Oil spurts to new record | The price of crude oil surged to US$124.70 yesterday. Photo / Reuters | US crude oil futures hit a record high of US$124.70 ($161.08) a barrel yesterday as a surge in heating oil futures triggered a... (photo: GFDL / BrokenSphere) NZ Herald
Cheap fuel deal woos US customers | In a bid to boost United States sales of its fuel-thirsty trucks and sports utility vehicles, Chrysler has rolled out a different type of incentive - a US$2.99 ($3.80) cap on the price of a gallon (... (photo: Creative Commons / AudeVivere) NZ Herald
Diageo brews Irish Guinness overhaul TOOLS | DUBLIN, Ireland - Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most beer produc... (photo: creative commons / )Houston Chronicle BusinessEconomyIndustryIrelandPhotos
Bad news at Toyota TOKYO - Battered by a slumping North American auto market and unfavorable currency swings, Toyota is forecasting a double barrel of bad news this fiscal year: its first y... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)Orlando Sentinel AutomotiveChinaEntertainmentNewsPhotos
Food Riots are Coming to the U.S. | I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food. No this is not a drill." --Brett Arends | There is a time for food, and a ti... (photo: AP / Paul Sancya)Infowars EconomyFoodPhotosSocietyUS
Cameron: Tories as true progressives | David Cameron has launched another raid into Labour's natural territory by hailing the Conservatives as the "true progressives" of British politics. | Writing in The In... (photo: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)Belfast Telegraph EconomyElectionLabourPhotosTerritory
Hong Kong stock index drops 1.5 percent | HONG KONG—Hong Kong's key stock index dropped its third straight session Friday as investors sold real estate companies. | The blue chip Hang Seng Index fell 386.... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung)The Boston Globe AsiaBusinessMarketPhotosStock
3 biggest airlines add $20 to fares NEW YORK - The three biggest U.S. carriers said yesterday they have again raised ticket prices, this time by $20 round trip, to recoup rapidly rising fuel costs. | The in... (photo: GFDL / Raghu9 )Toledo Blade AirlineFuelMarketPhotosPrice
