Economic worries and public uncertainty about modern life in general don't unfold in a vacuum. There's a price for all that free-floating angst - and American institutions and major industries are paying it.

(Adds further details.) FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--German market research group GfK's forward-looking consumer climate index fell for July as spiraling energy costs increasingly damp consumer sentiment in Europe's largest economy.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 9 (Itar-Tass) -- Foreign delegates applauded Shuvalov and gladly shared optimistic forecasts of Russia’s development. They also made a number of skeptical remarks.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits soared last week while those drawing benefits for more than a week cracked the three million mark for the first time in four years.

Brian Magierski, a seasoned and highly successful technology entrepreneur, has joined the Board of ADRevolution, the Austin-based company that is transforming the advertising and publishing industries with its disruptive software solution.