AP Business Writer= NEW YORK (AP) - The Consumer Price Index, the nation's best-known inflation gauge, plunged in October thanks to a record drop in gasoline prices. But if prices still seem high to you, you're right. October's 1 percent drop in ...

China’s First Auto looks past Singur for car project - Daily News and Analysis

KOLKATA: Chinese auto major First Automobile Works (FAW) is looking beyond Singur to set up its Rs 1,500 crore, small-car unit. It is also scouting for land at Haldia, Kharagpur in West Bengal, besides Orissa, Maharashtra and Haryana. The ...

Gateway Harley-Davidson gives shares to bike buyers - St. Louis Business Journal

Gateway Harley-Davidson in St. Louis is giving five shares of Harley stock (ticker: HOG) to everyone who buys a new bike. The shares have been trading in the mid- to upper-teens lately; the 52-week high was $50.04 a share. Owners Rene Creed and Chris ...

R.I. teens face tough job hunt - Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE — The Providence Place mall sparkled with holiday lights as Johana Sica prowled its hallways, her hopes tucked in a folder under her arm. The 16-year-old had “dressed up” in jeans, a red cropped sweater and matching red heels. The ...

More on Paper Rival split - Nashville Tennessean

Singer Jacob Rolleston offered Absolutepunk.net readers more detail about his band Paper Rival's dissolution, announced this week via MySpace post. The Nashville band released their major-label debut, Dialog , earlier this year, after establishing ...