Kansas City Star: Business - Wire http://www.kansascity.com/438/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Business - Wire 60 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:07:30 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com Actors union ratifies deal with Hollywood studios http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697564.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697564.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:01 CDT The labor drama gripping Hollywood is now entering its final act after one actors group said its members ratified a new deal and the other prepared to turn down the major studios' final offer. Fed to curb shady home-lending practices http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696014.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696014.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:06 CDT The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. Slaughter begins in Calif dairy herd exposed to TB http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697641.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697641.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:26 CDT More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered this week in central California, where nearly 16,000 cattle in the country's largest milk-producing region have been quarantined, federal officials said. Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695819.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695819.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:06 CDT A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets. SKorea doctors eat US beef to show safe http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697805.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697805.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:31 CDT Sitting at tables with built-in grills, leading South Korean doctors and business executives ate U.S. beef on Wednesday in a bid to dispel public health fears. Oil turns higher on US data, Iran missile tests http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697812.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697812.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:06 CDT Oil prices are rising after a government report showed crude stockpiles fell more than expected and Iran test-fired nine missiles, including a type capable of reaching Israel. Delta dismissed from fatal 2006 Ky. crash lawsuits http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697565.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697565.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:05 CDT A federal judge has dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash that killed 49 people two years ago. US agriculture secretary confident meat is safe http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697741.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697741.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:26 CDT The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation's food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves. Nissan plans electric cars in Portugal http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697807.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697807.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:00 CDT Automakers Nissan and Renault will sell electric vehicles in Portugal in 2011 and the allied companies have partnered with the government in an attempt to create a national network of charging stations. South Korean doctors eat US beef to show safe http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696003.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696003.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:40 CDT Sitting at tables with built-in grills, leading South Korean doctors and business executives ate U.S. beef on Wednesday in a bid to dispel public health fears. Bovis, Redrow slashing staff by 40 pct http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697819.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697819.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:11 CDT U.K. homebuilders Bovis Homes Group PLC and Redrow PLC each said Wednesday they were slashing staff by 40 percent - more signs of the distress in Britain's dismal and deteriorating housing market. Alcoa's 2Q profit sinks 24 percent on higher costs http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696958.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696958.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:46 CDT Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, ushered in the second-quarter earnings season by posting a 24 percent earnings decline as rising production costs eroded profits, but the results still exceeded analysts' expectations. Longer lives, less pay _ women not saving enough http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697571.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697571.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:35 CDT Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right? EADS executive detained in trading probe http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697803.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697803.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:05 CDT French police on Wednesday detained the first executive still employed by Airbus parent EADS as part of an insider trading probe, according to his attorney. ECB head says inflation will linger http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697730.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697730.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:40 CDT European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warned Wednesday that euro nations are already seeing the first signs of an inflation price spiral, calling on governments to take care not to grant wage hikes that could fuel further price rises. Stocks fluctuate as oil prices rebound http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697861.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/697861.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:06 CDT Wall Street pulled back Wednesday as a mild recovery in oil prices sapped the momentum from the previous day's big stock rally. US stocks look to open higher after Alcoa earns http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696035.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696035.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:50 CDT Stocks headed for a higher open Wednesday, with investors heartened by better-than-expected earnings from Alcoa Inc. but still nervous about oil prices. Oil extends slide into 2nd day, losing over $5 http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695995.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695995.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:10 CDT Oil tumbled more than $5 a barrel Tuesday in its second big drop this week, hurling crude back to levels not seen since June 26 as traders wary about the health of the global economy cashed in gains from oil's recent rally. From bull semen to bras, Iran still buys American http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695834.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/695834.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:01 CDT Nuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: cigarettes, brassieres, bull semen and more. Anheuser-Busch calls InBev takeover bid illegal http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696941.html http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/696941.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:46 CDT Anheuser-Busch claims that Belgian brewer InBev's unsolicited takeover bid isn't just bad for the bottom line, but is an "illegal scheme" that threatens to defraud Anheuser-Busch shareholders if a federal judge doesn't step in.