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House speaker says payroll tax bill won’t add jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A compromise bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be...
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Top bargainers announce payroll tax cut deal
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Relieved congressional bargainers say they’ve reached agreement on compromise legislation extending payroll tax cuts and benefits for...
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Fed minutes: Members divided over more bond buys
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Federal Reserve appears open to the idea of a third round of bond purchases to boost...
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Lexus tops as survey finds more auto dependability
DETROIT (AP) ? Lexus is the top performer in a survey of vehicle dependability released Wednesday, but most other brands...
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Clarification: Wall Street Week Ahead column
NEW YORK (AP) ? In a story published Feb. 10 and Feb. 12 on the case for dividend-paying stocks, The...
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Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack...
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Bernanke: Weak housing has hurt consumer spending
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Ben Bernanke says declines in home prices have forced many Americans to cut back sharply on spending...
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Ill-timed fight erupts over money-market funds
BOSTON (AP) ? A fight is breaking out between the money-market mutual fund industry and federal regulators. Whatever the outcome,...
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What settlement will and won’t do for homeowners
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The mortgage settlement that government officials announced Thursday is intended to help victims of foreclosure abuses that...