The NFL’s Most Valuable Player is staying put in Seattle, a rare big name who didn’t change his address Monday.

The Napa Valley Grapegrowers, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner's office will hold an agricultural flood recovery town hall meeting, open to the public, March 14, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Yountville Community Hall.

The subject came up at a dinner not long ago: It was bottle variation.

MENDOZA, Argentina -- The wineries tucked beneath the distant Andean mountains nearly have it all: warm days and cool nights for growing the lushest of grapes, state of the art technology and restless vintners bent on lifting Argentina's wine production to rival the best.

Setting yet another record for Napa Valley wine purchases, retailers and restaurateurs from coast to coast spent close to $2 million last weekend for 181 lots of unique wine crafted solely for the trade attending Premiere Napa Valley.

Taking no chances, a number of Napa businesses filled sandbags over the weekend as they kept a wary eye on river levels and weather reports.

NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc. plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs, mostly through attrition, if its $67 billion purchase of BellSouth Corp. goes through, AT&T's chief financial officer said Monday.

EDMONDS, Wash. -- Sprinting his way through Europe each summer, as he has for the last 32 years, Rick Steves often steals lunch from breakfast, stuffing a couple of pieces of bread and some meat into his backpack.

NEW YORK -- Several of the nation's largest consumer groups said Monday they would oppose AT&T's purchase of BellSouth Corp., arguing that the deal will reduce competition and drive up prices in the telecommunications industry.

NEW YORK -- When the New York Stock Exchange transforms into a publicly traded company Tuesday, its agenda -- staying competitive with faster all-electronic markets -- will remain in place even as its corporate structure changes.