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New microchip card for US purchases in Europe
NEW YORK - If you've traveled to Europe recently, you may have had the frustrating experience of being unable to use a U.S.-issued credit card for automated transactions, like renting a bike from a stand on the str…
Audobon's 'Birds of America' fetches $10 million at auction
LONDON - It's quite a nest egg. John James Audubon's "Birds of America," a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million …
Trade deficit narrows to 9-month low in October
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell to its lowest level in nine months, as growing demand for American goods overseas and a falling dollar pushed exports …
A real horse race in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. - The struggling casino and horse racing industries in New Jersey got a long look from state lawmakers Thursday, who advanced 10 bills aimed at e…
Embrace change or accept failure
There's an old saying that goes: It is easy to change things. It is hard to change people. Resistance to change is perhaps the biggest threat to progress a business can face.
Stock sales help government offset bailout losses
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stock sales are helping the government offset projected losses from its $700 billion rescue of the financial system.
The best cameras for every budget
NEW YORK - Digital cameras have been popular gifts for a decade, but enthusiasm is waning, as most households already have one. The good news is that if you do know someone who could use a fresher model, it's hard …
Chemical fortune heir du Pont dies
PITTSBURGH - John du Pont, the chemical fortune heir who killed an Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler at his palatial estate near Philadelphia, died Thursday …
Wyoming officials say yes to Teton land sale
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The state land board on Thursday approved selling 2 square miles of property within Grand Teton National Park to the federal government for $107 million in a deal that would be completed in four ph…
Bucking trend, Bolivia lowers retirement age to 58
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia enacted a law Friday reducing the country's retirement age to 58, bucking a global trend in which countries push people to work longer to counteract the burden on national treasuries of ri…
Nations struggle to make climate deals
CANCUN, Mexico - Weary delegates from almost 200 nations struggled through night and day Friday to cobble together final decisions wrapping up the U.N. climate conference, small steps to revive the faltering, years…
Peace and contentment for pets
COEUR d'ALENE - When Ralph Ansel walks in the kennel area at Northwest Pet Resort, he hears nothing.
Movers & Shakers December 10, 2010
Sherman Junction restaurant closes
Another shot
COEUR d'ALENE - A proposal to expand an Athol bed and breakfast into a shelter and therapy center needs more tweaking before it can go through, the Kootenai County commissioners decided on Thursday.
Movers & Shakers December 9, 2010
Hagadone Marine ranked among top boat dealers