CHATHAM, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Residents and business owners in the beach communities of Cape Cod and nearby islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard hung plywood over their shop windows on Friday and rued the arrival of Hurricane Earl, which appeared set to spoil their holiday weekend.
But ...
HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Tropical storm Earl, a mere shadow of the massive hurricane that frightened the U.S. East Coast this week, lashed Atlantic Canada on Saturday with high winds, waves and driving rain.
The core of the storm was expected to hit the Nova Scotia coast by mid morning, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy, but analysts were skeptical he would be able to deliver a big enough package to lift growth significantly.
Obama made his remarks after August data showed that jobs -- ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring was a positive surprise, relieving concerns about a stalling economic recovery.
Nonfarm payrolls fell 54,000 as jobs were lost in the government sector, and ...
Skilling led Enron's transformation from a sleepy natural gas pipeline company into a global energy trading powerhouse, which disintegrated in bankruptcy in 2001.
Convicted in May 2006 of 19 counts of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors, Skilling is currently in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show.
The award to two New Jersey investment funds was disclosed in a filing Thursday ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. government inspectors found no leaking oil at Mariner Energy Inc's burned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said late on Friday, allaying fears about more environmental damage after BP's massive spill.
"Inspectors have reported no sign of pollution," the ...
Some harnesses supplied by Johnson Controls for lighting in 2010 model-year Soul cars and 2011 model-year Sorento SUVs were improperly soldered, leading to possible electrical shorts, Kia said in a letter to U.S. safety regulators on August 30.
There were no reports of accidents or injuries due to ...
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said.
Retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen called the equipment switch "an important milestone" ...
In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami Dade County, the Fraternal Order of Police said the city should void the cuts and come up with other ways to fill a $105 million budget gap, like stepping up its collections enforcement.
Miami declared a "financial emergency" in July and said ...
