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• New jobless claims fall less than expected

  The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance fell slightly less than expected last week, a government report showed on Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:46 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Trade gap shrinks as auto, oil imports drop

  The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell. Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:40 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Stocks set to fall ahead of weekly labor report

  Stock futures fell modestly Thursday as the market remains stuck in a tight range. A lack of economic reports have kept a lid on big movements this week Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:19 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Survey: Pace of foreclosures may be slowing

  RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday that the number of U.S. households facing foreclosure in February grew 6 percent from the year-ago level, the smallest annual Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:19 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Fed emerges from battle poised to be stronger

  The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a overhaul of banking rules as the top Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:28 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Indiana stakes claim to electric car industry

  The so-called "RV Capital of the World" may soon be able to bill itself the "EV Capital of the World. What a difference a letter makes. Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:22 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Fannie, Freddie’s $125 billion tab still growing

  The federal government has spent the past half year trying to roll back its efforts to support the financial markets, except for involvement in Fannie Read More... Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 6:06 AM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Top green car concepts from Geneva show

  Virtually every carmaker showed off their latest fuel-saving technologies — from advanced diesel hybrids to fully electric vehicles — at the Geneva Motor Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:34 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Credit card users not making big dent in debt

  With unemployment high and personal wealth diminished, how was it that strapped consumers were paying down their credit card debt last year? It turns out Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:10 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Media coverage fuels spike in Prius complaints

  Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:45 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Mexico’s Slim tops the list of world’s richest

  For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:02 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Cable wants FCC to enter broadcast disputes

  The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:29 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• ConsumerMan: The hazards of kids and credit

  Credit card companies have a simple strategy: Get your customers while they are young. Most students these days graduate with thousands of dollars in unpaid Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:25 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Tropicana shrinks OJ cartons, raises prices

  Pepsico Inc. is raising prices on its popular Tropicana orange juice because of the deep freeze that hurt much of Florida's citrus crop. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 3:17 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business

• Payroll tax hike hits small businesses

  Some 35 states were set to boost unemployment taxes on businesses this year, with increases ranging from 2.5 to 600 percent. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:01 PM from msnbc.com: Business | (Comments Off) Filed under: Business