From Friday, August 3 2007 - 8:00am To Sunday, August 5 2007 - 5:00pm Each week
29th Annual Jeep Jamboree This is a 3-day option that will have 9 meals furnished and 350 vehicles will be involved. For more information about this, event and how to register you can write to or call Jeepers Jamboree, P.O. Box 1660, Georgetown, CA 95634. $315 per person www.jeepersjamboree.com For more information contact: Jeepers Jamboree (530) 333-4771
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares fell to new two-year lows on Thursday as further signs of a slowing global economy -- from the United States to the euro zone -- hit export-dependent sectors such as technology.
LONDON (Reuters) - BP is close to a deal with its oligarch co-owners of TNK-BP that would see board changes at the Russian oil major, the departure of TNK-BP's BP-nominated chief executive, and which could lead to 20 percent of TNK-BP being floated, an industry source said on Thursday.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Major U.S. retailers are expected to post softer August sales as consumers spent less on back-to-school items, with the results helping to set analysts' expectations for the all-important holiday season.
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co's largest labor union said its members rejected the plane maker's contract offer and voted to strike, but the union agreed to postpone a walkout for 48 hours to allow more time for negotiations.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. service sector likely shrank modestly in August, as a pullback in consumer spending pinched retailers and other non-manufacturing industries for a second straight month.