KATU - News - Business http://www.katu.com/news/business RSS Feed for KATU - News - Business en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 20:38:54 GMT Truckers shelling out $1,200 for diesel fillups http://www.katu.com/news/business/18901914.html Fuel prices are hitting truckers especially hard. With diesel fuel running even higher in cost than gasoline - upwards of $4.25 a gallon in many places - filling the tanks on a long-haul semi can run over $1,200. Airbus announces new delays to A380 http://www.katu.com/news/business/18895024.html The setback deals a blow to Airbus' hopes of putting the woes of its flagship superjumbo project behind it, and risks financial penalties from customers. Publishers consider dropping old standby: the paper catalog http://www.katu.com/news/business/18894984.html A publishing institution, faithfully mailed at least twice a year to thousands of stores and libraries for about as long as the industry has existed, may be on its way out: The paper catalog. In tough times, what's a 'luxury'? http://www.katu.com/news/business/18894934.html "Essential" and "luxury" are personal definitions, choices driven not only by how much money remains when the bills are paid but also by our position on the social ladder, our sense of how to stay there and the feelings we get from the things we buy. HP to buy EDS for about $12.6 billion in cash http://www.katu.com/news/business/18894849.html The companies said Tuesday their boards had unanimously approved the deal, in which EDS shareholders would get $25 per share. That is a premium of almost 25 percent over what EDS had been trading on Friday. Word of the talks emerged Monday. Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months http://www.katu.com/news/business/18894804.html Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April. Microsoft executive to run Gates Foundation http://www.katu.com/news/business/18863074.html Jeff Raikes, who has been the top executive in Microsoft's business software division, will be the next CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Oregon unemployment rate rises slightly http://www.katu.com/news/business/18863879.html In April, total seasonally adjusted payroll employment dropped by 1,600, the second consecutive monthly decline. Oregon’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.5 percent in April and the revised figure for March was 5.6 percent. Stamps tick up to 42 cents each http://www.katu.com/news/business/18862679.html The increase comes just a week after the post office announced it had a loss of $700 million in the second quarter of the fiscal year, blamed largely on declining mail volume and rising fuel prices. Shipbreakers paying for shot at government ships http://www.katu.com/news/business/18861719.html Recycling here is big business, on a scale that counts in thousands of tons, not pounds. It's where torch-wielding workers strip ships' decks and cut their hulls for the metal to form new steel that could end up in washing machines or even new ships.