BERLIN – Nigerian officials canceled plans to stay in the Brandenburg state capital on a trade mission over fears for their safety after an African-born man was brutally attacked there, a hotel manager said Thursday. The 15-strong Nigerian delegation was to check into Potsdam’s Voltaire Hotel on Wednesday and stay …

NEW YORK – President Bush says he’s leaning toward increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps to meet the challenges posed by the War on Terror, but until Congress gives the plan a thumbs up, recruiters are in wait-and-see mode. “It doesn’t mean anything because there’s nothing that’s …

NEW YORK – In the latest boost to its dominance in portable music players, Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) is teaming with General Motors Corp. (GM), Ford Motor Co. (F) and Mazda Motor Corp. to integrate the iPod into car audio systems. GM and Ford are the nation’s No. 1 and …

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. and Afghan forces raided compounds suspected of being Al Qaeda sanctuaries in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, seizing weapons and explosives and arresting eight people, the U.S. military said. Meanwhile, insurgents hit a Canadian base in southern Afghanistan with mortars, wounding six soldiers, a Canadian military spokesman …

WASHBURN, Mo. – The minister of a rural Ozarks church, his wife and her two brothers have been accused of molesting young girls from their congregation for years, sometimes as part of a religious ritual, officials said. The county prosecutor says the Rev. Raymond Lambert, 51, of Grand Valley Independent …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday’s session are Citigroup Inc., United Parcel Service Inc. and Biopure Corp. • NEW! FOXBusiness.com’s Investing Center Citigroup (C) is expected to report earnings per share for the second quarter of $1.06, according to analysts …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a frenetic set of meetings amid Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, declared Tuesday the United States wants an “urgent and enduring” peace where problems are solved without war. Talking to reporters after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Rice said, “We need to …

NEW YORK – Investors sent shares near their 2006 highs on Friday after benign inflation data and low oil prices boosted confidence that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged at its meeting next week. Stocks finished the week broadly higher in its strongest winning streak in more than …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – As Lebanon digs out from the rubble of war, America’s Arab Gulf allies are pledging billions to rebuild Lebanon in a race to blunt the Iranian-backed Hezbollah’s growing influence in the region. Oil-rich Saudi Arabia and others have pledged to fix much of the $3.6 …

SAN FRANCISCO – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday’s session are Hormel Foods Corp., Dell Inc. and Alcoa Inc. • FOXBusiness.com’s Investing Center Hormel (HRL) is expected to report earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 63 cents, according to analysts polled …