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Runaway Prius Probe Can't Verify Story
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:30:06 EDT, 06:30 AMCongressional Spokesman Says Investigation's Findings Casts Doubt on Calif. Driver's Harrowing Tale ...read more »
Some States Delaying Tax Refund Payments
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:00:03 EST, 09:00 AMOthers, Also Feeling Budget Woes, Mulling Same; How Can You Avoid It? ...read more »
FT: Google, China at Impasse
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:30:01 EST, 03:30 PMPaper Reports Google Is "99.9 Percent" Certain It Will Have To Shut its Chinese Search Engine ...read more »
FDIC Shuts 30th Bank for 2010
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00:09 EST, 07:00 AMRegulatory Agency Reports Bank Failures in New York, Pennsylvania, Louisiana ...read more »
Video: Text Messages That Self-Destruct
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:59:05 EST, 08:59 PMShira Lazar talks to Jeffrey Evans who began Tiger Text, a texting application that allows the sender to control the lifespan of their text messages. ...read more »
Calif. Prosecutor Sues Toyota Over Defects
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:02 EST, 05:30 PMOrange County District Attorney Files Lawsuit in Civil Court, Accuses Car Maker of Deceptive Business Practices ...read more »
How to Win Your March Madness Pool
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:00:03 EST, 10:00 AMMoneywatch.com: Sure-Fire Strategies to Outsmart Your Rivals and Claim Victory in the Office NCAA Brackets Competition ...read more »
Court OKs TV Rules for Cable
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:02 EST, 12:30 PMFederal Court Upholds FCC Access Rules For Cable Programming That Comcast, Cablevision Opposed ...read more »
Boys and Girls Club Execs' $1M Pay Probed
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:03 EST, 10:00 AMGOP Senators Query Salaries, Travel and Lobbying Fees at Charity Benefiting Clubs ...read more »
February Retail Sales Up 0.3 Percent
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:03 EST, 09:00 AMLargest Single-Month Advance Since November Surpassed Expectation; Decline in Auto Sales Depressed Higher Sales Overall ...read more »
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UK Treasury: Looking At Ways To Revive Securitization Markets
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:26 GMT, 10:25 AMUK Treasury: Looking At Ways To Revive Securitization Markets...read more »
Australia Trade Minister: Trans-Pacific Trade Talks To Strengthen Regional Integration
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:19:40 GMT, 09:19 AMAustralia Trade Minister: Trans-Pacific Trade Talks To Strengthen Regional Integration...read more »
Abbott Heart Valve-Repair Tool Meets Goals In Key Study
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:17:48 GMT, 08:17 AMAbbott Heart Valve-Repair Tool Meets Goals In Key Study...read more »
Novartis' Diovan Modestly Reduced Diabetes Risk In Study
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:17:47 GMT, 08:17 AMNovartis' Diovan Modestly Reduced Diabetes Risk In Study...read more »
Abbott's TriCor Shows No Benefit For Diabetics In Study
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:17:47 GMT, 08:17 AMAbbott's TriCor Shows No Benefit For Diabetics In Study...read more »
FAA Orders Inspection Of 600 Boeing 737s - Seattle Times
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:13 GMT, 08:00 AMFAA Orders Inspection Of 600 Boeing 737s - Seattle Times...read more »
ECB Nowotny: Greece Must Tighten Budget Or External Help Unthinkable
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:13 GMT, 07:44 AMECB Nowotny: Greece Must Tighten Budget Or External Help Unthinkable...read more »
Far East Global Seeks Up To US$90.4 Million In Hong Kong IPO -Source
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:08:19 GMT, 07:08 AMFar East Global Seeks Up To US$90.4 Million In Hong Kong IPO -Source...read more »
ECB Nowotny:Euro Zone Budget Consolidations Should Start Soon
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:46:39 GMT, 06:46 AMECB Nowotny:Euro Zone Budget Consolidations Should Start Soon...read more »
Cnooc Plans Takeover Of Argentina's Bridas For US$3 Billion - Source
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:41:48 GMT, 05:41 AMCnooc Plans Takeover Of Argentina's Bridas For US$3 Billion - Source...read more »
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Chinese leader decries calls to boost currency
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:52:52 EDT, 07:52 AMChina is bracing for another tough year despite economic growth, but opposes foreign pressure to appreciate the value of its currency, Premier Wen Jia...read more »
Stocks' tug-of-war
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:32:27 EDT, 07:32 AMStocks have ended four of the last five weeks higher, leaving the Nasdaq and S&P 500 at 18-month highs and the Dow industrials not far from such level...read more »
Is the Fed blowing bubbles?
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:19:54 EST, 09:19 AMIs the Federal Reserve forever blowing bubbles?...read more »
Senate takes a stab at financial reform
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:48:34 EST, 08:48 AMThe head of a key banking panel is expected Monday to release a draft bill of sweeping regulatory changes aimed at warding off future collapses in th...read more »
Mortgage help: 170,000 get permanent aid
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:29:34 EST, 05:29 PMMore than 170,000 troubled homeowners are breathing a lasting sigh of relief now that they've received permanent modifications under the Obama adminis...read more »
$642 million to clean up Lehman -- and counting
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:07 EST, 02:36 PMUnraveling the biggest-ever U.S. bankruptcy case isn't cheap....read more »
Good news for stocks is good for the $
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:53:42 EST, 11:53 AMThe dollar has gotten stronger this year. Is that because the U.S. economy appears to be improving -- or in spite of it?...read more »
Yellen in line for Fed No. 2
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:39:49 EST, 03:39 PMSan Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be the next vice chairman of the central bank, according to White ...read more »
Health care: Going from broken to broke
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:37:35 EST, 12:37 PMA few nights ago in the historic Renaissance Grand Hotel in St. Louis, Mo., President Obama reassured a crowd of Senator Claire McCaskill supporters t...read more »
30-year rides auction wave
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:23:56 EST, 03:23 PMThe 30-year bond continued to rise Friday, carrying over from a successful $13 billion government auction the day before. Other Treasurys remained rel...read more »
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Weak economy means it’s a freebie nation
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:32 GMT, 10:26 AMWhether it's to boost sagging business or attract customers to a new product, there seems to be a freebie fad going on. That's a boon for budget shopp...read more »
Stocks end mixed after uneven economic data
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:35:45 GMT, 04:35 PMMixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong. Retail - Business - Investing -...read more »
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Questions arise over story of runaway Prius
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:28:28 GMT, 11:28 PMInvestigators with Toyota and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a freeway, ac...read more »
Study: Hearts may swoon when stocks do
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:54:57 GMT, 04:54 PMStock market slides may hurt more than your savings. New research suggests they might prompt heart attacks. Stock market - Investing - Busin...read more »
Young veterans returning home to few jobs
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:48:35 GMT, 03:48 PMThe unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacl...read more »
WaMu settles with JPMorgan, FDIC
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:03:15 GMT, 06:03 PMWashington Mutual has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase and the FDIC over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapt...read more »
U.S. sales tax rates hit record high
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:22:57 GMT, 08:22 AMForbes: While the White House's push to raise federal income taxes for the wealthy gets the attention, the sales tax rates imposed by state and local ...read more »
Homeowners take ‘cash for keys’ to escape debt
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:25 GMT, 02:15 PMOwners of bad loans are increasingly making deals with borrowers to avoid a foreclosure. Lawmakers are more accepting of these solutions even if they ...read more »
Mortgage relief aid reaches few homeowners
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:05:38 GMT, 04:05 PMHundreds of thousands of homeowners are in limbo waiting to find out if they will be accepted for the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention pr...read more »
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Weak economy means it’s a freebie nation
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Chinese leader decries calls to boost currency
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UK Treasury: Looking At Ways To Revive Securitization Markets