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OPEC is likely to leave oil production unchanged at its upcoming meeting in March, the cartel's secretary-general said Saturday.

Nearly 1 million discouraged people suspended their job searches in January, producing an unexpected drop in the nation's unemployment rate.

Venture capitalists emerged from the dot-com debris to finance more fresh ideas late last year.

Alaska has few incentives to own a stake in a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to the Lower 48 states, according to a Department of Revenue report.

Flue-cured tobacco growers have complained for four years about government-mandated production cuts that slashed their profits.

There are now more places in this country to buy a B.M.T. than a Big Mac.

A group of antitrust lawyers is asking the judge hearing the Microsoft case to stop the settlement process until she decides whether the company disclosed all relevant lobbying contacts with the government.

Underscoring the Enron Corp. scandal's proximity to the White House, Justice Department criminal investigators are ordering President Bush's staff to preserve the paper trail of any contact with the energy trading company's executives.

CNN expressed resolve, regret and a bit of pique Friday after an influential Arab station cut its ties with the news network in a rift over an interview with Osama bin Laden.

None of the tickets sold for Friday's $19 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Big Money Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.