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Stocks end mixed after uneven economic data
March 13, 2010Mixed economic reports held the stock market to only modest moves Friday but gains for the week were strong.
Young veterans returning home to few jobs
March 13, 2010
The unemployment rate last year for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans hit 21.1 percent, the Labor Department said Friday, reflecting a tough obstacle combat veterans face.
WaMu settles with JPMorgan, FDIC
March 13, 2010Washington Mutual has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase and the FDIC over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a WaMu attorney said Friday.
U.S. sales tax rates hit record high
March 13, 2010
Forbes: 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 governments has crept to its highest level ever.
Homeowners take ‘cash for keys’ to escape debt
March 13, 2010
Owners of bad loans are increasingly making deals with borrowers to avoid a foreclosure. Lawmakers are more accepting of these solutions even if they mean the borrower loses the home.
Mortgage relief aid reaches few homeowners
March 13, 2010
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners are in limbo waiting to find out if they will be accepted for the Obama administration's foreclosure prevention program.
Blunt the e-mail interruption assault
March 13, 2010Constant e-mail interruptions make you less productive, less creative and — if you're e-mailing when you're doing something else — just plain dumb. Here's how to fight back.
Affluent California county sues Toyota
March 13, 2010Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects.
Oil production predicted to peak in 2014
March 13, 2010Predicting the end of oil has proven tricky and often controversial, but Kuwaiti scientists now say that global oil production will peak in 2014.
Policy ‘dove’ may be tapped for Fed vice chair
March 13, 2010President Barack Obama wants to nominate Janet Yellen, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.
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