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Delta Air Lines canceled several hundred flights scheduled for Wednesday as forecasters expect sleet and freezing rain to affect travel in much of the Southeast.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.'s shares took a hit Tuesday after a financial publication called the company's accounting of a lease on a new $30 million mixing plant an "off-balance-sheet trick."

HCA Inc., the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain, reported on Tuesday higher fourth-quarter earnings, citing increased revenue from same-facility admissions.

USA Networks Inc. has completed its acquisition of Internet travel company Expedia Inc., boosting USA's presence in the online travel market.

The economic stimulus bill that President Bush says will hasten recovery from recession appears dead in the Senate and will probably be shelved, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said Tuesday.

Gainesville based Gainco, Inc. introduces new turkey breast lobe classifying equipment.

AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., today announced that the low-fare airline will add a fourth daily nonstop flight between Pensacola, Fla.

Delta Air Lines expects to furlough 1,400 pilots instead of the 1,700 the airline estimated four months ago after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Orders to U.S. factories rose by 1.2 percent in December, suggesting that the nation's battered manufacturing sector may see better days ahead.

The Senate Commerce Committee authorized a subpoena Tuesday seeking the testimony of Kenneth Lay, the former Enron chairman who refused this week to answer questions about the collapse of the energy trading company.