Entire wolf pack killed near Hall

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Federal trappers have killed the entire Willow Creek wolf pack near Hall because of chronic livestock depredations.

Zambia’s sole petroleum refinery runs out of crude oil feed stock

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Zambia's sole petroleum refinery, INDENI Petroleum Refinery, has stopped producing petroleum products after running out of crude oil feed stock, according to Zambia Daily Mail. But the government has assured the nation that there is ...

U.S. mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie bolstered by gov’t

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson announces that the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve will lend money and buy stocks if necessary to aid embattl ...

Foreigners selling of S Korean stocks tops in Asia

Monday, July 14th, 2008

The South Korean stock market faced the greatest exodus of foreign capital in Asia in the first half of 2008 as foreign investors' worries over a global credit crunch and cost-push inflation deepens, the Korea Exchange (KRX) said Monday. ...

Tokyo stocks open slightly lower

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 19.70 points, or 0.15 percent, to 13,019.99 from Friday. The broader Topix index of all First Section iss ...

Dow Jones average below 11,000 for 1st time since 2006

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

U.S. stocks recovered from steep losses Friday after the reports that the Federal Reserve may help the two largest mortgage companies. The Dow Jones industrials, which briefly fell below 11,000 for the first time since July 2006, wa ...

Tokyo stocks open lower

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Friday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged down 4.62 points, or 0.04 percent, from Thursday to 13,062.59. The broader Topix index of all First Sect ...

Argentine farmers warn to resume protest against tax hikes

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Argentine agriculture and livestock produce organizations warned Thursday that it would resume next Tuesday nationwide protests against the contentious grain export tax bill. Farmers and other rural producers said that next Tuesday ...