http://www.kcby.com/news/business RSS Feed for KCBY - News - Business en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 23:55:25 GMT http://www.kcby.com/news/business/18910524.html Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad says it will seek authority to abandon the railroad line that runs between the Eugene and Coos Bay areas. CORP and its parent company - RailAmerica - have been under harsh scrutiny since they abruptly closed the line. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.com/news/business/18894804.html Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.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. http://www.kcby.com/news/business/18861669.html The greater demand and new foreign customers driving the global price hike have been a boon to American farmers, who are welcoming the reprieve after years of shouldering high fuel and fertilizer costs and weak prices for their grain.