Economy slides in first quarter
Even optimists predict lackluster growth with climbing joblessness, energy prices and global unrest.
War puts oil traders over a barrel
NEW YORK -- Oil prices rose above $30 a barrel Thursday for the first time since war broke out in Iraq, as concerns about worldwide supplies replaced early hopes for a quick end to the military conflict.
FDA tries to dam flood of drugs from Canada
The feds are taking a dim view of the growing number of businesses helping to bring cheaper prescription drugs into the United States.
FDA tries to dam flood of drugs from Canada
The feds are taking a dim view of the growing number of businesses helping to bring cheaper prescription drugs into the United States.
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PSC TO VOTE ON REFUND: The Florida Public Service Commission plans to vote May 6 to resolve a dispute between Progress Energy Florida Inc. and the Office of Public Counsel over how large a refund the St. Petersburg utility owes its customers under a rate-reduction settlement reached last year. At stake is an $18.2-million discrepancy between the two sides' calculations. Representatives of Progress, the public counsel and the PSC staff met Thursday in a sometimes-testy discussion about the issue. Progress executives argued that adjustments they made in the refund's calculations were "implied" in last year's agreement. Public counsel Jack Shreve countered, "The agreement is exactly what we agreed to ... . We want the agreement as it stands."
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