AP - A heavy metal-free glass developed by Corning Inc. will trim production and recycling costs at a time when prices for the super-thin screens used in liquid-crystal-display televisions are falling more sharply than ever.

Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Washington, D.C. (AHN) - Gas prices climb above $2.50 a gallon for the first time since October. The Energy Information Administration says that the average price of gas increased by nearly 14 cents last week. U.S. drivers paid an average of $2.504 cents a...

AP - Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index opened lower Wednesday on selling in securities house and pharmaceutical issues. The dollar slipped against the yen and euro.

Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt prices tumbled on Tuesday as a jump in underlying producer inflation and economic optimism from the Federal Reserve Chairman sparked a wave of selling that took on a momentum of its own.

AP - Consumer prices rose 2.0 percent in the United Kingdom in February compared with a year earlier, up from 1.9 percent growth in January, the government said Tuesday.

AFP - US wholesale prices slid 1.4 percent in February on a sharp retreat in energy costs, the government reported in a report that offered a mixed picture on inflation.

Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS) expects flash memory chip prices to stabilize at the end of the second quarter, a top executive said on Tuesday, as demand for the chips used in MP3 music players and digital cameras recovers.

Reuters - LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. (034220.KS) lowered on Tuesday its outlook for liquid crystal display (LCD) prices and shipments in the first quarter, but forecast better profitability on lower costs.

Reuters - U.S. producer prices fell a surprisingly steep 1.4 percent last month, the biggest drop in nearly three years, as energy and food costs tumbled but other prices rose 0.3 percent in a sign of bubbling price pressures, a government report showed on Tuesday.

AP - Inflation at the wholesale level plunged by the largest amount in nearly three years in February as the price of food and energy products including gasoline fell sharply.

Reuters - A perfect storm of high energy prices, government subsidies and renewed interest from Wall Street is boosting investment in wind, solar and other alternative energy projects, said fund managers and other experts on Monday at a conference on renewable energy.

Reuters - The average price U.S. drivers paid for gasoline soared 13.8 cents, the third biggest weekly increase on record, to hit $2.50 a gallon for the first time since last October, the government said on Monday.

Reuters - Oil prices fell four percent on Monday as dealers shifted their focus from shaky geopolitics to brimming U.S. stockpiles and took profits from last week's sharp gains.

AP - Higher prices for oil and energy pushed German producer prices up in February at the fastest annual rate in nearly 24 years, according to government figures released Monday.

Reuters - Power company Reliant Energy Inc. on Monday forecast a 2006 loss from continuing operations, before income taxes, of $89 million, reflecting lower commodity prices and mild weather.

USATODAY.com - Early adopters of some swanky high-tech products are getting hit with glitches. Philips Electronics is recalling 11,800 plasma television sets. Philips' recall is not unique. Mistakes are inevitable as tech firms churn out increasingly complicated products for ever-falling prices.

Reuters - Shares of telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. fell 3.5 percent before the bell on Monday, after Barron's business weekly said its shares could fall to $2.25 if big customers demand lower prices and if demand for next-generation telecom services proves less than expected.

AP - Japanese stocks rose Monday, lifted by upbeat earnings forecasts from a string of Japanese companies. The dollar rose against the yen.

AP - The parent of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp. blamed rising costs and falling steel prices for a fourth-quarter loss of $23.4 million, pushing shares down 5.38 percent.