Boeing 4Q commercial aircraft deliveries up 10 pct

NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing Co. said Thursday its commercial aircraft deliveries rose 10 percent in the last three months of 2011, driven by widespread growth among its models and two deliveries of the aircraft maker's highly anticipated 787.

Chicago-based Boeing Co. said it delivered 128 commercial airplanes in the fourth quarter, compared with 116 in the same period a year earlier. In the third quarter, it delivered 127 commercial planes, including its first 787 to Japanese airline All Nippon Airways.

The fourth-quarter 2011 results included two deliveries of the 787, which Boeing calls the Dreamliner. They also included nine deliveries of the 747, none of which were delivered in …

Albania vows to ID mass grave victims

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha has promised that authorities will identify all 19 corpses found in a mass grave. The victims are believed to be prisoners executed during the former communist regime.

Berisha, speaking Monday, says DNA tests will be used to identify the bodies unearthed at a …

Wholesale prices up Rise in gas prices fuels 0.2% jump

WASHINGTON Inflation at the wholesale level edged up 0.2 percentin November, pushed by the biggest jump in natural gas prices in twoyears. Outside of energy, prices were well-behaved, economists said.

The advance Friday in the Labor Department's Producer Price Index,which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer,followed a 0.1 percent decline for October.

"Aside from energy, prices for everything else look tame," saidDonald Ratajczak, director of Georgia State University's economicforecasting project. "This report should calm any fears aboutinflation."

So far this year, wholesale prices have been rising at an annualrate of 2.9 percent, …

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Ramirez hits first spring homer in Dodgers' loss

Hitting his first home run of the spring wasn't a big deal for Manny Ramirez. Running pain-free on a cool evening in the desert was much more important.

In his second game back as a designated hitter after missing a week with tightness in his left hamstring, Ramirez hit a first-inning homer off Seattle …

Pounds 500 energy offer from the Halifax

Lender the Halifax is to entice new mortgage customers withPounds 500 towards gas and electricity bills which can be claimedwithin six months of moving.

Customers who either take out a new mortgage or remortgagebetween October 4 and November 5 this year will be able to takeadvantage of the offer, …

Street Protests Greet Bush in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a weeklong tour of Latin America on Thursday. Police clashed with protesters in Brazil and across the region.

Bush arrived in South America's largest city in the evening on a mission intended to promote democracy, increased trade and cooperation on alternative fuels. The president and his advisers also hoped his visit would offset the growing influence of leftist leaders, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

As he flew here on Air Force One, Bush's national security adviser brushed aside Chavez's provocations. "The president is going to do what he's been doing for a long time: talk …