WASHINGTON (AP) — The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.

CAIRO (AP) — World oil demand is projected to grow by 900,000 barrels per day in 2010, OPEC said Wednesday, revising up its previous month's forecast while cautioning that the increase is hinged on a sustained global economic rebound, particularly in the United States.

FRANKFURT (AP) — German car and truckmaker Daimler AG says it expects a turnaround in the global truck market and an improvement in the truck division's 2010 earnings before interest and taxes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Fertilizer company Terra Industries said Wednesday its board favors a bid to be acquired by CF Industries instead of a previous agreement with Norway's Yara.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.

General Growth Properties Inc., owner of the Saint Louis Galleria, has received proposals to receive an additional $3.9 billion from two separate investment firms, an infusion of capital the company hopes will help speed its reemergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (GGP) (SPG)

Still, Illinois reports another increase in unemployment rate.

Missouri American Water will make grants up to $10,000 to support environmental projects that improve, restore or protect watersheds and drinking water supplies. (AWK)

FRANKFURT (AP) — German publisher Axel Springer AG said Wednesday that net income fell 45 percent in 2009 to euro314 million ($427 million), with a drop in demand for newspapers and magazines mitigated only partially by new Internet revenues.

MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — Defense contractor Science Applications International Corp., or SAIC Inc., on Wednesday said it received a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop and enhance command and control software.

HARRISON, N.Y. (AP) — The driver of a Toyota Prius told police in suburban New York that her car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.