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Wife of tall ship captain awaits word on his fate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By EMERY P. DALESIO and TAMARA LUSHAssociated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Coast Guard used ships and airplanes to search the Atlantic on Tuesday for the captain of the sunken HMS Bounty as the sailor's wife held on to a sliver of hope that he had survived the harrowing ordeal. The

BP raises dividend as Q3 profit swells 5 percent

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By ROBERT BARRAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Oil company BP is rewarding long-suffering shareholders with a substantial dividend increase just days after it sold a stake in a Russian joint venture for billions of dollars. BP also revealed Tuesday that it made a net profit of $5.5 billion in the

Mood of the Nation: Business owner spending less

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 30th

By MATT SEDENSKYAssociated Press Writer MIAMI (AP) - On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them was Hilda

Minn. gay activists pitch to tough crowd: seniors

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By PATRICK CONDONAssociated Press SHOREVIEW, Minn. (AP) - The word "homosexual" was rarely uttered in public when Louise Pardee was growing up, but now the 81-year-old is dialing up fellow Minnesota senior citizens trying to convince them gay relationships are nothing to fear. "Often I find

Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft's Windows 8

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to do before the makeover captures the imagination of most consumers, based on the

Future of Nokia hangs on Windows Phone 8 rollout

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By MATTI HUUHTANENAssociated Press HELSINKI (AP) - For Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft's new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late? After being the top seller of cellphones in the world for 14 years, Nokia failed to meet the

Young millennials _ fiscal conservatives?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MARTHA IRVINEAP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) - This generation of young Americans has been called many things, from civic-minded to "entitled." But fiscally conservative? That's a new one, and it just might have an impact on the presidential election. Listen to Caroline Winsett, a senior

Young millennials _ fiscal conservatives?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

What earnings reports have revealed about ads

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By The Associated Press Companies that sell advertising have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising. - Oct. 15

A look at recent tech-industry earnings

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 26th

By The Associated Press Technology companies have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. The reports come as consumers shift their spending toward tablets and a weak global economy curbs corporate spending on computers. They also come as Microsoft released a new version