top storiesStocks extend gains after drop in jobless claims The Labor Department says first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in two months. In another hopeful sign, the trade deficit narrowed in July. Apple publishes guidelines for app approval The move follows more than two years of complaints from developers about the company's secret and seemingly capricious rules, which block some programs from the store and hence Apple's popular iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. U.S. slips in global competitiveness report Switzerland retained the top spot for the second year in the annual ranking by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum Oil gives back early gains, settles lower Benchmark oil for October delivery lost 42 cents to settle at $74.25 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange latest from the associated pressBLOGS FuelFix: News and analysis on energyStart your own investigation! Video shows inside BOP BOP to be studied at NASA facility, but here's a sneak peak inside. International drilling regulators huddle over Macondo Offshore oil and gas regulators from eight countries just wrapped up two days of meetings focused on the Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. When should fire + oil = news? A small fire on a shutdown Mariner platform catches the media eye. But why? It was put out with a water hose and a fire extinguisher. Once upon an oil spill The personal stories of fisherman, shrimpers and other Gulf Coast residents hit by the oil spill will be told by a national environmental advocacy group. *Updated* What gives with Transocean stock this morning? No clear news moves stock up quickly. Could it be that Seadrill takeover talk? (Deepwater Horizon photo/AP)
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