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'); document.write(''); document.write('FRANKFURT (AP) — Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of the company.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LAREDO, Texas (AP) — A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customer who places a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — British oil exploration company Heritage Oil PLC said Monday it has agreed to sell its stakes in two Ugandan fields to Italy\'s Eni SpA for up to $1.5 billion.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('PARK FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody\'s punching bag.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SINGAPORE (AP) — Crude prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday in Asia as Iran staged five days of war games, boosting tensions in the oil-rich region.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after a decline on Wall Street and as investors hunkered down ahead of a stream of figures that could confirm the U.S. economy is recovering at a slower pace. European shares were higher.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ARTOIS, Calif. (AP) — An oil boom is under way in California\'s agricultural heartland, as evolving tastes and a trend toward healthy fare have transformed a profession as old as civilization: olive production for the extra virgin market.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation\'s economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.
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