Local San Diego News From Around The County

The Boeing Co. says it is relocating two programs from Long Beach, Calif., to Oklahoma City, a move expected to bring 550 engineering jobs to the state.

New York Time Co. shares jumped nearly 7 percent Monday amid thin trading volume, helped by a lift in media stocks and the broader market.

Wheat prices are starting August with another big jump, hitting a 2-year high as worsening weather ravages Russia's grain crops.

The government's point man on the Gulf oil spill says several minor leaks have sprung near the blown-out well.

The head of the House subcommittee that deals with communications issues is calling on federal regulators to approve Comcast's plan to buy a controlling interest in NBC Universal with a handful of conditions attached to protect consumers and competition.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday it will start selling the next version of its Office programs for Apple Inc.'s Macintosh computers at the end of October.

Blogs and social networks _ Facebook, mostly _ are what Americans spend the biggest chunk of their online time scouring.

Interest rates in the Treasury market are climbing as investors are pleased by strong economic and earnings reports from around the world.

Commerce Department reports slight increase from May

President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate are taking one last run Monday at advancing what's left of his tattered jobs agenda.

IBM Corp. said Monday it has closed its acquisition of Coremetrics, a San Mateo, Calif., provider of Web analytics software that helps customers develop marketing campaigns.

The Treasury Department has further trimmed its estimates of the amount of borrowing it will need to do this year as an improving economy has boosted tax revenues and cut spending needs more than previously expected.

A bill that supporters say would allow Massachusetts consumers to get vehicles fixed at a wider range of repair shops has failed to gain approval.

Some questions and answers about the United Arab Emirates banning the use of BlackBerry's messaging and Web services:

Casino operator MGM Resorts International and its partner in Macau are borrowing $950 million to refinance existing debt for their Chinese resort.

Several environmental groups have asked a federal appeals court to disqualify a judge from a lawsuit over the Obama administration's initial six-month moratorium on deepwater oil drilling.

Officials have long insisted that a relief well was the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but with engineers only feet away from completing a pair of them they're now wrestling with how exactly to use them.

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to approve more than $188 million in restitution for victims of the Ponzi scheme operated by former Florida attorney Scott Rothstein.

Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

The United Arab Emirates' looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors using roaming, putting the government's concerns over the smart phones in direct conflict with the country's ambitions to be a business and tourism haven.