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President Bush on Monday selected Environmental Protection Agency chief Michael Leavitt to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services..

Sales at retailers rose 0.1% to $344.4 billion in November, the Commerce Department reported Monday.

Many states that use ASTM International guidelines have decided to delay implementation of a ruling that would require, effective Jan. 1, a minimum amount of lubricating qualities in diesel fuel, industry officials said.

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The OPEC oil cartel agreed to cut supplies by about 4% beginning Jan. 1 at its meeting Friday in Egypt, but the price of crude oil in New York hit a four-month low, news services reported.

President Bush on Friday named Samuel Bodman as the new Secretary of Energy. Bodman was deputy secretary of the Treasury Department.

Delphi Corp., the world's largest maker of auto parts, said Friday it expected a net loss as large as $350 million in 2005. It also said it would cut its workforce by as many as 8,500 positions..

Wholesale prices rose 0.5% in November, the Labor Department said Friday, but the gain excluding food and energy was the smallest in four months..

The Department of 91ÊÓƵland Security said that the World Customs Organization had endorsed a plan, based upon principles designed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, that could standardize how cargo is secured and moved worldwide.