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Despite the worst U.S. recession in decades, sales of organic and sustainable products have continued to grow, experts say, with shoppers willing to spend a few more dollars in a bid to become more green. U.S. supermarket sales of environmentally...

BY register staff Redwood Credit Union recently announced the arrival of Joseph Turfa to its team of financial advisors. Turfa will be primarily serving members in Napa, Marin and San Francisco with a variety of financial planning, retirement planning and...

This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Ten years after launching a hostile takeover of U.S. copper refiner Asarco LLC and four years after forcing it into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Mexican billionaire Germán Larrea Mota-Velasco finally has what...

The possibility of Telstra offloading its stake in the pay-TV business Foxtel is not the only deal that is occupying the mind of the Seven Network executive chairman Kerry Stokes. His 52 per cent-owned is also giving him something to...

Sarasota's Ringling festival boosts town's arts scene Sarasota is an arts-crazy place, a Florida Gulf Coast city justifiably proud of its cultural riches. Though small by South Florida's sprawling standards, the city is home to a ballet company, an orchestra,...

Neb. — People trying to fight through the economic downturn by earning college degrees may soon find them harder to afford in Nebraska. While budget cuts proposed at the University of Nebraska probably won't cause a midstream tuition hike this...

Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The...

Duke Energy Corp., the owner of utilities in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest, is in talks with Chinese companies on U.S. power investments and plans to pursue joint projects with Asian partners in Latin America. Duke, which is building a...

In its monthly report for September, issued Tuesday, Asarco restated its financial results for its whole bankruptcy, and what had been a sunny scene turned partly cloudy. For example, in its August report, Asarco had reported making a profit for...

Catholic priest Marco Arana, who is also a social and environmental activist, has not yet officially decided to run in Peru's next presidential elections, but he is already facing opposition from the highest-level Catholic Church officials in the country.