According to the Wall Street Journal, the earliest that Boeing could deliver the best-selling aircraft will be by around middle of 2010. But the Chicago Tribune, which cited someone close to the program, said the delivery date may be delayed

Males comprise 70 percent of the employees in the manufacturing sector which lost 500,000 jobs the past year. The construction industry which has a 90 percent male pool, shed 500,000 jobs while investment companies which is 60 percent male-dominated, lost

AHN) - Smoke and flames are visible in downtown Los Angeles, after a blaze erupted in a car equipment building. According to local reports the specific building involved in the fire is at 953 E. 11th Street. The two-story commercial

Jefferson is favored to win a 10th term in the race in the 2nd congressional district despite a 16-count indictment on money laundering and other charges. His district is predominantly African-American and includes New Orleans.

In a statement, Obama said, "Each of those lost jobs represents a personal crisis for a family somewhere in America. Our economy has already lost nearly 2 million jobs during this recession, which is why we need an Economic Recovery

The 30-second spot which was launched as Congress began two-day hearings on whether to provide emergency aid to automakers on Thursday, shows black-and-white still portraits of workers while an announcer says, "We're not bankers. We don't work on Wall Street

The campaign filed a report with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday that said it had raised $104 million from Oct. 16 through Nov. 24. The disclosure adds to the $642 million raised by the campaign through Oct. 15, bringing

Bernstein will serve as chief economist and economic policy adviser to the Vice President. His appointment comes the same day the Labor Department said the economy lost the most jobs in 34 years, and the same week as the the

The Labor Department report released in Washington showed that the economy lost jobs at the fastest pace since December 1974 as the companies in the country continue to struggle with the on-going recession.

The Labor Department said earlier that day that 533,000 jobs were lost in November, much more than the projection of 320,000. The unemployment rate rose from 6.5 percent to 6.7 percent, the highest in 15 years.

CUTTING SA's murder rate is seen as one of the police's biggest successes in their fight against crime, but experts warn that at the present rate of decrease it would take 15 years for the rate to get close to

It was a tough time for residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital as commercial institutions in the city yesterday partially closed their offices to their customers some of whom were making last minute shopping for the Sallah festival.

AWKA-WORRIED by the recent kidnapping incidents in parts of Anambra State, Governor Peter Obi yesterday directed security operatives in the state to investigate the development, since there were indications that most of the kidnappings were as a result of unfulfilled

A middle age man, committed suicide last Tuesday in Benin City, after he killed a prostitute he had patronised.

The whereabouts of the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF-CC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, were unknown last night.

The Enugu State Police Command yesterday rescued Dr. Paul Edemobi, the younger brother of the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Dora Akunyili, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Monday.

Barely a week after a Scot was kidnapped from Cocaine village in Port Harcourt, the 77 year - old mother of Senator Lee Meaba, the Senate Committee Chairman on Petroleum (downstream), Mrs. Nowa Meaba has been kidnapped.

Two persons yesterday escaped death, while property and goods worth over N50 million were destroyed at Isu, in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi state when youths of a neighbouring community, Onicha-Igboeze allegedly invaded the town early hours on Wednesday

Security operatives attached to Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil have foiled an attempt by militants to kidnap expatriate workers attached to the oil major at their camp in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

A sharp increase in the sexual abuse of children - some as young as four months old - has been recorded this year in Kananga, the main town in Kasai Occidental, according to child rights activists, who attribute the increase