9/2/2010 Summary Box: Productivity falls in spring WORKER EFFICIENCY: Productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, fell at an annual rate of 1.8 percent in the April-to-June quarter, the big... read full article...

9/2/2010 Summary Box: UN telecoms chief urges data sharing THE ARGUMENT: BlackBerry's Canadian manufacturer should give law enforcement agencies around the world access to its customer data, the U.N. teleco... read full article...

9/2/2010 Another rig explodes off La. coast; oil spreading Another oil rig exploded and caught fire Thursday off the Louisiana coast, spreading a mile-long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico west of the site o... read full article...

9/2/2010 Treasury prices slide on unemployment report Treasury prices dropped for a second straight day after the Labor Department said fewer workers filed for unemployment last week. read full article...

9/2/2010 Summary Box: Pernod Ricard earnings COMPANY: Pernod Ricard SA, Paris-based drink maker known for its anise-flavored aperitifs as well as Beefeater gin and recently acquired Absolut vo... read full article...

9/2/2010 Karzai: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank Afghan President Hamid Karzai reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be gua... read full article...

9/2/2010 Earl threatens East Coast with 125 mph winds The last ferries pulled away from North Carolina's vulnerable barrier islands Thursday as Hurricane Earl spun closer with winds near 125 mph, putti... read full article...

9/2/2010 Feds: no link between Dry Max diapers and rashes Government safety officials have not found a connection between a new kind of Pampers diapers and the severe skin reactions reported by some parent... read full article...

9/2/2010 Burkle appeals ruling in Barnes & Noble lawsuit Billionaire financier Ron Burkle is appealing a Delaware judge's decision to dismiss his lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble over its shareho... read full article...

9/2/2010 VeraSun asking corn farmers for repayment Midwest farmers who sold corn to bankrupt ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. have been receiving official letters asking for most of that money ... read full article...