Posted: 5:13 PM If airline flights seem to be taking a little longer these days, it may be because the pilot is flying slower.

Posted: 5:00 PM Big Wall Street investment companies are pulling back on their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program.

Posted: 12:42 PM The Commerce Department reports consumer spending was up four-tenths of a percent in March, but higher prices for food, gas and other things accounted for most of the increase.

Posted: 2:40 PM President Bush is sending a message to lawmakers working out details on a massive farm bill.

Posted: 1:01 PM He's calling it a "tough time" for the economy, though President Bush still won't use the dreaded word "recession."

Posted: 10:28 AM The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) will mark the beginning of construction of its new State Headquarters and Research Building with a Construction Celebration Ceremony, to be held Wednesday, April 30, at 3:30 p.m.

Posted: 12:14 PM Candy maker Mars Inc. says it's buying confectioner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. in an all-cash deal valued at almost $23 billion.

Posted: 10:54 AM Continental Airlines is telling its employees that now is not the time for the airline to combine with another carrier.

Posted: 4:16 PM A new snapshot of consumer confidence in the U.S. has dropped to the lowest level in 26 years.

Posted: 4:14 PM General Motors says threatened strikes by United Auto Workers locals at plants in Kansas and Michigan have been postponed.

Posted: 4:12 PM The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank has agreed to pay up to 144 million dollars to settle federal allegations.

Posted: 12:00 PM Shoppers who are fond of Bloomingdale's Manhattan store may want to spend a little extra time looking through the racks this weekend.

Posted: 11:48 AM No city in the weekly Triple-A Texas gasoline price survey fell short of a record-high pump price this week.

Posted: 3:25 PM A key House Republican plans to introduce a much narrower housing rescue bill than the $300 billion program Democrats are pushing.

Posted: 3:50 PM Halliburton today confirmed it's talked with European contractor Expro International Group about a possible all-cash purchase of the overseas outfit.

Posted: 11:45 AM Texas still expects strip clubs to pay the so-called "pole tax" while the state appeals a court ruling that the fee is unconstitutional.

Posted: 11:14 AM The unemployment rate in Texas rose to 4.3 percent in March.

Posted: 3:37 PM Dell says it will expand its presence in China by selling desktop and notebook computers at Suning, the country's second-largest electronics chain.

Posted: 2:49 PM News from Texas A&M's Center for Retailing Studies

Posted: 9:45 AM In an effort to make an impact on the Aggies of tomorrow, Texas A&M’s Business Student Council (BSC) is holding a college-wide school supply drive for kids in Bryan ISD elementary schools.

Posted: 9:42 AM JPMorgan Chase says its first-quarter profit fell 50 percent, but it managed to exceed Wall Street forecasts.

Posted: 8:46 AM The Messina Hof Wine and Roses Festival celebrates the budding of the grape vine and the blooming of the roses.

Posted: 3:13 PM The government says wholesale inflation was soaring in March. The increase in the Producer Price Index was nearly triple what was forecast.

Updated: 3:13 PM The Justice Department pledges to take a look at how the proposed merger of Northwest and Delta will affect consumers.

Posted: 2:50 PM Hundreds of American Airlines pilots stood silently outside the buildings of the airline's biggest customers and investors today to protest.