Schwarzenegger with 8-point lead over challenger (Reuters)

" SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Arnold Schwarzenegger , California's Republican governor, holds an eight-point lead over Democratic challenger and state Treasurer Phil Angelides in their race for the...

Higher pay may help solve US trucker shortage (Reuters)

" CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. trucking companies have been enjoying a boom period, but executives say it's never been harder to find people to do the driving. In fact, the driver shortage has become so serious that some experts are proposing moves like raising pay by 30 percent...

Lieberman losing ground in Senate race (AP)

" 8 minutes ago HAMDEN, Conn. - Sen. Joe Lieberman " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Joe Lieberman , under fire from activists in his own party, has lost ground to his challenger and is narrowly trailing him for the first time in their race for the Democratic...

Oil prices settle at $77 a barrel

"WASHINGTON - The price of oil briefly surpassed $78 a barrel Friday and finished 4 percent higher for the week after Israeli attacks against militants in Lebanon stoked fears of a wider Middle East conflict and possible oil-supply disruption. The run-up in oil raised...

Report says more women worldwide smoking (AP)

" WASHINGTON - More women are lighting up cigarettes around the world even as the smoking rate declines for men, activists attending an anti-smoking conference said Thursday. About 12 percent of women worldwide smoke, and that figure is expected to rise to 20 percent by...

Army cuts 1,000 for personality disorders (AP)

" By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer Fri Jul 7, 6:44 PM ET WASHINGTON - The Army discharged more than 1,000 soldiers last year for personality disorders, the reason it gave for this year's discharge of a private now accused of raping a young Iraqi woman and killing...

MarketingSherpa's Top 10 Best Blogs & Best Podcast of 2006: Readers' Choice A...

"SUMMARY The results are in -- here's your guide, including handy hotlinks, to MarketingSherpa readers' favorite marketing-related blogs and podcasts of 2006. Our hearty congratulations to all the winners -- with thousands of votes tallied, this was hard-fought race indeed!...

Corporate Blog Deployments to Double in 2006

"Some 35 percent of large companies plan to initiate corporate blogs this year - and combined with the existing deployed base of 34 percent, nearly 70 percent of such companies will have deployed corporate blogs by the end of 2006, according to a JupiterResearch report,...

ben barren - rss'ing down

""The Search quotes a Harris poll that says nearly 40 percent of internet users have performed the requisite vanity search. “I’d be willing to wager that this number will head north of 90 percent in the coming years, as search becomes as individually definitional as...

Consumer Price Index Rises 0.6

"Consumer prices vaulted higher in April, fueling concerns the Federal Reserve might keep"