The new environmental initiative would become the largest green labeling program in American retailing.

The paper won the prestigious Public Service medal. The New York Times and The Boston Globe also won awards.

Pressure is building to sort out the myriad production problems preventing cellulosic ethanol from becoming a reality.

Yahoo announced a broad deal with publishers representing 264 newspapers to sell national advertising across their Web sites.

A new American Airlines Web site just for female travelers has hit a nerve with many businesswomen.

The group said it would offer a health maintenance organization to Medicare recipients and several other products to people 50 to 64.

More than one in six taxpayers in 2004 received the Earned Income Tax Credit, highlighting its growing role in bolstering the incomes of struggling low-income parents, a report found.

Better-than-expected profits at Citigroup and a healthy increase in consumer spending renewed the optimism of investors.

The Alzheimer?s Association?s is introducing its first paid campaign, intended to educate the American public about the disease.

The vote would clarify a 1994 law that bars ?any? use of the name of the Treasury and the I.R.S. to solicit business.

The Defense Department directed a private contractor to hire the companion of Paul D. Wolfowitz to study issues related to setting up a new government in Iraq.

Senator John McCain said that as president he would rely on low taxes, greater fiscal restraint and free trade to lift the nation?s economy.

The alliance was yet another sign that farmers and agribusinesses will be playing a large part in the country?s energy future.

Federal regulators approved revised quality controls for Guidant?s pacemaker and defibrillator operations.

Retail sales rose slightly more than expected in March, but February sales were much higher than first estimated.

First-quarter earnings fell 39 percent, hurt by charges related to corporate revamping and an acquisition.

A former senior adviser has denied the company?s accusation that he was involved in a clandestine buyout effort.

The company still beat Wall Street expectations with strong sales, despite a decline in demand for Barbie dolls in the United States.

The struggling lender said it had found a buyer for most of its home loan business, suggesting that it might have found a way out of the troubled subprime mortgage industry.

IntelSat, which runs the world?s largest network of communications satellites, has been put up for sale by the private equity funds that own it.

Executives are reaping the benefits of an industry turnaround, angering airline workers.

Jurors went home after a third day of deliberations in the $101 million insider trading trial of Joe Nacchio, the former head of Qwest Communications.

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Rexford E. Tompkins was a former chairman of the Real Estate Board of New York who was one of the industry?s leading voices in creating a rent stabilization system.

Reuters - The chief executives of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to unveil plans on Tuesday to help subprime borrowers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site.

Reuters - Time Warner Inc. executives are weighing whether the company should reduce its cable-TV holdings amid competition from the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

Reuters - General Motors Corp.'s , commercial vehicle venture in China expects to increase sales by more than one-fifth this year and aims to maintain its number-one position in the Chinese market's minivan segment, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

Reuters - India's Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Iceland's Actavis are among the top contenders for Merck KGaA's generics business, which could be sold for more than $6 billion, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.

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Tesco reports profits of £2.55bn following a strong year of international expansion.

Venezuela's opposition to ethanol production in the region dominates a summit of eight Latin American nations.

Department store group Debenhams says full-year profits will miss expectations following poor sales.

Sales at fashion firm Burberry rise 19% thanks to its global retail stores and a focus on the luxury end of the market.

Reuters - An investor group's plans to buy bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi Corp. has hit a snag, with the union not agreeing to cut future wages and benefits for new hires, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Tuesday.

A surge in the rate of UK inflation sends the pound through the $2 mark for the first time since 1992.

A pipeline leak in Canada is helping oil prices recover from Monday's falls.

The UK looks set for a further rise in interest rates after inflation soars to 3.1% in March.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. is looking at a "multiple increase" in auto parts sourcing from India, Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Tuesday.

Deutsche Telekom plans to cut the wages employees in its customer services division to avoid job cuts.

Russia starts building the world's first floating nuclear plant, to power an Arctic naval shipyard.

Reuters - General Motors Corp. is looking at a "multiple increase" in auto parts sourcing from India, Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Tuesday.

The 0.6 percent increase was the largest in 11 months, although inflation was modest when energy is excluded.

GM's new Astra car will be built in Poland, Germany, Sweden and the UK, safeguarding the Ellesmere Port factory.

Deutsche Telekom plans to cut the wages employees in its customer services division to avoid job cuts.

BA cabin crew vote to accept a deal on pensions and pay - an issue that had threatened the airline with strike action.

Reuters - U.S. core inflation dipped in March despite the biggest surge in gasoline costs in 1-1/2 years and new-homebuilding eked out a slight gain, according to government reports on Tuesday showing continuing expansion with generally subdued prices.

Reuters - The pace of U.S. home construction rose 0.8 percent in March to a rate that beat analysts' predictions but the rise was well below the previous month's increase and the rate was sharply off the year-ago figure, a government report showed on Tuesday.

Reuters - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings well above forecasts on higher-than-expected sales of its drugs and health-care products, lifting shares almost 2 percent in pre-market trading.

Reuters - Coca-Cola Co. , the world's largest beverage company, on Tuesday reported higher quarterly profit that beat Wall Street estimates as strength in emerging markets such as China and Russia overshadowed weakness in North America.

Reuters - Mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have new programs to help troubled subprime borrowers avoid foreclosure, the companies' chiefs will say Tuesday, according to prepared testimony for a congressional hearing.

Workers at Skoda Auto, the Czech carmaker owned by Volkswagen, go on strike over pay and benefits.

Coca-Cola's latest profits rise 14% after international growth offsets a decline in sales in North America.

Reuters - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings well above forecasts on lower taxes and better-than-expected sales of its array of health-care products, lifting shares almost 3 percent.

Reuters - Mellon Financial Corp. , one of the world's leading asset managers, reported higher quarterly earnings on Tuesday as assets reached a new record, helped by growing demand and several acquisitions.

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AFP - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco reported a 20-percent rise in net profits on Tuesday, saying growth was driven by soaring sales of food and other goods at home and abroad.

But gains excluding food and energy slowed, as falling apparel prices, along with slower increases in housing and medical care costs, kept core inflation tame.

Many immigrant workers who rode the construction boom now find few jobs on building sites.

German phone firm Deutsche Telekom threatens to sell off parts of its business unless 50,000 staff accept pay cuts.

Concerns about the pace of US inflation ease slightly after figures showed a decline in a key gauge of price growth.

Channel Tunnel passenger train operator Eurostar says it will cut CO2 emissions by 25% per passenger by 2012.

Boots will ban cheque payments at its 1,500 UK and Republic of Ireland stores, starting from 1 May.

Reuters - Several large U.S. banks reported slowing profit growth on Tuesday amid struggles with interest-rate pressures and rising loan losses, including from mortgages.

Reuters - U.S. core inflation dipped in March and groundbreaking for new homes rose slightly as the economy demonstrated anew an ability to keep growing without generating surging prices.

Reuters - Coca-Cola Co. posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as the continued rollout of Coke Zero helped boost sales in many countries, allaying investors' concerns the soft drink business is stagnant.

Reuters - Ford Motor Co has not ruled out an eventual sale or partnership as the automaker cuts jobs and closes plants in an effort to recover from billions of dollars in losses, Ford's executive chairman told a magazine in an article published on Tuesday.

BCE, Canada?s largest telecommunications company, is in discussions with KKR and three Canadian pension funds.

GM's new Astra car will be built in Poland, Germany, Sweden, and at the UK's Ellesmere Port factory.

Liberia's economy should grow 11% a year on average over the next five years, according to the IMF.

Reuters - U.S. banking regulators urged lenders on Tuesday to help distressed borrowers unable to make mortgage payments and offered possible incentives to move homeowners to lower-cost loans.

Reuters - The Dow industrials rose on Tuesday, helped by solid profits at companies such as Johnson & Johnson and data showing tamer core inflation in March.

The banks said that they are continuing their exclusive takeover talks until the end of Friday. A rival bid looms.

Draft FCB will create advertising campaigns for television, radio and magazines.

Yahoo's latest profits fall 11% as it continues to struggle to catch up with search engine market leader Google.

US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are developing new types of loans to cut repossessions.

Computer giant IBM reports a 8% rise in profits, led by increased business for its main business services unit.

Exclusive takeover talks between Barclays and Dutch bank ABN Amro are extended until Friday, an extra two days.

Reuters - Intel Corp. posted a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, boosted by a tax item and in line with analyst expectations despite the No. 1 microchip company's bruising price war with rival AMD .

Reuters - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. reported on Tuesday an 11 percent fall in quarterly profit, missing Wall Street estimates, as its new advertising system has yet to contribute significantly to earnings.

AP - High-profile investors like Carl Icahn have helped define the image of activist shareholders by storming into companies and pushing for change. A less visible type of activism exists among some mutual funds, one that employs quiet diplomacy to press for change and boost a stock.

Revenue and income were below expectations, suggesting that an overhaul of the search advertising system has yet to deliver.

The early economic advisers to presidential candidates can leave a big imprint if their candidate prevails.

Reuters - International Business Machines Corp. , the world's largest technology services company, said on Tuesday that quarterly profit rose 8 percent on higher sales of software and computer services.

Reuters - Several U.S. regional banks reported weak earnings on Tuesday amid struggles with interest-rate pressures and rising loan losses, including those from mortgages.

AP - Energy prices surged in March at the fastest pace since Hurricane Katrina, but other consumer costs eased, providing relief from worries that inflation was getting out of hand.

Reuters - Chrysler Group is set to unveil plans to build two new factories in Michigan as part of a planned $3-billion investment in more fuel efficient vehicles, according to state and company officials.

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday that would require the government to notify taxpayers of unauthorized use of their Social Security numbers as a protection against identity theft and tax fraud.

GoodWorks International has become a lightning rod in Nigeria as the country prepares to elect a new president.

The economy remains on an even keel, with inflation showing signs of easing and growth not slipping too far.

Chinese companies are finding their fastest growth in the world?s rapidly growing economies, not the United States.

The mortgage lending subsidiaries of national banks are immune from state regulation, the Supreme Court ruled.

Even in the shadow of the Apollo, developers are building offices and shops geared to an increasingly residential population.

Kmart is teaming up with Draft FCB, the agency that won ? then lost ? the creative account of its major competitor, Wal-Mart Stores.

The Environmental Protection Agency will consider the environmental policies of hotels and convention centers when it considers places to stay.

The parent of Bell Canada said it was talking about going private with three Canadian pension funds and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

Companies are increasingly being urged to listen more closely to shareholders. There could be such a thing as too much.