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Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:33 EDT

Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.

Oil's record high, one year later

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:47:31 EDT

One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 a barrel

Bank vaults slammed shut to small businesses

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:02:08 EDT

Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration's flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.

Japan backs dollar as reserve currency

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:48:22 EDT

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Porsche-Volkswagen showdown looms

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:54:42 EDT

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Bacon entrepreneurs bring in the bucks

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:52:40 EDT

Tired of hearing that everything tastes like chicken? So are Seattle entrepreneurs Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow. They want it all to taste like bacon.

Cool gadgets: Where tech is headed next

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:36:54 EDT

Tech competition is heating up: Google vs. Microsoft! Microsoft vs. Apple! Apple vs. Palm! Here's how the second half of '09 is shaping up.

How many new iPhones did AT&T sell?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:53:26 EDT

AT&T's widely leaked best-ever sales day memo ticking off the records set on June 19, 2009 - the day it began selling the iPhone 3GS - is packed with superlatives but notably lacking in numbers.

Will California's crisis whack your munis?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:49:35 EDT

The safety of municipal bonds is often taken for granted. But California's recent budget troubles have thrown the default possibility back into the limelight.

Cash-poor California turns to IOUs

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:56 EDT

Here come the California IOUs.

Spraying weed killer on green shoots

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:08:29 EDT

It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green shoots.

Is free checking on its way out?

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:45:10 EDT

The last thing consumers need

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:53 EDT

In his latest astutely staged gesture as grand economic reformer, President Obama this week directed his Treasury Department to deliver to Congress a 153-page bill creating a new agency to protect unwitting consumers against devious lenders.

Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:29 EDT

If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the corn-based fuel.

Cool gadgetry for your car

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:21:15 EDT

Your car may not be new, but its gizmos can be - for as little as a few hundred bucks.

Better search for the Twitter age

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:41:10 EDT

When Iran cracked down on journalists following its recent election, international focus turned to Twitter as citizen journalists posted 140-character reports and links to photos and videos to the site. Trouble was, it was hard to sift the useful and reliable nuggets of information from scores of tweets that included plenty of spam, useless remarks, and stray sentiments.

Top 10 Steve Jobs highlights

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:39:54 EDT

As he returns to work after a serious illness, we take a look at the highlights of Jobs' years at Apple.

Nvidia goes mobile

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:41:07 EDT

You say, "potato," I say, "netbook." That's a bit how I feel when Michael Rayfield, who heads up the mobile computing effort at graphics chip specialist Nvidia, drops a tiny computer on my desk. Branded Mobinnova, it had an almost 9" diagonal screen and a solid keyboard that folded around a tube stuffed with batteries and various connectors.

Sirius XM: Auto rebound play

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:54:40 EDT

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Steve Jobs back to work

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:56:30 EDT