George & Nancy Jones

SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)-Brazil's BNDESPar, the shareholding and investment arm of the National Development Bank, or BNDES, completed an issue of non- convertible debentures worth 1.25 billion Brazilian reals ($700 million) Tuesday. Read More

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Commission Tuesday extended its antitrust review into Agilent Technologies Inc.'s (A) proposed takeover of peer Varian Inc. (VARI) by 10 working days due to commitments offered by Agilent. Read More

NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd. said Tuesday its nuclear power generation capacity rose by 220 megawatts to 4,340 MW after it synchronised the fifth unit of its western India atomic power plant with the northern portion of the national grid. Read More

Upholding a complaint of "'racial vilification" against Jones and 2GB, the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal today said a number of Jones' comments were neither reasonable nor made in good faith. Read More

LIEBERMAN'S vexing flip-flop sets back health care debate (Dec. 17, editorial). Read More

An 18-year-old from Tennessee was killed in a two-vehicle wreck on Interstate 65 in Autauga Coun­ty early Monday morning. Read More

Sara Pettitt and Natalie Fischbach each made a pair of free throws to help Carroll extend a 38-36 lead it held with 45 seconds remaining in the game. Read More