http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews en-us Copyright 2009 ArcaMax Publishing Inc. Fry's Food Stores, a subsidiary of Kroger, began running ads Saturday, The Arizona Republic reported. Safeway Arizona plans to do the same next week, a spokeswoman said. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644338-440670?source=1930 With another weak Christmas retailing expected, the giant is using its size and clout to grab yet more business from competitors, offering such deals such as an HP notebook computer for $298 (normally $448) and a Sharp 52-inch flat-panel television for $898 (normally $1,548), the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644221-353460?source=1930 The job cuts -- which surpass the 3,700-layoff target previously announced -- come after BA announced it had lost $485 million in the six months ending Sept. 30, The Times of London reported Saturday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644222-834673?source=1930 Figures released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department showed more than one out of every six workers -- 17.5 percent -- were unemployed or underemployed in October, eclipsing the record-high total of 17.1 percent in December 1982 -- which were the worst figures since the Great Depression, The New York Times reported. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644223-858693?source=1930 An estimated one-quarter of its workers, about 75,000 employees, would be covered by the stock option program, which could result in sizable gains for the workers should Citigroup's stock price rebound from its current $4 per share, The New York Times reported. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644224-507285?source=1930 Rendell and U.S. Rep Bob Brady, D-Penn., late Friday announced the deal that will be voted on by the boards of the SEPTA transit system and the striking Transport Workers Saturday afternoon. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644225-991351?source=1930 With another weak Christmas retailing expected, the giant is using its size and clout to grab yet more business from competitors, offering such deals such as an HP notebook computer for $298 (normally $448) and a Sharp 52-inch flat-panel television for $898 (normally $1,548), the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644205-256696?source=1930 An estimated one-quarter of its workers, about 75,000 employees, would be covered by the stock option program, which could result in sizable gains for the workers should Citigroup's stock price rebound from its current $4 per share, The New York Times reported. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644187-869306?source=1930 Figures released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department showed more than one out of every six workers -- 17.5 percent -- were unemployed or underemployed in October, eclipsing the record-high total of 17.1 percent in December 1982 -- which were the worst figures since the Great Depression, The New York Times reported. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644188-550374?source=1930 The job cuts -- which surpass the 3,700-layoff target previously announced -- come after BA announced it had lost $485 million in the six months ending Sept. 30, The Times of London reported Saturday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-644189-200608?source=1930 The jump in joblessness from 9.8 percent was unexpected and undermines a cornerstone of economic activity: the ability of consumers to spend. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643851-376825?source=1930 Corn was off 9 to off 9 1/2, soybeans were off 14 3/4 to off 19, wheat was off 14 1/2 to off 15 and oats were off 1 1/4 to off 1 3/4. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643852-550667?source=1930 The Labor Department said 190,000 jobs were lost in October, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points from the previous month's 9.8 percent. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643853-318017?source=1930 The U.S. government gave GM $50 million to help it emerge from bankruptcy this summer and support the company through the recession. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643854-211705?source=1930 Chrysler sales fell 30 percent in October compared to October 2008. This week, however, the automaker revealed its five-year plan, which Jackson, chief executive officer of AutoNation Inc. embraced, the Detroit Free Press reported Friday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643855-799483?source=1930 <Q>We are working toward a viable, smaller but more profitable business,</Q> Borders spokeswoman Anne Roman told The Detroit News. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643856-826127?source=1930 Some customers allegedly found larvae belonging to fig moths in packs with the barcode 05050854916182, Sky News reported. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643857-132305?source=1930 The probe came at the request of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, a trade association, the China Daily reported Friday. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643859-464092?source=1930 The Labor Department said 190,000 jobs were lost in October, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points from the previous month's 9.8 percent. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643802-652659?source=1930 The decline was far greater than the $9.9 billion contraction economists predicted. http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-643803-642382?source=1930 http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/recent