Vital Signs for the Week of Oct. 10 (BusinessWeek Online

Vital Signs for the Week of Oct. 10 (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
Energy prices are still high. Despite an 11% drop in crude oil since the start of September, the spot price of crude remains above $60 per barrel. Now that the winter heating season is around the corner, analysts are worried that demand for heating oil and natural gas will keep the pressure on energy prices.

News from Reuters (The Globe and Mail)
TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian judge has ruled Ravelston Corp. Ltd., the insolvent holding company of one-time newspaper baron Conrad Black, can plead not guilty to several U.S. fraud charges in connection with the sale of newspapers.

ISC Reports Record Revenue for the Fiscal Third Quarter (The Auto Channel)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Oct. 6 -- International Speedway Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: ISCB) ("ISC") today reported record revenue for the third quarter and nine months ended August 31, 2005.

Vital Signs for the Week of Oct. 10 (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
On tap: September consumer price index, industrial production, and retail sales figures, August foreign trade data, October consumer sentiment, and more

Concentra Completes Acquisition of Beech Street Corporation; Company Announces Refinancing of Senior Credit Agreement (RedNova)
Concentra Operating Corporation ("Concentra" or the "Company") today announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Beech Street Corporation in a $165 million cash transaction.

Preview: 2006 Ford Fusion
Ford's most important sedan launch since the Taurus.
Perry Stern

News from Reuters (The Globe and Mail)
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto stocks were hammered on Tuesday as energy issues retreated on news that the United States would use its emergency stockpiles of crude and heating oil, if needed, to avert a fuel crunch.

2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
MSN Autos brings you highlights from one of Europe's major shows.
Editors of MSN Autos

How Baseball's Rich Fared (BusinessWeek)
Did the highest-paid teams clean up in the final standings? Some did -- and some didn't come close. Here's a table showing the results

Hawkish stands of Federal Reserve and ECB will not slow down commodity inflation driven by Asia it will just further (India Daily)
The hawkish stand of the Federal Reserve is regrettable. When commodity inflation driven by India and China is accompanied with stagnation in the Western economies, the raising of short-term rates can flatten or even invert the yield curve. It will not help bring inflation down.