CHICAGO – Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) on Monday warned that 2006 profit would fall below analysts’ estimates and reported a lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings as its beef export business slowly recovered from the 2003 mad cow scare. The forecast drove shares of the No. 1 U.S. meat company down 8.7 percent. …
Read More »Yahoo Upgrades Online Maps
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Yahoo Inc. has redesigned its online maps to make it easier to get driving directions to multiple destinations and find local merchants — the latest move in the company’s duel with Internet powerhouse Google Inc. The Sunnyvale-based company planned to unveil its latest mapping improvements Wednesday, less …
Read More »AP Poll: Bush Support Hits New Low
WASHINGTON – Public support for President Bush (search) has eroded to its lowest level yet, with the Iraq war dragging on, a top White House aide facing felony charges and the White House rushing to replace a failed Supreme Court nominee. Concerned that the president has lost his footing, some …
Read More »Guests and Topics: Nov. 15
Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! November 15: As President Bush continues his trip to Asia is a new Iraq strategy being hatched by both parties in Congress? FNC political analyst and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris joins the debate! Plus, the Senate passes a resolution saying …
Read More »Ford, Fiat Sign Deal on Small Cars
TURIN, Italy – Fiat SpA (FIA) and Ford Motor Co. (F) said Monday they had signed an agreement to collaborate on small cars, completing a deal to co-develop models due in 2007 and 2008. The two carmakers said they expected to save on development costs and benefit from economies of …
Read More »Mastodon Remains Turn Up in Illinois
A few months after the last of the elephants left Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo in May, amid complaints from activists that Illinois doesn’t have a climate fit for such animals, remains of their ancient relatives were showing up around the state. “It almost seemed that mastodons and mammoths were falling …
Read More »Guests and Topics: Nov. 14
Watch “Hannity & Colmes” weeknights at 9 p.m. ET! November 14: As illegals flood our country — Why can’t we stop them? And who’s to blame? Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s answers will shock you! This interview and much more… don’t miss “Hannity & Colmes” tonight at 9 p.m. ET! …
Read More »Pope Skips Weekly Audience
VATICAN CITY – Even if he couldn’t speak, Pope John Paul II (search) would bring a powerful spiritual presence to Germany if he makes his only scheduled foreign trip of the year for a World Youth Day gathering this summer, a German cardinal said Wednesday. Cardinal Joachim Meisner (search) of …
Read More »Guests and Topics: Thursday, March 24
See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… We’ll have the latest on the life and death battle over Terri Schiavo (search ). Emotional arguments on both sides of the debate continue to dominate the debate over …
Read More »Terrorists Look to Europe for Recruits
BERLIN – Islamic terror groups are becoming increasingly active in Germany (search) and coordinating with militants across Europe to recruit fighters to join the insurgency in Iraq, equipping them with fake passports, money and medical supplies, security officials say. One of the best examples of the cross-continent cooperation involves an …
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