The rechargeable lithium ion battery inside the helicopters can overheat, catch fire

The paint on the magnets can contain excess levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard

The plastic coating on the magnets contains excessive levels of lead, which violates the federal lead paint standard

The tip of the rattle’s antenna, which is attached to a bee figure, can detach and pose a choking hazard to small children.

The alloy cranks on the exercise cycles can break during use, posing a laceration and abrasion hazard to users

Ukrop’s Super Markets Inc. today will announce a program to turn used soy oil from its chicken frying operations at 11 Richmond-area stores into biodiesel for its fleet of delivery trucks. 

United Airlines said Friday it boosted its ticket prices by as much as much as $50 round-trip, raising the stakes in the airline industry’s battle against rapidly rising fuel costs.

The cost of filling up the family car climbed to a record high Tuesday, adding to the challenges consumers already face with falling home values and rising food prices.

Soaring costs paid by utilities to generate power could mean higher monthly electric bills

A top Energy Department official says market speculation may be adding as much as $12 to the price of crude oil and that prices may not yet have peaked.

Wachovia’s wealth management division, based in Winston-Salem, had record earnings of $98 million in the second quarter, the bank reported in earning statements. 

The companies insist they’re trying to find new oil that might help bring down gas prices, but the money they spend on exploration is nothing compared with what they spend on stock buybacks and dividends.

The nation’s second-largest bank by assets said Monday its profit fell 41 percent, as losses in its struggling mortgage operations were offset by business in other parts of the company. But it easily beat Wall Street estimates, and shares rose $3.00, or almost 11 percent, to $30.49 in morning trading.

Yahoo Inc. is relinquishing three seats on its board of directors to activist investor Carl Icahn, ending a battle for control of the Internet company while still leaving the door open for a possible sale to Microsoft Corp.

Barr Laboratories, a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Barr Pharmaceuticals, is the largest private employer in Bedford County, with more than 500 workers at its Forest site. 

Consumers have gotten used to batteries in AA and AAA sizes, but Energizer has just started selling a new size, AAAA. 

A WiMAX system is an emerging wireless Internet technology that offers better security and signal range than WiFi. In February, Liberty University and Virginia School of the Arts announced a partnership to bring the service to Lynchburg. 

Scanning world’s every book means turning many, many pages

The term 3-D printer is just another word for rapid prototyping machine, or fabrication machine, which often gets shortened to just fabber.

Verizon has upgraded equipment in several Lynchburg-area locations to more than double the download speed available to some DSL users