Oldest Mexico cantina closes down
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Mexico's oldest cantina, a classic drinking dive patronized by dozens of past presidents and Cuban leader Fidel Castro when he was in exile here, has closed its doors after more than 150 years.
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DALLAS -- 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier after more than 20 years as part of a previously announced plan by the convenience store operator to launch its own brand of fuel.
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A deal reached last week between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a small Indian tribe to bring the largest urban casino in the country to a small city near here has been significantly scaled back.
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OAXACA, Mexico  - Hundreds of cars lined up at gas   stations in the protest-torn Mexican city of Oaxaca on   Wednesday as tensions rose before a 48-hour business shutdown   expected to bring the tourist hot spot to a standstill.
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Atlantic City&#039;s casinos were ordered to close Wednesday, the latest casualty of a state government shutdown that began after the Legislature failed to adopt a budget by its July 1 deadline.
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A controversial campaign by Lycos Europe to attack websites run by spammers has been shut down.
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A series of gelatin wrestling tournaments set for the clubhouse of a local restaurant and brewery have been canceled after a promotion linking the event to a foundation created in memory
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One of Nepal's top hotels and a number of other companies close for business after threats from Maoist rebels.
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NEW YORK -- A major owner of Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell franchises saw a majority of its New York City restaurants shut down yesterday as the fallout continued from a video showing rats overrunning one of its Manhattan eateries.
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NEW ORLEANS - A judge has partially lifted a court order that required a New Orleans hotel to shut down due to rat infestation.  Two floors of the New Orleans Grand Palace Hotel's 17 floors reopened for guests on Friday, after Civil District Judge Nadine M. Ramsey lifted the order.
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By Dennis Lien, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 25--It's one of the oldest historical sites in Minnesota. But that doesn't mean folks are lining up to own it.   A decade after the federal government closed the U.S.
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The company has decided to leave the public markets.
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Taco Bell on Tuesday boosted to nine the number of fast-food restaurants it had closed in New York and New Jersey after a suspected outbreak of the foodborne E. coli bacteria that may have sickened more than three dozen people.
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A brewery in west Belfast which produces Bass beer is to close in January with the loss of up to 85 jobs. It will bring to an end 107 years of brewing at Ulster Brewery on Glen Road.
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Wendy&#39;s International Inc. on Tuesday said it will close up to 18 of its struggling Baja Fresh Mexican Grill restaurants and record a write-down of up to $195 million in an attempt to reposition the company.
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By Katherine Conrad, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 6--Any fears that the 100-plus-year-old La Hacienda Restaurant and Inn would become yet another notch on a housing developer's belt have been laid to rest with the news that the onetime stagecoach stop is under new ownership.
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MaracanÃ£ stadium, the shrine of Brazilian soccer in Rio de Janeiro, is closed. The national sport is on hold, awaiting the start of the Pan American Games on Friday and the promise of future glory that a successful sports showcase could bring.