Dow drops nearly 375, spoiling Nasdaq's big day By EILEEN GLANTON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrials plummeted nearly 375 points today after an earnings warning from Procter & Gamble unnerved...

...time, hope and buoyancy were unmistakable. "Flat out inspiring," wrote Chris O'Brien, a San Jose Mercury News business writer who blogged on the gathering for PBS' MediaShift. ProPublica, the foundation-funded investigative startup in...

...disaster. If there's no sign of a compromise it will affect the whole global economy." EDITOR'S NOTE - AP Business Writers Simon Avery in Los Angeles and Elaine Kurtenbach in Hong Kong contributed to this report. On the Net: Shipping...

Oil prices back at highest levels since Gulf War By BRUCE STANLEY AP BUSINESS WRITER LONDON (AP) - Petroleum prices surged Wednesday to the highest levels seen since the Persian Gulf War, raising concerns about...

Stocks plunge as interest-rate worries puncture optimism By EILEEN GLANTON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks plunged today as optimism about corporate earnings gave way to jitters about rising interest rates and...

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