No customer voices competed with the sweet harmonies flowing from the showroom speakers at Danville Chrysler Dodge Jeep. A competitor's blue-cross emblem beckoned through the windows from the dealership across the street. But Dugan Chevrolet Pontiac didn't see many customers on that lazy afternoon

Oil prices fell to near $53 a barrel Monday in Asia after OPEC declined to cut production at an informal meeting in Cairo on Saturday. Light, sweet crude for January delivery was down $1.19 to $53.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Singapore. The

After the gunmen left, a waiter whispered, If you can move, follow me. So Michael Rudder, Helen Connolly, Andy Baragon and Linda Ronsdale crawled, bleeding, through the kitchen of a restaurant at the luxury Oberoi hotel. The four had traveled to India on a spiritual pilgrimage with their

Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the $86,609 price tag for the items in the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. That's this year's cost, according to the annual Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Wealth Management, which tallies the single partridge in a pear

Prices of items in the Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas, according to PNC Wealth Management: Partridge, $20 (last year: $15) Pear Tree, $200 (last year: $150) Two Turtle Doves, $55 (last year: $40) Three French Hens, $30 (last year: $45) Four Calling Birds (canaries), $600 (last year:

About one in 10 U.S. doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for vaccines and what private health

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as investors digested signs that the U.S. holiday shopping season got off to a tepid start over the key Thanksgiving weekend. While Japan's market fell, stocks in Hong Kong and mainland China rose on expectations of further measures by the Chinese government to

Spanish energy company Union Fenosa SA will invest 1.9 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion) to double Australia's wind farm power generation by 2013, an official said Monday. In announcing the investment, Trade Minister Simon Crean said the seven wind farms will boost Australia's clean energy

China's manufacturing activity contracted sharply in November as a downturn in the world's fourth-largest economy worsened, raising the threat of politically volatile job losses, according to data reported Monday. The purchasing managers index, which measures new orders and other factors, fell to

South Korea's exports fell sharply in November, the government said Monday, while automakers took steps to cut production amid slumping demand for vehicles amid the weak global economy. Exports dropped 18.3 percent in November from the same month last year to $29.26 billion, the Ministry of