As we gear up for the biggest driving weekend of the year, vacationers all across America are coming face to face with the highest average gas prices in history--up 42 cents a gallon since 2001--and a bad case of "pump panic," a new malady in which your heart rate instantly matches the price of full-service high-test. As we gear up for the biggest driving weekend of the year, vacationers all across America are coming face to face with the highest average gas prices in history--up 42 cents...

The free-trade negotiations, which began in July 2006, have gone down to the wire as top trade officials from the two countries are involved in a make-or-break deal since early this week. Lee and other officials said they are striving to conclude the deal to meet a March 31 deadline. Officials said agriculture is the key stumbling block in the free-trade talks. SEOUL, March 29 (UPI) -- South Korea and the United States moved close to a free-trade deal Thursday with a deadline just one day...

Bush will flesh out an agreement to boost ethanol production, aiming to reduce reliance on oil and curb the growing clout of Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez. Under Chavez, Venezuela has used its oil revenue to eclipse Brazil and Argentina as the de facto leader of South America, winning membership to the Mercosur trade group, promoting a regional development bank, and pushing a failed attempt to win a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council. Brazil, with an economy five...

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's mutual fund assets have more than doubled in the past four years, making it the world's fourth-largest market, ahead of Germany and Japan. Fifteen years after the start of a mandatory retirement savings program, Australians are the world's biggest fund investors, holding an average of A$48,178 ($38,802) each, according to Australian Finance Group. Voluntary contributions to retirement plans may increase this year because the government plans to scrap a...

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