Emergency Management
WASHINGTON - Federal investigators are examining whether the California utility whose natural gas pipeline explosion killed at least eight people had an adequate emergency response plan, a government spokesman said Wednesday amid disclosures that such plans are effectively withheld from the public and industry watchdogs.
DUBLIN - Ireland's cost of borrowing slid on bond markets Friday as investors took a positive view of the country's latest efforts to take control of Europe's worst deficit and a titanic bank-bailout effort.
BEIJING - China spent tens of billions of dollars on a dazzling 2008 Olympics.
WASHINGTON - The government has raised $706.3 million from the sale of warrants it held in The Hartford Financial Services Group.
DUBLIN - Ireland's cost of borrowing reached its highest point in the euro era Monday as investors sold off government bonds on speculation of financial and government instability.
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