Troubled U. S. trucker YRC Worldwide is expected to increase its deadline, for the sixth time, till 11.59 pm EST Wednesday, of swapping the debt with equity as its union had pushed the banks and bond holders in order to keep the company moving.

The concerns relating to the recall of an injectable pediatric H1N1 vaccine last week has lead the manufacturer to issue a recall of the nasal mist vaccine doses. As well

In all, 78 providers across Kansas received H1N1 flu vaccines from the 13 lots are being voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, MedImmune, The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirmed.

According to a Tuesday announcement by AT&T, the Garmin Nuvifone G60 will become available in the US October 4 onwards, exclusively at AT&T stores and online, for $299 with a two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. For an additional $5.99 per month charge, users can have access to premium content like traffic updates, weather, movie times, and fuel prices.

With the aim of dealing with a predicted increase in demand, and to make up for production lost from a large-scale factory consolidation declared earlier in the year, operations at factories of General Motors Corp. in Kansas, Michigan and Indiana, will got to 24-hours.

The Kansas state's Department of Aging secretary, Kathy Greenlee - who was nominated as the Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by President Barack Obama on May 1 - is heading to Washington, D. C. after the Congress unanimously approved Greenlee's appointment on Thursday evening.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Friday there is an "urgent need" for congressional action on health care reform drawing attention to the rising health insurance costs and the increasing number of Americans without health coverage.

Going by The Wall Street Journal news, contributed by unnamed yet "in the know" sources, the careworn cell phone operator Sprint Nextel Corp is negotiating a deal with Telefon AB L. M. Ericsson, whereby the equipment vendor will manage Sprint's cellular network, and accommodate 5,000 to 7,000 of Sprint's US employees.

Sprint Nextel Corporation, the nation's first carrier to test, to launch and market 4G technology, on Wednesday announced that it will expand its next- generation service "4G," or WiMAX, service to various cities across the country this year.

Citing a critical worsening in the finances of the provider of services to countless retail credit unions, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has taken control of two corporate credit unions, with $57 billion in combined assets. In addition, the US regulators also seized three more small banks on Friday, bringing the total to 20 thus far in 2009.

March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month and working towards this goal is the Cancer Society who is offering free kits at many stores to raise awareness to the cancer and provide testing for the under insured in Wichita.