AP Business News

Holidays will again test NYC air travel bottleneck
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City....

Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are heading toward the final month of the year with more questions about the economy than they had just a few weeks ago....

Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself....

Senate Democrats at odds over health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats on Sunday sparred with each other over how to fix the nation's troubled health care system, the moderates threatening to scuttle legislation if their demands weren't met and more liberal members warning their party leaders not to bend....

Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday....

Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies....

NRC investigating radiation at Three Mile Island
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is sending investigators to the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant after a small amount of radiation was detected there....

Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer
LONDON (AP) -- British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday....

South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets....

Iraq's Oct. oil exports drop due to attacks
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country's oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices....