From Los Angeles: Russia and Thailand are holding trade talks today. On the table: an offer to swap frozen chicken for fighter jets.

From Washington: Everybody's doing the EBay thing - even cities. Today, Chicago launches a unique auction...

From Los Angeles: The AARP is teaming up with Home Depot to develop a new kind of seal of approval.

From New York: The economy's about to receive more than $30 billion in stimulus. Not another tax cut. It's a dividend from Microsoft.

From Miami: Botox knock offs are making their way into the U.S.. The FDA reports much of it comes from China. Imitators who sell, what they claim to be Botox, lure doctors by offering up to 80% savings.

From New York: New numbers out show average U.S. home prices leapt nearly 13 percent from the third quarter of 2003 through the third quarter of 2004...

From Washington: Many businesses say they're committed to promoting ethics - but how do you measure morals in corporate culture?

From London: Oil prices have continued to fall on European markets this morning. The slide was triggered by news of far more oil than expected in American inventories.

From Miami: The growth in health care spending by private employers has slowed in recent years. That's led to slower growth in the premiums employees pay and some optimism that health care spending is finally coming under control. That hope dims this morning. A new study shows health care costs are stuck at an uncomfortably high level.