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Frontier Natural Products Co-op™ Names Bart Becherer to Lead Private-Label Business Unit (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Increased Consumer Demand Drives Opportunity Obama Econ Plan Includes Tax Cuts Totaling $300 Bil (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) President-elect Obama headed to Capitol Hill on Monday to start mobilizing support for an economic stimulus plan packed with $300 billion in tax cuts. Public libraries get a lot more traffic in hard times (The Tuscaloosa News) Andrew Heller sat at a computer in the Tuscaloosa Public Library on Saturday afternoon, scrolling through his e-mail and searching for employer responses to his online job applications.No luck. Agreement eludes LPG tanker owners, oil firms (The Hindu) CHENNAI: Yet another round of negotiations to end the strike by tanker owners transporting bulk LPG remained inconclusive on Sunday. The tankers are on strike since the midnight of December 31. Though the negotiations between the tanker ... Gas prices edging up as crude gets more expensive (BizJournals) Crude oil prices closed in on $50 per barrel Monday, propelled by Israel's invasion into the Gaza Strip, as Central Ohio gas prices hover above the rest of the nation at $1.82 a gallon. Pinning down a winter’s evening (The Westerly Sun) On Dec. 11, Sun reporters and photographers looked at our region a little differently than usual. They split the day into four 6-hour shifts and chronicled a variety of events over 24 hours. From early morning at the Westerly train station to lunchtime at the Charlestown Senior Center and behind the scenes at the Mystic Aquarium, we give you a sampling of life, six hours at a time, in 24 Hours ... Crude prices edge up, Dayton gas at $1.80 (BizJournals) Crude oil prices are up Monday closing in on $50 per barrel propelled by Israeli's ground invasion into the Gaza Strip, with Dayton-area gas prices averaging higher than the rest of the nation at $1.80 per gallon. Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver Fall a Little Over 2% (GoldSeek.com) Gold rose $7.67 to $885.17 and silver climbed $0.255 to $11.74 in early Asian trade before both metals plummeted to as low as $844.10 and $10.543 by about 9AM EST to see losses of 3.8% and 8.2%, but they then rallied back higher into the close and ended with losses of just 2.4% and 2.1%. Australia tightens grip (The Hindu) Sydney: Peter Siddle's maiden five-wicket haul blighted South Africa's response as Australia tightened its grip on the proceedings on day three of the third and final cricket Test here on Monday. Business News (Corsicana Daily Sun) Community National Bank and TrustCommunity National Bank and Trust helped United Way of Navarro County inch closer to its $390,000 campaign goal
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