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Published 02/26/2010 - 7:07 p.m. EST

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2011 Ford Mustangs are seen on display at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

CLEVELAND, February 26, 2010 - Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is investing $155 million and adding 60 jobs at its Cleveland operations to build a new fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang,

Published 02/02/2010 - 3:10 p.m. EST

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A Chinese man shuts his eyes briefly as he places a hand on the Google logo outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010. (Photo: AP)

CHINA - On January 12, Google announced that phishing attacks discovered in 2009 had compromised security at Google and more than twenty other industry companies. The attacks appear to have originated in China.

Published 01/27/2010 - 2:07 p.m. EST

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Swiss Klaus Schwab, founder and president of the World Economic Forum, WEF, gestures during a press conference, in Cologny near Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo: Wall Street Journal)

 DAVOS -The global economic recovery could lose pace later this year, dashing hopes for a rapid escape from the deepest downturn of the postwar era, economists and investors said at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting at this Swiss ski resort.

Published 12/23/2009 - 6:11 a.m. EST

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The Volvo S60 Concept car is showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. (Photo: BBC News)

Ford has agreed the terms of the sale of its Swedish business, Volvo Cars, to China's Geely.

Published 12/18/2009 - 9:05 p.m. EST

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Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google (Photo: Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is in discussions to buy Yelp, the Web site that lists and reviews local businesses, according to three people who had been briefed on the negotiations.

Published 12/03/2009 - 8:54 p.m. EST

NEW YORK - Bank of America's surprise move to pay back $45 billion in federal bailout money ratchets up pressure on rivals Wells Fargo and Citigroup to get out from under the government's thumb.

Published 11/07/2009 - 12:20 a.m. EST

WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.

Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. The Labor Department said Friday that the economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September. August job losses were also revised lower, to 154,000 from 201,000.

Published 09/19/2009 - 11:24 a.m. EST

Heritage Link Brands of L.A. markets products of vintners in South Africa and elsewhere. The company began with the idea of helping black winemakers and spreading their inspirational stories.When Selena Cuffe sampled South African wines four years ago in Soweto, she didn't wax poetic about their rustic radiance, about plum and berry notes on the nose or hints of vanilla on the palate. That would come with time.
Published 09/15/2009 - 7:58 p.m. EST

If you purchased common stock of Bare Escentuals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BARE) between September 28, 2006 through October 31, 2008 or common stock issued pursuant and/or traceable to the false and misleading Registration Statements and Prospectus filed in connection with the Bare Escentuals 's September 28, 2006 initial public offering and March 14, 2007 follow-on-offering, you have certain options and there are strict and short deadlines running. Deadline: September 15, 2009.

Published 01/08/2010 - 11:06 a.m. EST

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Saab owner Dan Delaney, of Pinckney, Mich. , puts a sign on his 9-3 near General Motors Corp. headquarters in Detroit, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010. Owners and supporters of the Swedish automobile unit hope to save the car maker from shutdown. (Photo: AP)

STOCKHOLM – The board of General Motors' Swedish unit Saab on Friday took the first formal step to wind down the ailing car maker by appointing a representative to lead the process, even as GM evaluates last-minute offers, union officials said.

Published 12/20/2009 - 8:40 p.m. EST

TAX THE 1%. With all the problems we are having in this country and the inability of government to pay for needed programs, it’s time to get serious about the real source of the problem. It’s time to get serious about raising some revenue, and I know just where to start. TAX THE 1%.

Published 12/07/2009 - 12:16 p.m. EST

GEORGETOWN, Delaware (Reuters) - EBay has put its former chief executive, Meg Whitman, on the witness stand on Monday to make the case that Craigslist unfairly denied the Internet giant a seat on its board.
Published 11/14/2009 - 12:15 p.m. EST

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Oil Fields, Iraq (April 02, 2003)

NEW YORK - Oil slid Friday to its lowest price in a month as investors started to pay more attention to a yearlong slump in American energy demand.

Published 10/22/2009 - 3:42 p.m. EST

WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today co-chaired the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue with Iraq’s Acting Minister of Trade Dr. Safa Al-Din Muhammad Al-Safi. Secretary Locke expressed the U.S. government’s commitment to helping Iraq become a strong, stable and democratic country, and to building lasting economic ties between the two countries.
Published 09/15/2009 - 8:27 p.m. EST

LOS ANGELES - Today, VeoMed announced that the continuing medical education program “Healthcare reform 101: What’s next for physicians” presented by the Los Angeles Medical Association, the Young Physician Organization, and EMARC in cooperation with Good Samaritan Hospital will be broadcast live on VeoMed.com.

Published 09/15/2009 - 4:06 p.m. EST

MENLO PARK, CA -- A slim majority of Americans continues to favor moving forward on health care reform now despite an intensifying ad war and a political climate of contentious town hall meetings that coincide with rising concerns about the reform effort, according to the August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll.