10 Questions for Bob Nicol
Each Wednesday the Napa Valley Register’s Business Focus features “10 Questions” for a local entrepreneur. Readers are welcome to suggest businesspeople to be profiled.
Napa Valley Briefly: American Denim grand opening Friday
American Denim Company is now open at Wine Country and Solano avenues in north Napa with a grand opening celebration coming Friday.
Google stock hits milestone, surpasses $500 per share
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.’s stock price surpassed $500 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in a rapid rise that has catapulted the Internet search leader into the corporate elite.
India, China OK trade increases between them
NEW DELHI — The leaders of China and India agreed Tuesday to double trade between their two countries to $40 billion by 2010 and to boost ties that have been marked by suspicions dating to a 1962 border war and rivalry over their regional roles.
EU trade chief calls for guaranteed energy supplies
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The world cannot afford to see energy used as a “geopolitical bargaining chip,” EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said Tuesday, calling for firm world trade rules to guarantee Europe’s supplies.