WASHINGTON - The manufacturer of the drug most effective in treating bird flu will negotiate with generic drug companies to increase production of Tamiflu, two senators said Thursday.

Boeing has started production of the first A160T Hummingbird being built at its Mesa site near Falcon Field.

WASHINGTON - The productivity of American workers slowed in the spring while wage pressures increased. The Labor Department said that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the April-June quarter, was slightly better than the 1.1 percent increase estimated a month ago but down from a 4.3 percent growth rate in the January-March period.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day next month, the kingdom’s oil minister told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday, according to Ban’s spokesman.

LOS ANGELES - When it comes to James Bond theme songs, nobody's done it better than Carly Simon - except maybe Shirley Bassey. Some of them endure - especially the signature theme by the John Barry Orchestra, introduced at the start of the franchise in 1962's "Dr. No" - while others have come and gone as quickly as Bond girls.

LOS ANGELES - Boeing Co. said Friday it would start shutting down production of its cavernous C-17 military cargo plane, marking the possible end of aircraft manufacturing in a region that once dominated the industry.

Mariah Carey declared “I came to have a party/open up the Bacardi” in her R&B/dance single “It’s Like That.”

Organizers behind the AriZoni Awards consider their annual soiree, which was held Monday at the Herberger Theater Center, as the Valley’s equivalent of the Tony Awards.

SYDNEY, Australia - Australian officials ordered the recall of a milk drink and cake brand after tests showed they were contaminated with melamine, bringing to six the number of Chinese-made products withdrawn in Australia following China's tainted milk scandal.

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Wednesday cut the price of the top iPhone by $200, discontinued the low-end model and unveiled a new version of its popular iPod media player with wireless Internet access and other iPhone features.

Many roles for older women in shows are often supporting or secondary characters. But in the James Kirkwood comedy “Legends,” they’re front and center as the stars. It’s one of the reasons why Theatre West chose to produce the play, which opens Jan. 21 at the Stardust Theatre in Sun City West, featuring many of the club’s seasoned actresses.

PITTSBURGH - Even Bill Gates gets spam. The Microsoft Corp. chairman showed a Carnegie Mellon University audience of several hundred people, many of them computer science and computer engineer students, examples of the unsolicited e-mail he sometimes gets in his inbox.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The new Web browser that Google Inc. released Tuesday is designed to expand its huge lead in the Internet search market and reduce Microsoft Corp.'s imprint on personal computers.

LOS ANGELES - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - Lights, camera, action - but first, here come the writers. Members of the Writers Guild of America were planning a return to work Wednesday after voting to end their strike on its 100th day, thus allowing Hollywood to jump-start stalled production of numerous TV sitcoms and dramas.

GENEVA - American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.

VIENNA, Austria - OPEC will increase its oil production target by 1 million barrels a day later this year in a move widely viewed as more symbolic than significant, given that the cartel has been exceeding the new output limit since the beginning of the year.

Busy work is the ‘‘work’’ you fake when things are slow at the office.

LOS ANGELES - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.

The most surprising part of the Diamondbacks’ bullpen implosion Sunday may have been that it happened at all.