Oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) is in talks to buy into Kurdistan, the semi-autonomous region of Iraq locked in a battle with the central government over oil rights, U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times reports.

Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) has decided to pull out of Guinea, said U.K. newspaper The Sunday Times, after a back room deal was discovered that gave middleman rights to billions of pounds in mining assets.

… full list of names follows, or you can view it here . Aabel Nina Abelanski Nathalie Claire Levy Achard Georgia Ehrgott Adamsons ..... Pfenninger Ernie Pfenninger Monica Barbara Pheasey William Earl Pieper Nina Christina Frederika Pittman Charlene Thea Pleskot Vlasta Diana …

… insurance, including by offering broader tax incentives. "I think that many on the other side see that there is an alternative," Nina Owcharenko of the Heritage Foundation said. "If we actually use carrots and provide the right incentives for people who want …

… Tuesday was out of surgery and in stable condition, officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Nina Pruneda said ICE Homeland Security Investigations agent Kelton Harrison was in stable condition at a local hospital following …

… electricity was out for two or three days but the popsicles in their freezer didn't melt, she said. Around the corner, retiree Nina Apsey wandered in search of eight small, solar-powered lights that somebody had taken from her yard during the evacuation. "I'm …

… adequate" health coverage, and whether small businesses provide "affordable" coverage to workers under the new law. However, Nina E. Olson, who runs the Taxpayer Advocate Office [TAO], a federal IRS overseer, has warned the new health law may require …

The La Nina weather phenomenon is over. Forecasters say that's good ..... The National Weather Service pronounced the two-year La Nina (NEEN'-yah) finished on Thursday. La Nina is the flip side of El Nino (NEEN'-yoh) and is caused …