*Order book down 2 bln euros to 18 bln euros. Japan's 50 reactors used just over 10 percent of the world's enriched uranium before the 2011 Fukushima disaster, but with all but two reactors offline, there is now overcapacity in the nuclear fuel industry.
*Exchanges scheduled to be up and running on Jan. 1, 2014. WASHINGTON, March 14- The U.S. government could have to run more state health insurance exchanges than expected under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, if U.S. states pursuing their own marketplaces cannot complete them on time, a senior official said on Thursday.
*Lawmakers oppose horse slaughter, no USDA decision. WASHINGTON, March 13- All U.S. meat inspectors will be furloughed on the same days as the federal meat safety agency, a top USDA official said, leading to spotty meat shortages in the summer and fall as automatic spending cuts shave $53 million off the agency's budget.
NEW YORK, March 12- Chevron Corp, 80 years after its predecessor went to the Middle East to launch what would become Saudi Aramco, is now bringing technology from California to the region to squeeze more oil out of ageing fields.
NEW YORK, March 12- Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company, said on Tuesday it had already started nearly all the projects that would deliver 25 percent growth in oil and gas output over the next half a decade.
NEW YORK, March 12- Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company, said on Tuesday it had started at least more than 90 percent of the projects that will deliver 25 percent growth in oil and gas output by 2017. At its annual New York meeting with analysts, Chevron executives reaffirmed its target of 3.3 million barrels per day of oil equivalent by 2017, and highlighted its expansion in Kazakhstan and steam-flooded oil production in the Middle East. "
*Kentucky upstart goes after former market leader. WASHINGTON, March 4- A planned merger of two large U.S. mattress companies will force U.S. antitrust regulators to decide how much concentration they are prepared to allow in this once diffuse market.
Congress lifted a 2006 ban in the fiscal 2012 appropriations act and since then "several" companies have asked for government inspections that would allow them to start slaughtering horses, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Without new action by Congress, the department has no choice but to allow slaughterhouse inspections to proceed, USDA said.
Feb 28- Back-to-back winter storms, that dropped up to two feet of snow in some areas of the nation's midsection over the last week, lessened the harsh drought that has been gripping key U.S. farm states for months, climate experts said on Thursday.
*KC Fed bank survey follows St. Louis and Chicago. CHICAGO, Feb 15- Farmland values in the U.S. The KC Fed district stretches across major wheat, corn and cattle states of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming along with parts of New Mexico and Missouri.
*FCC orders broadcasters to change passwords on equipment. Feb 14- The zombie attack alert issued on a handful of U.S. They could have caused some real damage, "said Karole White, president of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 8- Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is selling roughly 42 percent of his stake in the Internet search company, a move that could potentially net the former chief executive a $2.51 billion windfall.
PARIS, Feb 6- The planned sale of nuclear fuel vendor Urenco has put the spotlight on ultra-secret uranium enrichment technology. To understand that process, think about orange juice. To get one glass of juice, you can put three oranges in the juicer and press gently, or put two, and squeeze very hard.
WASHINGTON, Feb 5- Revenue growth for U.S. states in the third quarter of 2012 was likely slower than the U.S. Census reported and softer than in previous quarters, the Rockefeller Institute of Government said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb 4- The U.S. Department of Energy's electronics network was attacked by hackers in mid-January but no classified data was compromised, the agency said in a letter to employees.
NEW YORK, Feb 4- Potash miner Prospect Global Resources Inc won't open its first mine until at least 2015, but the American upstart is already upsetting the multibillion-dollar fertilizer industry where a few players control a crucial ingredient in the global food chain.