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Job market shows big improvement

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:17:12 EST

The long-suffering U.S. jobs market improved significantly in November, as employers trimmed the fewest jobs of any month since the start of the recession, and the unemployment rate posted the biggest one-month decline in more than three years.

Wall Street ready to rally

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:14:33 EST

Investors are bracing for a strong open when U.S. stocks open for trading Friday following the government's much better-than-expected monthly jobs report.

Estate tax: Cancel the death knell

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:20:05 EST

Next year was supposed to be a great year for you to die. Not great for you, of course, but for your heirs who would inherit your wealth completely tax free.

Taxes, taxes everywhere

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:41:56 EST

Speeders doing more than 85 miles per hour in Georgia will soon pay an additional $200 in fines. Racehorse owners in New York now must fork over $10 to enter their steeds in events. And Massachusetts started charging a 5% tax on broadcast satellite service.

Nesting is the new flipping

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:58:16 EST

If flippers were the poster children of the real estate boom, then nesters are becoming the icons of the new housing market.

You'd better watch out: Santa & swine flu

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:04:47 EST

Santa Claus is a marked man.

What's hot at the L.A. Auto Show

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:59:25 EST

Fuel economy is the name of the game in Southern California.

GE's slimmer, trimmer future

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:19:30 EST

General Electric -- the last of the giant diversified conglomerates -- has adopted a strategy that was once unthinkable: narrowing its focus. It's a risky move for a company that had counted on its diversity as a hedging tool. But it's also one that may pay off in spades.

Why Wells Fargo hasn't paid U.S. back

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:54:28 EST

The Wells Fargo stagecoach doesn't look ready to roll out of TARP town just yet.

BofA prices offering for bailout payback

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:56:16 EST

Bank of America said it has priced its stock offering which it plans to use to pay back the government's bailout money.

Enron, welcome to Broadway

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:05:06 EST

Can Jeff Skilling sell tickets on Broadway? That's the bet being wagered by a team of New York theater producers who are spending some $3.6 million to bring a version of "Enron," a theatrical production currently running in London, to Broadway next spring.

After Madoff, do you trust your adviser?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:11:22 EST

Bernard Madoff's investors aren't the only ones suffering through the aftershocks of his epic fraud. A cloud of suspicion hangs over the financial planning industry, forcing even longtime veterans adjust their business practices and reassure skittish clients.

Bernanke faces fire at confirmation hearing

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:05:29 EST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke got a rough going over from both his supporters and detractors at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

First new uranium mill since the Cold War

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:47:33 EST

With just one more permit from the State of Colorado, Energy Fuels Resources Corporation founder and CEO George Glasier can break ground for the first new U.S. uranium mill since the Cold War.

Intel's latest headache: Nvidia

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:57:31 EST

300,000 iPhone apps by 2011

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:58:53 EST

Apple's online bonanza

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:57:03 EST

Google limits free news access

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:42:49 EST

Google announced a new policy Wednesday that allows news publishers to limit the amount of subscription content that Internet users can access for free from Google News.

Farmville is everywhere

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:19:13 EST

Cyber Monday: A lot of clicking

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:27:48 EST

Did Cyber Monday outshine Black Friday this year?