NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Year-to-date contributions through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program are 4.99 percent behind the same time frame at the outset of 2008, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Morris H. Chapman.

Responding to health-conscious and financially sensitive consumers, Moe's Southwest Grill is slimming down one of its burritos to create a new value meal for the first part of 2009. Moe's will offer for $4.99 the Joey Jr. Bundle, which includes chips, salsa, a drink and a smaller version of the Joey Bag of Donuts burrito. The bundle is being offered at participating locations until March 1. ...

Coventry, a UK-based building society, is launching a new range of mortgage products, which include a two-year residential fixed rate of 4.99% available at 85% loan to value, with free valuation and free remortgage transfer service.

SEOUL, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened higher on Tuesday, heading for a fourth consecutive gaining session despite falls on Wall Street overnight, with rises led by tech issues such as Hynix on firm gains in memory chip prices. Hynix Semiconductor jumped 4.99 percent and Samsung Elec climbed 1.89 percent. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index was up 0.98 percent at 1,184.71 points as of ...

There was a standing ovation at the Macworld Conference and Expo this year, but it wasn't for Steve Jobs or a hot new Apple product.

We're posting live updates from Macworld 2009 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, where Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller, is delivering the keynote speech.

Alternative energy sector slides on weak demand, dried-up credit markets.

The solar sector slid on Tuesday as solar power companies continued to face weak customer demand and dried up credit markets.

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Australian health insurers will seek a premium increase of at least six percent this year as the industry struggles with rising medical costs and the global financial crisis, the Australian Financial Review said.

Schiller returns to the stage to explain Apple's Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller.