Marubeni Corp., the only Japanese trading house that's a member of the European Climate Exchange, is targeting a 43 percent increase in carbon-credit sales as the country approaches a 2012 deadline to reduce emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Sales to Japanese utilities and other local polluters may reach 100 million tons by the end of 2012, from the current 70 million tons, said Yutaka ... Read more »

The heads of more than 80 companies called Friday for the Group of Eight rich nations to set clear mid-term targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would help them make business plans. Read more »

Hondo somehow managed to circumvent his Cub curse last night, scoring with a Ray play that ele vated the earnings to 405 treshes. Today, he'll see if he can make it two straight in Small Bear games - 10 units on Lilly to snuff the Sox. $ E-mailer... Read more »