Bush, Lula discuss collapse of trade talks: W.House AOL KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President George W. Bush discussed the collapse of world trade talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, expressing disappointment over the failure and reaffirming his commitment to reaching agreement, the White House said. | Marathon talk...
Colombian coffee exports slowed by trucker strike San Diego BOGOTA - Thirty percent of Colombian coffee exports were halted by a truckers' strike on Friday, the growers' federation said while the country's main exporting group said its shipments will not be slowed for days to come. | "The effects are immediate," said a statement issued by the National Federa...
Cheap ride: More towns let golf carts putter about San Diego ST. LOUIS - With two GEO Trackers, a Lexus and a pickup truck, retired coal miner Bob Woll has many ways to zip around his southern Illinois town to visit friends, the fairgrounds or the frozen custard stand. These days, he prefers his electric golf ...
Cheap ride: More towns let golf carts putter about Star Tribune | ST. LOUIS - With two GEO Trackers, a Lexus and a pickup truck, retired coal miner Bob Woll has many ways to zip around his southern Illinois town to visit friends, the fairgrounds or the frozen custard stand. These days, he prefers his electric gol...
Cheap ride: More towns let golf carts putter about Houston Chronicle | ST. LOUIS - With two GEO Trackers, a Lexus and a pickup truck, retired coal miner Bob Woll has many ways to zip around his southern Illinois town to visit friends, the fairgrounds or the frozen custard stand. These days, he prefers his electric gol...
Cheap ride: More towns let golf carts putter about The Tribune San Luis Obispo By JIM SUHR | AP Business Writer | ST. LOUIS -- | With two GEO Trackers, a Lexus and a pickup truck, retired coal miner Bob Woll has many ways to zip around his southern Illinois town to visit friends, the fairgrounds or the frozen custard stand. The...
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Harley-Davidson drives to snap up MV Augusta The Times | MV Agusta, Italy's legendary motorcycle maker that dominated international racing from the late Fifties to the mid-Seventies, has been bought by the Harley-Davidson group. | The ...
TransCanada's Maine wind farm wins state approval Canada Dot Com | VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp's planned 132-megawatt wind power plant in Maine has won state approval and a federal permit is expected shortly, the com...
Americans still traveling despite uncertainties The Boston Globe | PORTLAND, Maine—High gas prices may mean fewer families will be headed to the beach or the mountains this summer, but rising prices likely won't be keeping wealthy people f...
Blethen Maine papers could face shutdown Seattle Post | PORTLAND, Maine – The president and chief executive of Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc. says its dailies in Portland, Augusta and Waterville may be shut down. | In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court, Charles Cochrane said Blethen Maine and The ...
Maine's power companies plan upgrades to prevent blackouts in region myTELUS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | PORTLAND, Maine - Two of Maine's largest power-distribution companies, Central Maine Power and Maine Public Service, are proposing major upgrades aimed at preventing blackouts, bringing as a side benefit thousands of construc...
Bush, Lula discuss collapse of trade talks: W.House AOL KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) - President George W. Bush discussed the collapse of world trade talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday, expressing disappointment over the failure and reaffirming his commitment to reachin...
McCain wants Iraq-style economy 'surge' The Australian | WHITE House hopeful John McCain called Wednesday for a policy "surge" to right the teetering US economy, but was scorned by his Democratic rival Barack Obama as a creature of Washington. | Senator Obama savaged the Arizona senator's self-promotion as a "maverick" who could fix Washington's fractured politics, as the contenders returned to a war o...
NZ Shares: Market up 1pc early after US stocks soar NZ Herald | The New Zealand sharemarket started strongly, after US equities soared on signals from the Federal Reserve that it is in no rush to raise US interest rates and as oil prices tumbled further. | Shortly after the market's 10am opening today the benchmark NZSX-50 index was up 33.48 points, or 1 per cent, to 3329.16, more than reversing yesterday's 2...
