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.
There?’s a lot of talk about tourism that minimizes your impact on the environment while giving back to the community, but talk is cheap.	The president of Verizon Communications, Lawrence T. Babbio Jr., will step down by the end of the first quarter of 2007.	Sales will be $3.35 billion to $3.5 billion, compared with an October forecast of $3.46 billion to $3.75 billion, because of lower revenue from handsets.