that a less confrontational approach will work better.

Paul Blustein

Regulators Issue Warning on 'Exotic' Mortgages
Federal banking regulators yesterday issued a strongly worded warning to lenders about the growing use of nontraditional, or "exotic," home loans, telling them they must make sure consumers have the money to repay the loans.
Kirstin Downey

Hispanic Unemployment Down, Study Finds
Unemployment among Hispanics fell sharply this year, and their wages rose after a two-year decline, according to a national study released yesterday.
Karin Brulliard

Economy Unlikely to Become a Recession
WASHINGTON — The economy has slowed even more than previously thought, but the sluggish spell is not expected to turn into recession as Election Day nears.
JEANNINE AVERSA

U.S. to Gauge Iraqi Support for Operations
As violence continues in Iraq, the military is looking for ways to achieve stability through opinion polls and public relations.
Walter Pincus

Developers Selected to Transform Southwest Waterfront
A team of developers was chosen last night to transform 47 acres of the Southwest Washington waterfront, from the 12th Street Bridge to Fort McNair, into a multimillion-dollar neighborhood with housing, restaurants, shops, offices and cultural attractions.
Dana Hedgpeth

Fresh Spinach Declared Safe to Eat
Federal food safety officials said fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak," even though investigators have not determined the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak.
Annys Shin

House Panel Digs Deep in HP Spy Case
Lawmakers fiercely challenged former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairman Patricia C. Dunn yesterday on her assertion that she did not know about potentially illegal tactics used in the company's spy scandal, while 10 other key figures in the case shunned interrogation by refusing to testify during a…

Yuki Noguchi and Ellen Nakashima

Senators Seek Domestic-Partner Benefits for Federal Workers
Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation that would permit unmarried federal employees to apply for health, dental and vision insurance, retirement and other benefits for their domestic partners.

Stephen Barr

For Ten Witnesses, Nothing but the Fifth
One after another yesterday morning, 10 of the 14 people summoned by Congress to testify about their role in a spying scandal that has rocked Hewlett-Packard Co. spoke into the microphone and invoked a constitutional right against self-incrimination: the Fifth Amendment.
Yuki Noguchi

Senator Blocks Treasury Nomination
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department's new plan for collecting billions in unpaid taxes is not a credible strategy, said a key senator who is holding up a tax official's nomination.
MARY DALRYMPLE

Firm Expands Spinach Testing
Natural Selection Foods LLC, the San Juan Bautista, Calif., processor of fresh produce that recalled bagged fresh spinach two weeks ago, said yesterday that it has begun testing spinach in the field for the E. coli bacteria.
Annys Shin

GM, Ghosn Differ On Alliance Talks
PARIS, Sept. 27 — Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, sought Wednesday to dampen speculation that talks on a possible alliance between his companies and General Motors Corp. were crumbling.
Sholnn Freeman

At the Pentagon Citgo, Price Trumps Patriotism
He may have insulted the commander in chief, but President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela does his part to keep the U.S. military's men and women fueled up.
Tomoeh Murakami Tse

Heralded Iraq Police Academy a 'Disaster'
BAGHDAD, Sept. 27 — A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, U.S. investigators have found.
Amit R. Paley

Scientific Industries Reports Increased Earnings for Fiscal 2006 and Cash Dividend
BOHEMIA, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Scientific Industries Inc. (OTCBB:SCND), September 29, 2006 - Scientific Industries Inc., today reported that for the year ended June 30, 2006 net income was $321,700 ($0.32 per basic share), an increase of $17,200 (5.6%) from $304,500 ($0.31 per basic share) for fiscal 2005. The Company also announced that the Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $.07 per share of Common Stock payable on January 12, 2007 to holders of record as of the close of business on October 30, 2006.

Alfa Extends Exercise Date for Warrants and Provides Corporate Update
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Alfa International Holdings Corp. (OTCBB:AHDS), today announced that it has extended the exercise date for its common stock purchase warrants ("Warrants") held by owners of its Series B Preferred Stock. All such unexercised Warrants will now expire on April 30, 2007.

Delta Air Lines Reports Monthly Results for August 2006
ATLANTA, Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ) today filed its Monthly Operating Report for August 2006 with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Key points include:

SmallCap Sentinel: Companies Targeting Potential Multi-Billion Dollar Anti-Cancer Market
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) –"The aging baby boomers and omnipresent desire to fight and better treat all forms of cancer are driving research and patent filings that may be of great interest to investors on both an investment and personal health level,"stated SmallCap Sentinel analyst D.R. Clark."The MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:MCET) filing of a patent that provides a potential method for treating a range of malignant tumors using the company's technologies to alter the immune system is a recent example of this."

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. (PRSP) CEO to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell
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Senator Blocks Treasury Nomination
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department's new plan for collecting billions in unpaid taxes is not a credible strategy, said a key senator who is holding up a tax official's nomination.

MARY DALRYMPLE

GM, Ghosn Differ On Alliance Talks
PARIS, Sept. 27 — Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA, sought Wednesday to dampen speculation that talks on a possible alliance between his companies and General Motors Corp. were crumbling.
Sholnn Freeman

BearingPoint, Take Two
Three years ago, a newly minted columnist wrote that BearingPoint, the McLean-based consulting and technology contractor spun out of the KPMG accounting firm, had weathered a tough period and seemed poised to become one of the brightest stars of Northern Virginia business scene.
Steven Pearlstein

Citgo Will Go, Says 7-Eleven
The devil might wear Prada, but will his fellow citizens fill up their tanks with Citgo?
Steven Mufson

Banks Get Nontraditional Mortgage Advice
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators directed banks on Friday to properly explain the risks posed to borrowers from interest-only and other nontraditional mortgages.
MARTIN CRUTSINGER

Visas for Skilled Workers Still Frozen
For technology companies and research institutions that have spent recent autumns lobbying for permission to hire more foreign workers, this was supposed to be the year that ended the annual rite of desperation.
S. Mitra Kalita

Iraq Contractor's Work Is Further Criticized
The contractor that botched construction of a $75 million police academy in Baghdad so badly that human waste dripped from the ceilings has produced shoddy work on 13 out of 14 projects reviewed by federal auditors, the top official monitoring Iraq's reconstruction told Congress yesterday.
Griff Witte

Dow Ends Up 29 After Reaching Milestone
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average reached a milestone Thursday in Wall Street's nearly seven-year recovery from corporate upheaval, economic recession and terrorism, briefly trading above its record high close of 11,722.98 set on Jan. 14, 2000.
ELLEN SIMON

For Ten Witnesses, Nothing but the Fifth
One after another yesterday morning, 10 of the 14 people summoned by Congress to testify about their role in a spying scandal that has rocked Hewlett-Packard Co. spoke into the microphone and invoked a constitutional right against self-incrimination: the Fifth Amendment.

Yuki Noguchi

Paulson Wins Friends, but Can He Influence the People's Republic?
There's a new boss at the Treasury Department, and, with apologies to the Who, he's not the same as the old boss.
Paul Blustein and Peter S. Goodman

Senators Withdraw 'Nuclear' Bill in Trade Fight
Two senators who have threatened punitive legislation against China for its currency system shelved their bill yesterday, saying that they still believe Beijing is practicing unfair trade but that a less confrontational approach will work better.
Paul Blustein

Senators Seek Domestic-Partner Benefits for Federal Workers
Sens. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation that would permit unmarried federal employees to apply for health, dental and vision insurance, retirement and other benefits for their domestic partners.
Stephen Barr

Friday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International … - FinFacts Ireland

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Regional business news, at a glance - Arizona Republic

Spain Finance& Business News - Friday September 29 2006 - Typically Spanish

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Spain Finance&BusinessNews- Friday September 29 2006 Typically Spanish, Spain -16 hours ago By hb. The President of the construction company Acciona, Jos Manuel Entrecanales, is negotiating with the President of the Santander…

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Business roundup: A weekly roundup of business news in the Tri … - Evansville Courier&Press (subscription)

Pacific Energy Sets Shareholder Vote - Houston Chronicle

Aetna Board OKs $750M Buyback - MSN Money

Family Dollar to sell groceries, accept food stamps - Centre Daily Times

Glaxo Bipolar Drug May Be Tied to Defects - Houston Chronicle

Powerwave Sells Swedish Unit - Houston Chronicle

Smart Modular Hits New High on 4Q Report - Houston Chronicle

Net profit falls 19% as options expenses weigh, sales rise 14% - MarketWatch

3 Members of J. Crew Group Board Resign - The Times and Democrat

Major Averages Continue To Show A Lack Of Direction - US … - Trading Markets

Trans World bids for Tower Records - Albany Business Review

Merritt Becomes Loan Officer With Peachtree City Branch of Market Street Mortgage
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Sept. 29, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Market Street Mortgage announces Vivian Merritt has become a loan officer with the Peachtree City origination team. Merritt was previously a junior processor at the branch.