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Airbus Secures Big Orders at Air Show

Airlines gave a big lift to the order book for the next generation Airbus A350 today, announcing contracts for 114 of the planes on the first day of the Paris Air Show.



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A British Channel and Its Two Faces

Britain?s Channel 4 performs a sometimes awkward balancing act as it seeks to fulfill public service obligations while satisfying the demands of the marketplace.

Lawsuit greets lawyer-rating site (Tom Ramstack / THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

A Seattle law firm filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit last week against the new Internet lawyer-rating service Avvo Inc. nine days after it went online.

Fun and games and $1 off meal (Jen Haberkorn)

Rock, paper, scissors, tortilla! California Tortilla is challenging customers to a fierce game of rock, paper, scissors on Wednesday.

Drug makers face generics obstacles (Gregory Lopes)

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE / 1:19 p.m. Manufacturers of generic drugs seem finally to have a golden opportunity to enter the huge biological-drug market as patents expire on more than $10 billion of brand-name pharmaceuticals.

Sparring over the skies (Emma Vandore / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The main story at the world's biggest air showcase hasn't changed this year: The trans-Atlantic rivalry between Boeing Co. and Airbus again will dominate the 47th Paris Air Show, which opens today at Le Bourget, north of the French capital.

Blockbuster chooses Blu-ray over HD DVD

Blockbuster Inc. will rent high-definition DVDs only in the Blu-ray format in 1,450 stores when it expands its high-def offerings next month, dealing a major blow to the rival HD DVD format.

'Ostrich instruction' allowed in Black case

Federal prosecutors summing up their fraud case against Conrad Black today can offer the jury two theories to convict the former press baron.

FDA warns of suicidal effect of obesity pill

ASSOCIATED PRESS Regulators yesterday said Sanofi-Aventis' obesity treatment Acomplia may trigger suicidal behavior and other psychological side effects in some patients.

Tapping wells of resentment (Angela K. Brown / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

FORT WORTH, Texas ith Fort Worth sitting on one of the nation's largest natural gas fields, 150-foot drilling rigs are rising over golf courses, churchyards, even tree-lined neighborhoods. "If you don't have a gas well ... get one!

FDA urges toughest warning label on Avandia (Gregory Lopes / THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

The Food and Drug Administration is requesting the most serious warning label be put on the diabetes drug Avandia, the agency told Congress yesterday.