Trade

Israel, Hamas trade cows for calm as part of truce (AP via Yahoo! News)

9 Jul 2008

An Israel-Hamas truce has boiled down to a simple trade-off: For a day of calm, Israel adds five truckloads of cows and 200 tons of cement to the barest basics it ships to Gaza, but rocket fire from the territory reseals the border for a day.

German trade surplus shows sharp drop in May: Destatis (AFP via Yahoo! News)

9 Jul 2008

Germany's trade surplus fell in May by much more than expected to 14.4 billion euros (22.6 billion dollars), provisional data released on Wednesday by the national statistics service Destatis showed.

AROUND THE HORN: Cubs get A's Harden in six-player trade (Detroit Free Press)

9 Jul 2008

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Rich Harden from the Oakland Athletics in a six-player trade on Tuesday, a day after the rival Milwaukee Brewers landed CC Sabathia. The Cubs will receive the right-handed Harden and righty Chad Gaudin for pitcher Sean Gallagher, outfielders Matt Murton and Eric Patterson, and minor leaguer John Donaldson.