Business Stories from November 7, 2012 (Change date)
-
Taco Bell to offer sweets as part of a snacks menuNov 08, 2012 5:26 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ NEW YORK — Taco Bell wants to become destination for snack-starved younger people, not just a place to get burritos for...
-
Senate leader Reid wants quick deal on ‘fiscal cliff’Nov 08, 2012 5:26 am - WASHINGTON — The top Democrat in Congress called Wednesday for a quick solution to Washington’s “fiscal cliff” in an upcoming postelection session of Congress. At the sa...
-
Expect busier airports, full planes for ThanksgivingNov 08, 2012 5:26 am - NEW YORK — Travelers can expect airports to be busier and planes to be fuller than ever this Thanksgiving. And fares will be more expensive. That’s the outlook from the...
-
Apple shares drop 20 percent from peakNov 07, 2012 6:10 pm - NEW YORK — Apple’s stock is falling along with a sell-off in the broader market. The stock of the world’s most valuable company has now fallen more than 20 percent from ...
-
Brazil to distribute oil revenues more evenlyNov 07, 2012 10:43 am - BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s House of Representatives has approved a controversial proposal to share profits from the country’s growing oil production sector more evenly ...
-
Developer seeks injunction to build controversial Wheeling apartmentsNov 12, 2012 11:39 pm - The developers behind a proposed Wheeling apartment building for people with mental and physical disabilities are asking a federal court to allow them to proceed immedia...
-
Dow loses 313 in post-election sell-offNov 08, 2012 5:26 am - Wall Street greeted a second Obama term the way it greeted the first. Investors dumped stocks Wednesday in the sharpest sell-off of the year. With the election only hour...
-
U.S. Cellular sells Chicago, Midwest markets to SprintNov 08, 2012 12:25 pm - Sprint is buying U.S. Cellular markets in the Midwest for $480 million to boost its network capacity. Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest U.S. cellphone carrier, sai...
-
Time Warner 3Q earnings beat Street, revenue shortNov 07, 2012 7:38 am - NEW YORK — Time Warner said Wednesday that its third-quarter earnings grew 2 percent, as a strong performance in its cable television channels offset declines in the War...
-
Iraq official: Exxon Mobil wants out of big fieldNov 08, 2012 4:21 am - BAGHDAD — U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has expressed an interest in pulling out of a major oil field development project in the country’s south, a senior Iraqi oil m...