U.S. gasoline under $3.50 for first time in 6 months (Reuters via Yahoo! News) U.S. retail gasoline prices fell 15 cents a gallon over the last week, dropping below an average $3.50 a gallon for the first time in six months, the government said on Monday.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:25:07 GMT)
New unit to treat 'mini-strokes' (BBC News)A new unit is to open at West Suffolk Hospital to treat local patients who suffer "mini-strokes".(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:48:10 GMT)
BHP Presents Environmental Study on $3.25 Billion Expansion (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. said it presented an environmental impact study for the $3.25 billion expansion of its Escondida copper mine, the world's largest.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:12:43 GMT)
Village Free Church wins Pastors' Putt (Delano Eagle)Village Evangelical Free Church emerged as victors from the Pastors' Putt Invitational golf tournament and took home the traveling trophy.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:51:36 GMT)
Tour promoter ordered to pay Kelly $3.4M (UPI) LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- An impartial arbitrator has awarded U.S. singer R. Kelly $3.4 million in damages from tour promoter Leonard Rowe, court documents filed Monday said.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:06:58 GMT)
Miniature golf course lines up for final putt (Fort Worth Business Press)The $65,000 Ken Smith borrowed in 1969 to build a 54-hole Putt Putt miniature golf course on East Division Street in Arlington seemed like a fairly risky business investment at the time, though he did receive some early encouragement.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:58:57 GMT)
Scotiabank Pays C$2.3 Billion for CI Financial Stake (Update5) (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's third- biggest bank, agreed to buy Sun Life Financial Inc.'s stake in money manager CI Financial Income Fund for C$2.3 billion ($2.1 billion), the biggest acquisition in the bank's 176-year history.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:49 GMT)