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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Oklahoma City Sun.com http://www.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/6034630751577834/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:59 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:48:59 -0400 30 Google has been ordered to allow entertainment giant, Viacom, access to details of the video-watching habits of visitors the YouTube website. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378380/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:37:00 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378380/cs/1/ US firms have made redundant 60,000 Americans over the past month. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378379/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:35:59 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378379/cs/1/ An Air France Concorde aircraft which crashed in 2000, killing 113 people, is the subject of a court case in the US, for which people are to stand trial for manslaughter. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378377/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:33:58 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378377/cs/1/ US regulators in the US state of Georgia have said a popular amusement park will have to increase the size and number of warning signs near its roller coaster. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378376/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:32:10 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378376/cs/1/ South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has warned his government will not tolerate further street protests against US meat imports. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378374/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:30:05 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378374/cs/1/ Traders knocked off early Thursday ahead of the July 4 weekend. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378226/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:08 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378226/cs/1/ US stock indices saw mixed results Thursday as oil prices continued climbing to record highs and the US economy shed more jobs. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378255/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:30 -0400 Oklahoma City Sun.com http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/378255/cs/1/ LONDON (MarketWatch) - European shares drifted lower on Friday in subdued trade as banks declined and miners also lost ground, though UBS rallied after the Swiss bank quelled fears that it would have ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967189/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:52:53 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967189/ Job losses in June were slightly worse than the 40,000 expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. The unemployment rate was expected to fall to 5.4%. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967190/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:52:50 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967190/ PENSACOLA, Fla.--If you've ever watched a Blue Angels show, you may not have known that when the F-18 pilots are screaming across the sky, less than 2 feet apart, they're probably not looking straight... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966464/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:46 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966464/ Tom Krazit: Now for you, the editor who started this crap. First, you TOO need to learn how to write more effectively. If you're going to post an article with the subject heading, "Apple cuts price ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966465/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:44 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966465/ On Thursday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the latest development in Viacom's copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company,... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966466/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:42 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966466/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Court documents have revealed an internal valuation at Facebook Inc. far below the $15 billion cited publicly at the time of Microsoft Corp.'s investment in the popular ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967191/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:52:51 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15967191/ At the Gibson custom factory in Nashville, Tenn., the famous guitar manufacturer makes its most expensive and exclusive instruments, including an ongoing series of limited-edition replicas of historic... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966468/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:25:35 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966468/ TWO big things happened at Microsoft this past week. Bill Gates retired from the company after 32 years as co-founder, guiding spirit and undisputed boss. Then, following seven years as its flagship p... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966062/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:23:13 -0400 The Economist http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966062/ LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Swiss banking giant UBS said Friday that it expects to roughly break even in the second quarter, after a 3 billion Swiss franc ($2.93 billion) tax credit helped offset further ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966300/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:55 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966300/ SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Coastal drilling for oil is mindless, not only from a supply perspective but from an environmental perspective. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966301/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:53 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966301/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The credit crunch and near-collapse of Bear Stearns has triggered a "flight to quality" in the prime brokerage business as hedge funds shift assets to the largest, most ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966299/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:21:52 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966299/ I am surprised by how many oil stocks are acting like dogs in the wake of buoyant oil futures quotes. The crude oil surge in commodity markets amounts to 50% since year's end, but oil stocks show jus... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965211/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:36:41 -0400 Forbes http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965211/ McCann Worldgroup to create a campaign driving uptake of its IM and email by affiliating with ten charitable organizations. Driving the campaign is the demographically-profiled and completely fake Par... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965000/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:52:33 -0400 The Register http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965000/ Big Oil shares closed lower in Europe on Thursday, another sign that sentiment in the sector is turning despite record crude prices. But industry-watchers believe this is no time to bail out of the se... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966017/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:36:40 -0400 Forbes http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15966017/ . And a lot of those people apparently see no compelling reason to change. The report indicates that those users are not itching to make a change to a speedier broadband connection in large part be... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965873/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:26 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965873/ Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 5.92 percent from 6.04 percent. The five-year adjustable-rate mortgage fell to 5.78 percent from 5.99 percent. The rate on a one-year adjustable-rate m... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965124/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:49:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965124/ Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging application available for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. One of Google's software engineers posted the news in a http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965874/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:27 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965874/ Stuart Cohen enjoyed a lot of media attention in his days running Open Source Development Labs so it's good to see him back in the business press spreading to good word on open source with the new com... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965872/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:25 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965872/ HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 index ended lower Friday to log its 12th straight decline and move a step closer to a losing string not seen on the Tokyo benchmark in 54 years. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965644/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:13:01 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15965644/ Anyone who has managed to forget about fuel prices long enough to enjoy a little retail therapy knows some steep discounts are available these days.'I've noticed there is a ton of stuff on sale,' said... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15963914/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:56 -0400 CNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15963914/ By Walker Simon NEW YORK (Reuters) - It will be tough for Wall Street to shake off the bear market blues next week if the price of oil keeps rising and the earnings season kick-off from Alcoa and G... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15963915/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:55 -0400 CNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15963915/ And here's the big one. Shooting guns accurately takes considerable practice to begin with. Now put yourself on a continuously mobile platform and give yourself a rifle with a good kick and that fires... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964612/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:02 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964612/ HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japan's Nikkei 225 index struggled to stay in positive territory before heading downhill Friday afternoon, toward a losing streak not seen on the Tokyo benchmark in 54 years... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964144/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:44 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964144/ Yelle says she sings in "80's French"--which sounds kind of confusing until you hear her punky electro tracks that remind us of Stereo Totale and Electrocute. Fronting a fashiony, stylish movement tha... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964613/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:37:05 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964613/ The Dow Theory, of course, is the oldest stock market timing system in widespread use today. Its author was William Peter Hamilton, who introduced it in a series of editorials in The Wall Street Journ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964137/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:41 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964137/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Much of the baseball world is praying for the Chicago Cubs to reach the World Series for the first time since 1945 -- and to go on to win the Fall Classic for the first time ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964139/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:40 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964139/ ) , or Petrobras, will be invited to help develop China's offshore oil reserves, the president of China National Offshore Oil Corp., or Cnooc, told the local Estado news agency. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964140/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:33:39 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15964140/ Posted on: Friday, 4 July 2008, 00:00 CDT NEW YORK: Microsoft is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's search business and has approached other media companies about joining it in a deal that would eff... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960642/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:46:20 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960642/ Posted on: Friday, 4 July 2008, 00:00 CDT By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operat... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960643/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:46:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960643/ Starbucks wants to get back to its roots to help turn around its ailing fortunes. It brought back pioneering Chief Executive Howard Schultz to run the coffee chain day to day, and it has introduced a ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962480/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:04 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962480/ SALT LAKE CITY -- Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday."In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the state's energy costs and commuters' g... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962479/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:02 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962479/ Wary of higher energy and commodity prices, the European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent, a move it hopes will help curtail risin... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962745/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:24 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962745/ The former head of Refco Inc., blamed for the collapse of one of the world's largest commodities brokerages, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday by a judge who decried the "staggeringly ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960869/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:23 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960869/ Nebraska Beef Ltd. is expanding a recall announced earlier this week to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962746/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:25 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962746/ Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which v... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962744/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:22 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962744/ Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a mistrial. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960790/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:20 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960790/ A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said Thursday. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960572/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:19 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960572/ A Delaware judge on Thursday granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., which was acquired by North Carolina-ba... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960737/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:21 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960737/ Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962742/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:18 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962742/ A federal judge in New York is urging Eli Lilly and Co. to settle a multibillion-dollar lawsuit filed by insurance companies, unions and others who claim the pharmaceutical giant overpriced its top-se... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962743/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:54:17 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962743/ Mark Zuckerberg, what hath thou wrought? A Facebook invitation for a massive beach party in Britain looked to ensure an event so wild and widespread that the local police felt the need to impose a 24-... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962781/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:36:34 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15962781/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Check the label of even a mildly sweet packaged food product these days and you're likely to find an ingredient called high fructose corn syrup. http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15961940/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:33:19 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15961940/ (CBS News) Soaring fuel costs are taking some of the celebration out of this holiday weekend.Oil prices headed into the busy Fourth of July break by racing past $145 a barrel for the first time Thur... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959849/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:26:23 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959849/ Because it spans the middle months of the calendar, summer can also be a time of reflection. We took the opportunity this week to look back on all that's happened so far this year and came up with a l... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960170/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:32 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960170/ NEW YORK -- This doesn't sound good: The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959893/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:00 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959893/ . The planned factory will produce panels with the cumulative annual capacity to produce 1 gigawatt of power, equivalent to that of a small nuclear-power reactor. The news breaks a month after J... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960172/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:36 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960172/ . Nitrogen trifluoride's globe-warming effect reportedly could be 17,000 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide. However, the picture is incomplete because nitrogen trifluoride isn't among the s... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960171/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:33 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960171/ DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. will need to raise as much as US$15 billion in cash to shore up liquidity and bankruptcy is "not impossible" if the U.S. auto market continues to slump, Merri... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958064/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:37:55 -0400 The China Post http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958064/ Close this SYDNEY -- Asian shares may open firmer on Friday, with exporters such as Japan's Honda Motor Co. likely to gain as the yen weakened against the dollar. The dollar rallied on Thursday after ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958013/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:12 -0400 Inquirer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958013/ Jeannine Aversa, The Associated Press July 3, 2008 - 6:10 p.m. WASHINGTON - Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the U.S. Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over th... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958073/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:22 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15958073/ When people refer to a seasonal business, they usually mean the holiday shopping season that starts with Black Friday. But the real season for laptops has become the summer shopping phenomenon known a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960169/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:36:31 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15960169/ NEW YORK -- Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who wat... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959891/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:31:58 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959891/ Two 440-foot towers containing a mixture of hotel rooms and residences have been proposed at Second Avenue and Virginia Street. A 38-story building with 139 hotel rooms, 186 residences above them, str... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959892/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:31:59 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959892/ TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- A panel of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday called for using about 10 trillion yen ($94 billion) of the country's public pension assets to establish Japan's f... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959464/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:47 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959464/ The imperative to stay alive is likely to take on growing importance in the final weeks of 2008, especially for wealthy people in poor health. But based on current law, there's an even bigger incentiv... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959462/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:45 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15959462/ The President Wants To Keep Otherwise Creditworthy Families In Their Homes And Strongly Believes That Any Government Policies Must Achieve That Goal In A Responsible Way Congress should quickly pass r... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956357/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:35 -0400 National Realtor News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956357/ At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit resumed remarkably lower at 43.29/31 a dollar but recovered to 43.19 on some dollar selling by exporters. The local currency lated r... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15953021/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:32 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15953021/ Microsoft Corp. on Thursday chalked in four security updates for next week that would fix vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server and Exchange Server. All four were labeled "important," the company's s... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952603/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:43 -0400 Computerworld http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952603/ WASHINGTON (AP) ― Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate in... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956466/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:41 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956466/ LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. – To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity. “As long as you se... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955915/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:25 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955915/ SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Microsoft and Yahoo have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the compa... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952605/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:14:21 -0400 Times of India http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952605/ Real Estate Wiki, the 'Wikipedia' type encyclopedia and resource for real estate, has just expanded its pool of foreclosure related information this week with over 200 additional entries, definitions,... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956360/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:39 -0400 National Realtor News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956360/ It combines Windows Live OneCare for effective PC management and security along with the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 package. The Office experience is enhanced by Microsoft Office Live Work... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952602/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:02 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952602/ DETROIT - Faced with soaring gas prices, a sputtering economy and a rapid market shift in the United States away from trucks, the U.S. auto industry's weakest player, Chrysler, may have to file for ba... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952529/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:52:32 -0400 C News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952529/ MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Two large pharmaceutical companies said Thursday they will appeal a jury verdict ordering them to pay more than $114 million for overcharging the state's Medicaid program for ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955920/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:24 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955920/ Puget Sound Energy Inc. has trimmed the size of the rate increases on electricity and natural gas customers it wants state regulators to approve.In rebuttal testimony filed Thursday with the Utilities... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956552/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:25 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956552/ NEW YORK – Soaring fuel costs are taking some of the celebration out of this holiday weekend. Oil prices headed into the busy Fourth of July break by racing past $145 a barrel for the first t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955919/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955919/ NEW YORK - A Turkish-American business council organized a meeting in New York on Monday. The Turkish-American Business Improvement and Development Council, established some time ago in New York, host... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952985/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:54:41 -0400 Turkish Press http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952985/ "We know that today's home buyers are more knowledgeable about the process in general and have higher expectations of information provided regarding the homes in which they are interested," said Obeo ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956356/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:33 -0400 National Realtor News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956356/ s Fort Lauderdale office, has been named among the Top Women in Florida Commercial Real Estate for 2008 by the Florida Real Estate Journal. She is the firm http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956359/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:38 -0400 National Realtor News http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956359/ General Motors Corp. is considering a new Chevrolet mini car for the United States as it reworks its product lineup to cope with a dramatic shift from trucks to cars linked to high gas prices, a spoke... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15953548/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:47:07 -0400 Examiner http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15953548/ July 03, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann Erickson has lost a chunk of Microsoft's business, with the software giant confirming that creative duties for one of its bus... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952601/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:50:49 -0400 Ad Age http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952601/ In the forefront is the Hasbro Family Game Night video game for the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 2, a result of the 2007 teaming of the board game company and the video game company. With Hasbro'... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957241/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:23:01 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957241/ Apple sent out an e-mail to current .Mac subscribers detailing this change. Friday, the company extended the transfer deadline to July 6, along with providing a how-to guide to make sure you've got ev... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957240/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:23:00 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957240/ The US Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, signalled yesterday that the worst may soon be over for the American economy. As the price of a barrel of oil tested fresh highs once again, and acknowl... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952944/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:44:16 -0400 The Independent http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952944/ rises against US dollar as markets look to looming ECB rate decision Thursday - & Finance pv_profiles 'ALLAPO1 NOTTOP CURRENCY DOLLARS HK_WRLD Z_ABIZ #tickerapp_test div.crosspromo ul a div.crosspromo... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952955/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:50:00 -0400 Congoo http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952955/ NEW YORK (AP) ― Stocks are closing an abbreviated session mixed after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on employment.The Inst... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956467/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:42 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956467/ The economy may be souring, but one industry has stayed sweet: According to the National Confectioners Association, Americans bought more than $29 billion worth of candy in 2007, up about 3 percent fr... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956551/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:26 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15956551/ " is a device designed to hang around the neck that basically turns a t-coil-equipped hearing aid into a Bluetooth headset. In addition to providing the wireless connection, the http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957236/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:22:56 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15957236/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- General Motors will shift its Chevrolet Beat concept car to the U.S. market as the ailing automobile maker, contending with a stock price that looks to be at its lowest level... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955668/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:19:21 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15955668/ HARTFORD, Conn. – General Electric's aviation unit said Thursday it bought a Czech company that will help it make inroads into the fast-growing market for small twin-engine turboprop aircraft. ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951876/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951876/ We had a double digit move up. We've given it all back, and it's time to be brave and get a little more constructive," he said. Sentiment is so negative "you could cut it with a knife," but that just ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951639/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:40 -0400 CNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951639/ If you're at work and your coworkers won't stop chatting there are two options: either tell them to go talk elsewhere or get a good pair of earplugs and/or headphones. If you've gone for the latter an... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952193/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:38 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952193/ A leading Mac OS X researcher says that Apple has not kept the iPhone operating system up to date with patches it has issued for the desktop. The iPhone runs a stripped down version of Mac OS 10.5 ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952189/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:34 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952189/ , is described by Google as "a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool, optimized for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems a... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952188/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:33 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952188/ CNBC.com The Democratic-led Senate approved the newest member of the Federal Reserve's System Board of Governors last Friday, making Elizabeth A. Duke the seventh woman to become a member of the board... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951638/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:40 -0400 CNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951638/ , a developer of business intelligence software, has introduced a new dashboard that it says will allow developers to keep better track of their Amazon S3 usage. This is an interesting first step t... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952187/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:32 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952187/ On Wednesday, Microsoft announced new security features within the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2. The features are designed to combat the rising tide of drive-by downloads and malicio... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952186/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:29 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952186/ CNBC staff and wire reports The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday that the value of the Bear Stearns portfolio it has held since that firm's acquisition by http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951640/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:03:41 -0400 CNBC http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951640/ WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware judge has granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial. Vice-chancellor John Nobl... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951203/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951203/ that YouTube is a hotbed of pirated video content. But the Electronic Frontier Foundation stills sees the ruling as a blow to user privacy. CNET News.com reporter Caroline McCarthy tells News.com's Le... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952191/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:36 -0400 Cnet http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15952191/ Soybeans futures for July delivery gained 12.25 cents, or 0.7%, to end at $16.58 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. Futures have closed at record highs for six consecutive sessions and have gaine... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951820/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:36:06 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951820/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures closed with a loss of more than 1% Thursday, pressured as the U.S. dollar rose against other currencies, but the precious metal still posted a gain of more ... http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951818/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:36:05 -0400 CBS Marketwatch http://story.oklahomacitysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6034630751577834/id/15951818/