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BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists on the famously liberal campus demanding a severing of ties.

China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.

They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery.

The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico _ with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface _ when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.

President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses.

President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof the country "can't afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us backward."

They were bloody medieval warriors who spread Catholicism by the sword and seized Polish lands with great cruelty. But that's not stopping the Polish city of Kwidzyn from capitalizing on the aura surrounding the Teutonic Knights.

ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, said quarterly profit rose 17 percent as it cut costs and eliminated bad loans amid revived credit demand in India's growing economy.

President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof the country "can't afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us backward."

Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.

The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess.

Officials investigating the cause of a huge oil spill along a major river in southern Michigan say it will take months to clean up the mess, and damage to wetlands and wildlife may last considerably longer.

When it comes to downtown San Diego, it’s a tale of two condo markets. Sales of luxury units are slow. But the midlevel market is picking up.

In a move that could provide a boost toward official approval, the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board this week endorsed the Flower Hill Promenade’s contentious proposed expansion.

The annual awards program honors companies and nonprofits that demonstrate a commitment to ethical practices.

Ten metropolitan areas in California had jobless rates of at least 15 percent.

The company said sales were dragged down, in part, by uncertainty over future Medicare payments.

In 2008, a private investment firm bought Bumble Bee for $600 million.

Camille Sobrian has been promoted to president of Connect, the San Diego nonprofit technology and life sciences business organization.

Marine Group Boat Works of Chula Vista has finished building the first of three Range Support Craft (RTSC-110) boats that it is constructing for the Navy under a contract worth more than $30 million.