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Former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay in 1999 offered Robert Rubin - then treasury secretary - a seat on the company's board and lobbied Rubin and his successor on issues affecting Enron, documents obtained Wednesday show.

Automotive industry leaders said Wednesday that they are preparing for the government to increase fuel economy standards but hope to stop a proposal under consideration in the Senate requiring 35 miles per gallon.

Microsoft's new version of its popular Media Player software is logging the songs customers listen to and the movies they watch.

At least 550 employees at six TNS Mills plants have learned their temporary layoffs have become permanent, the company says.

A federal appeals court panel has reinstated a verdict against Pizza Hut of America Incorporated, more than a year after a judge rejected a jury's finding that the company was liable for a racist slur delivered with a black family's pizza.

Coca-Cola Fountain and Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. today announced a multi-year strategic beverage supply and marketing partnership.

Tyson Foods said it's ending use of a certain antibiotic in its broiler chickens.

BB&T Insurance Services today said it plans to expand its property and casualty operation with the acquisition of Macon, Ga.-based Kaplan Insurance.

For most of the 1990s, Americans scarfed down more french fries every year. The appetite of foreign french fry fans grew even faster. Fry makers built a new plant almost every year just to keep up with demand.

While an ample supply of gasoline has kept prices low all winter, filling up the tank could become more expensive before too long.