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Oil firms' profits almost double
Oil giants Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil see profits almost double in the week rival BP suffered record losses. Japan ministry orders Apple to explain iPod overheating
Japan ministry orders Apple to explain iPod overheating Alabama Farmers Federation makes endorsements
The Alabama Farmers Federation has released a bipartisan list of endorsements for the November general election, including Republican Kay Ivey for lieutenant governor and Democratic incumbents Susan Parker and Jan Cook for the Public Service Commission. Alabama waters may be reopened for fishing in a week
Alabama officials today sent samples of fish, shrimp and oysters from the Mississippi Sound to a Pascagoula, Miss., lab for testing to determine whether the waters can be reopened for fishing, said Maj. Chris Blankenship with Alabama Marine Resources. Japan Wind to Be Removed From Exchange Monitoring for Possible Delisting
Japan Wind Development Co. will be taken off monitoring for potential delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange tomorrow, the bourse said in a statement. Oil prices rise on better corporate earnings
Oil prices rose Thursday as better-than-expected earnings from ExxonMobil Corp., Southwest Airlines Co. and others bolstered hope for an improving economy. Japan announces death penalty review after hanging two men
Japan's government says it has plans to review its use of the death penalty after it angered abolitionists by executing two men this week, in the first hangings since the countrys center-left government took office in September. Alabama Sen. Sessions denounces Kagan, calling her 'dangerous'
Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called Elena Kagan "a dangerous, progressive, political" nominee for the Supreme Court. Japan May Auction Spectrum for High-Speed Broadband Services, Nikkei Says
Japans government is considering adopting an auction system for spectrum for new high-speed services, Nikkei English News said, without citing anyone.
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