Sometimes you don't need a cute anecdote or bon mot in posting. Sometimes the numbers speak for themselves...

Even if the costs of crude oil dropped the world's largest oil company reached a new record, as its income rose with 10 per cent in the first quarter...

ROSTOCK, Germany, June 2 (UPI) -- A violent clash Saturday between demonstrators and police in Germany ahead of the G8 summit left 146 officers injured and as many as 50 protesters in custody...

relief for commercial and industrial property owners. On the down side, the governor's plan misses the mark with a proposed new tax on assets that would deter investment in the state, continued Anderson...

"The competition will be transparent and fair and companies will be chosen according to their modern technological capabilities to guarantee the highest benefits for Iraqis," al-Shahristani said at a news conference...

(AP) mdash; Rosie O'Donnell's stormy tenure on ''The View'' will be a short one. The opinionated host was unable to agree on a contract with ABC, and she'll leave the show in June...

apartment prices are once again reaching record levels, relegating the brief housing market slowdown of mid-2006 to a mere blip on the area's price ascent...