• Oil hovers at $98 as traders eye Japan, Mideast

    • SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices hovered over $98 a barrel Thursday in Asia as traders watched closely Japan's battle to avoid a full meltdown at a damaged nuclear ...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: JapanOilASTMMideast

    NRC: No water in spent fuel pool of Japan plant

    • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chief of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said all the water is gone from one of the spent fuel pools at Japan's most troubled nucl...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: JapanElplan

    United Continental: US-Japan traffic declines

    • There has been a "measurable decline" in air traffic from the U.S. to Japan since the earthquake there, United Continental Holdings Inc. said ...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: JapanUnitedLinesonUS

    New-home construction plunges in February

  • Japanese auto companies extend plant shutdowns

    • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Japanese auto companies on Wednesday extended shutdowns of car-assembly plants affected by the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami, ...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: JapanautoTDdownMDowendplanshutdown

    Worsening nuclear crisis rattles financial markets

    • NEW YORK (AP) -- Financial markets were jolted for a third day Wednesday by fears that a partial meltdown may have occurred at a nuclear plant in Japan. Stocks ...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: WorsMrattlesmarkets

    Higher prices for food are about to get worse

    • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are noticing higher prices at the grocery store, and it's about to get worse. Food prices at the wholesale level rose last month by...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: AboutWorshighforFoodpricesOuthigher

    Oil prices rise with international tensions

    • NEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices rose Wednesday as traders tried to gauge the impact that numerous international crises will have on world energy demand. Benchmark c...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: nationWithOilpriceson

    Japan crisis could slow US nuclear industry

    • Japan's reactor crisis has renewed anxiety about nuclear safety and could derail efforts to revive the U.S. industry as a clean alternative energy source. The f...
      Time: 2011-03-17 Class: Finance Tag: JapancouldCouldindustryUS