http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:35:47 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.24/content/springwidget/generalbusiness.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19052909 As gas prices hit a new high Saturday, Americans were seen cutting back on travel over the holiday weekend. With such heady fuel costs, AAA estimates that the number of Americans traveling during the Fourth of July holiday travel period fell for the first MarketWatch.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:07:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19052909 http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19053457 SNEAKY FEES | Part III Avoid Investing Charges By Trading -- Firms, That Is Kiplinger's Personal Finance Sunday, July 6, 2008; Page F03 Kiplinger's Personal Finance shows you how to avoid the most annoying fees and save thousands of dollars a year. 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The estimated $3.5 billion deal for the cable-television channel would conclude three weeks of MarketWatch.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:09:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19050443 http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19053458 FUND WATCH Three Global Balanced Funds Worth Buying Kiplinger's Personal Finance Sunday, July 6, 2008; Page F03 If you wanted to put all your eggs in one basket and forget about them, a global balanced fund seems hard to beat. The ETFs -- Autonomic Balanced washingtonpost.com: Business News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:13:15 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19053458 http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19050894 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The sale of Germany's biggest retail bank Deutsche Postbank could fail because the price potential bidders are willing to pay does not meet the expectations of the lender's parent, Deutsche Post, a German magazine reported on Yahoo! News: Business Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:02:52 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19050894 http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/07/04/markets/oil.ap/index.htm?section=money_latest Oil prices remained near record highs above $145 a barrel in Asia after Saudi Arabia's oil minister suggested his country doesn't plan to boost production. Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Naimi said Thursday in Madrid that the world's biggest oil exporter had CNNMoney.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:35:56 GMT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/07/04/markets/oil.ap/index.htm?section=money_latest http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19026945 TOKYO (Reuters) - G8 leaders aim to present a united front against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem requires more than just a strong message from rich nations. When leaders from Yahoo! News: Economy News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:12:07 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/generalbusiness/item/19026945 http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/07/05/news/economy/g8.ap/index.htm?section=money_news_economy Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil prices and uncertainty about Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose daunting challenges for Bush when he sits down with presidents and prime ministers Monday. There are fewer than 200 days left in CNNMoney.com: Economic News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:13:19 GMT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2008/07/05/news/economy/g8.ap/index.htm?section=money_news_economy