Entries for July 2007

by Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press Next year’s federal Vioxx trials may focus on people who had strokes after taking the once popular painkiller, the judge assigned to handle pretrial matters in all 8,575 federal lawsuits said Friday.“We ma...

From Staff Reports Houston continued to carve its own niche in real estate trends last month with housing prices continuing to display steady growth, as both the median and average total sales price set new records. Declines were seen in both total ...

by Beth Harpaz The Associated Press Can airlines do a better job of accommodating families?That’s the question Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is asking by experimenting with various ways to board and seat traveling families.“We began testing about...

by John Porretto The Associated Press Don’t let Exxon Mobil Corp.’s 1 percent drop in second-quarter profit fool you. It was still the fourth-best quarterly result for an American company - ever. And analysts say the company’s massive global footpr...

by John Porretto The Associated Press Don’t let Exxon Mobil Corp.’s 1 percent drop in second-quarter profit fool you. It was still the fourth-best quarterly result for an American company - ever. And analysts say the company’s massive global footpr...