Arms makers who export to the U.S. are in a squeeze thanks to a complex set of State Department rules known as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.	The new formula takes into account higher speeds, more aggressive driving, more air-conditioning use and other factors not in the old system.	The DP World sale is the final chapter in a contentious deal that some say drove Middle East petrodollars away from the U.S.
Inventories at United States wholesalers piled up at a faster pace in October as sales posted their first back-to-back declines in more than three years.	SAC Capital Advisors, a $10 billion hedge fund, has raised its stake in the Phelps Dodge Corporation to 5.1 percent and said yesterday that it would oppose a proposed takeover of the company by Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold.	The panel ruled that Qualcomm, a maker of cellphone chips, is infringing a Broadcom Corporation patent on a way to conserve handset battery power.