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Idea of Offshore Drilling Seems to Be Spreading In Florida, minds once closed to offshore drilling have been cracked open by prospects of safer drilling technology and an awareness that dependency on foreign oil has heavy costs.

McClatchy to Cut 10% of Work Force The publisher of the Kansas City Star and Miami Herald will trim about 1,400 employees in a move to save $70 million a year as it struggles to attract advertising dollars.
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U.S. Marshals Continue Search for Missing Trader A manhunt continued for a hedge fund manager who disappeared Monday hours before he was to have reported to prison to serve a federal sentence for conspiracy and fraud.

Standing Up for Workers? Rights in Japan Japan?s salarymen have borne the brunt of its economic decline, enduring lower wages, job insecurity and long hours of unpaid overtime. Now, a few are fighting back.

Industrial Nations Vow to Cut Oil Use The Group of 8 countries, joined by China, India and South Korea, pledged greater investments in efficiency but also urged oil producers to increase output.

Unemployment Rate Hits 5.5% as 49,000 Jobs Lost The jobless rate surged to 5.5 percent last month, the biggest increase in more than two decades.

In a Surprise, Goods Orders Rose in April Orders for manufactured goods posted a surprisingly strong increase as demand rose across a number of industries.

Technology Stocks Are the Week?s Stars The overall stock market managed a small gain for the week, and technology stocks propelled the Nasdaq composite index to a hefty advance.

MasterCard Forecasts Double-Digit Revenue Growth MasterCard, the credit and debit card processor, said it expected double-digit revenue growth for 2008, and raised its long-term profit outlook.

Frequent Flier: How a 2-Hour Flight Stretches Into 19 I am a million-mile man. Despite all my flying time, I?ve had few mishaps. But the mishaps I?ve had are memorable.