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  1. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a lecture in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 5, 2009.  REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN SOCIETY)
    Bill Clinton meets with Senate Dems on health care AP - Tue Nov 10, 7:21 AM ETSent 464 times

    WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system.

  2. Financial Literacy: The Time Is Now BusinessWeek - Mon Nov 9, 8:08 AM ETSent 398 times

    When it comes to financial matters, Americans are functionally illiterate.

  3. Traders gather at the post that trades Carter's Inc. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Stocks slip as the dollar's slide eases AP - 1 minute agoSent 234 times

    NEW YORK - Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that's carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.

  4. US Congressman Joseph Pitts, seen here in 2003, who co-authored an amendment restricting abortion access and funding to the health care reform bill.(AFP/File)
    Abortion foe seeks curbs in Senate health bill AP - Mon Nov 9, 4:21 PM ETSent 177 times

    WASHINGTON - Abortion opponents in the Senate want tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, similar to the limits passed by the House this past weekend.

  5. In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, specialists Scott Wetzel, Michael Bonnano and Peter Gaicchi, left to right, and Gennaro Saporito, foreground right, work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull? AP - Sun Nov 8, 8:21 PM ETSent 134 times

    Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end.

  6. Strollers recalled for fingertip amputation hazard AP - Mon Nov 9, 1:53 PM ETSent 97 times

    WASHINGTON - About a million Maclaren strollers sold by Target and Babies "R" Us were recalled Monday, after 12 reports of children having their fingertips amputated by a hinge mechanism.

  7. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    House, Senate health care bills detailed AP - Sun Nov 8, 6:39 PM ETSent 53 times

    WASHINGTON - A comparison of the health care bills before Congress.

  8. FILE - A worker fixes the display of Kraft Food's Oreo cookies at a Market in Palo Alto, Calif., in this file photo dated Monday, July 28, 2008.  Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC edged higher on Monday Nov. 9, 2009, as a deadline loomed for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal takeover offer for the candy maker, or under British takeover rules Kraft will be prohibited from making a new offer for six months. Cadbury has already spurned a $16.7 billion cash-and-stock offer from Kraft. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)
    Cadbury rejects Kraft bid AP - Mon Nov 9, 11:02 AM ETSent 48 times

    LONDON - British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.

  9. Embroiled in a nine-month three-way takeover battle, the chief executives of fertilizer companies Agrium Inc, CF Industries Holdings Inc and Terra Industries Inc have stayed in the headlines even as a recession and falling grain prices pushed the stocks of their companies off their 2008 peaks. REUTERS/Graphics
    "Fertilizer wars" throw spotlight on three CEOs Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 2:31 PM ETSent 37 times

    NEW YORK/TORONTO (Reuters) - Mike Wilson, Steve Wilson and Mike Bennett are patient men.

  10. Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers AP - 45 minutes agoSent 26 times

    WASHINGTON - After a slow start, the Obama administration's mortgage relief program has reached one in five eligible homeowners, a government report says.

  11. Teaching the Facebook Generation BusinessWeek - Fri Nov 6, 8:08 AM ETSent 23 times

    Our goal as college professors is to open students minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from the fry-o-later to the cubicle and beyond.

  12. An NBC sign on the General Electric building in New York October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
    GE, Comcast agree on NBC Universal valuation: source Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 AM ETSent 20 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co. and Comcast Corp have agreed on a valuation of around $30 billion for a joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast, ironing out what has been a key obstacle in talks so far, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

  13. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 9, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    Stocks edges up on brighter corporate tone Reuters - 35 minutes agoSent 19 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street edged higher and the Dow touched a fresh 13-month high on Tuesday as several positive corporate announcements helped stocks extend gains.

  14. This Oct. 22, 2009 photo shows a counseling session at the Fortune Society, a nonprofit support center in New York. Treatment advocates are keeping a close eye on Congress, hoping that the pending health care overhaul will provide far greater access to insurance-covered substance abuse treatment. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? AP - Mon Nov 9, 8:43 AM ETSent 18 times

    NEW YORK - Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality.

  15. The headquarters of Nokia in Espoo, Finland, seen in January 2008. Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, issued on Monday a global recall for 14 million chargers made this year because some of them could be faulty.(AFP/LEHTIKUVA/File/Martti Kainulainen)
    Nokia to recall 14 million chargers AP - Mon Nov 9, 7:09 AM ETSent 15 times

    HELSINKI - Nokia Corp. announced Monday that some 14 million mobile phone chargers could be dangerous for users and said it will replace them free of charge.

  16. In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, Sonja Jackson, of Detroit, holds a Employment Guide while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich. Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
    Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs AP - 9 minutes agoSent 14 times

    WASHINGTON - Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned Tuesday.

  17. Advanta files for bankruptcy protection Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 12:25 AM ETSent 13 times

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanta Corp , a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.

  18. FILE - In this July 22, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Pfizer world headquarters in New York.  Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drug company, on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 said it is closing six of its 20 research facilities, reorganizing others, and cutting the jobs of roughly 15 percent of its scientists and support staff. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
    Pfizer trimming research plants after buying Wyeth AP - Mon Nov 9, 5:02 PM ETSent 13 times

    TRENTON, N.J. - Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.

  19. Cadbury's chocolate bars are seen in a shop in London September 7, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
    Kraft turns hostile in $16 billion bid for Cadbury Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 5:54 PM ETSent 12 times

    LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc chief Irene Rosenfeld refused to sweeten her $16.2 billion offer for candy maker Cadbury Plc and took the bid directly to shareholders on Monday, setting the stage for a takeover battle that could last up to three months.

  20. Google buys mobile ad firm for $750 million Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 8:07 PM ETSent 11 times

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Monday that it was acquiring of AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising networks, for $750 million, widening its bet that cell phone advertising could become the Internet's next-big money maker.

  21. A Sun Microsystems sign is pictured at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, March 18, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
    EU objects to Sun-Oracle deal Reuters - 7 minutes agoSent 10 times

    NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Commission has objected to Oracle Corp's acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc , throwing the $7 billion deal into question.

  22. Bullion bars at a gold refiner. Gold prices hit a record high of 1,111.20 dollars an ounce on Monday in response to rising demand for the precious metal from emerging economies and a decline in the value of the dollar.(AFP/File/Sebastian Derungs)
    Gold price hits record high as dollar wanes AFP - Mon Nov 9, 12:35 PM ETSent 9 times

    LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices hit a record high of 1,111.20 dollars an ounce on Monday in response to rising demand for the precious metal from emerging economies and a decline in the value of the dollar.

  23. FILE - In this July 23, 2007 file photo, signs for American Express, Master Card and Visa credit cards are shown on a New York store's door. Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate hikes, the Federal Reserve said Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
    Fed says banks eye tighter terms on credit cards AP - Mon Nov 9, 3:24 PM ETSent 6 times

    WASHINGTON - Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate hikes, the Federal Reserve said Monday.

  24. FILE - In this April 30, 2009 file photo, a GMAC sign is shown at a GM/Chrysler dealership in Oakland, Calif. The Federal Reserve says GMAC is the only one of 19 stress-tested banks that needs more capital to withstand a future downturn. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)
    Economic forecasts in bank tests miss their mark AP - Mon Nov 9, 7:05 PM ETSent 5 times

    WASHINGTON - All but one of the 19 largest banks have raised the extra capital cushion regulators said they'd need to withstand a deeper recession — a sign, the Treasury secretary said, of how much the financial system has improved since the crisis began.

  25. FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, an issue of the Caijing Magazine is seen at a newsstand in Beijing. Hu Shuli, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Chinese magazine known for pushing boundaries with the country's censors and chasing stories that could embarrass the government, resigned Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, amid friction with her publisher, colleagues and the magazine said. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
    Top editor leaves China's boldest news magazine AP - Mon Nov 9, 12:15 PM ETSent 5 times

    BEIJING - The editor-in-chief of a hard-driving Chinese magazine that tackled tough subjects such as corruption, pollution and worker's rights resigned Monday, casting doubt over prospects for greater media independence.

  26. The McDonald's sign is seen outside its store at the Times Square in New York June 9, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    McDonald's October same-store sales up, U.S. slips Reuters - Mon Nov 9, 12:09 PM ETSent 5 times

    LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said sales at established U.S. restaurants fell 0.1 percent in October, as expected, but its stock ticked up 1.5 percent after sales from the rest of the world buoyed overall results.

  27. FILE - In this July 11, 2008 file photo, a sign in front of the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington is seen. Fannie Mae on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 said it may have to ask the government for more financial assistance because the company cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)
    Fannie Mae tax credit decision could cost $5.2 bln AP - Mon Nov 9, 5:52 PM ETSent 5 times

    WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae said Monday it may have to ask the government for more financial assistance because the company cannot sell $5.2 billion in tax credits.

  28. Tagged.com settles with NY, Texas in invite fight AP - Mon Nov 9, 3:13 PM ETSent 4 times

    NEW YORK - The social networking Web site Tagged.com has adopted reforms on the use of invitation e-mails after being accused of essentially stealing the e-mail addresses of some 60 million Internet users, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

  29. Northrop sells advisory services unit for $1.65B AP - Sun Nov 8, 6:04 PM ETSent 4 times

    LOS ANGELES - Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. for $1.65 billion in cash.

  30. A sign for Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is displayed on 42 Street in New York, seen here in October 2009. Pfizer announced Monday cuts in its research activities and staff after acquiring pharmaceutical rival Wyeth.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)
    Pfizer slashes research, staff after Wyeth deal AFP - Mon Nov 9, 1:50 PM ETSent 4 times

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Pfizer announced Monday cuts in its research activities and staff after acquiring pharmaceutical rival Wyeth.