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AP - California's unemployment rate fell slightly in November — down to 12.3 percent from 12.5 percent a month earlier, the state Department of ...[
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AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: ...[
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AP - Initial jobless claims in Louisiana jumped 23 percent last week, mostly because of a temporary shutdown in the transportation equipment industry. ...[
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Reuters - U.S. house prices rose in the third quarter, ending a two-year downward trend, and the housing market was now slightly undervalued, an indep ...[
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AP - Citing economic hardships amid "unprecedented times," Maine Gov. John Baldacci on Friday outlined his plan to close a $438 million state budget g ...[
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AP - Florida's unemployment rate continued to rise with 11.5 percent of the work force now jobless. ...[
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AP - Colorado revenues fell by an additional $40 million over the past three months, bringing this year's shortfall to $601 million. ...[
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AP - AT&T Inc. said Friday that it was raising its quarterly dividend by 2.4 percent, continuing an unbroken record of increases for 26 years, althoug ...[
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AP - The euro dropped below $1.43 for the first time since early September Friday amid ongoing concerns about European banks and public finances and i ...[
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AP - David Walsh said when he was assembling his first report card on video game violence 13 years ago, children were attacking on-screen monsters or ...[
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AP - In a reversal of earlier gains, more states lost jobs than added them in November, signaling that hiring is occurring only sporadically around th ...[
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AP - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says Hawaii's unemployment rate stood at 7 percent in November, down from 7.3 percent in October. ...[
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AP - The Obama administration is setting aside $30 billion from the financial bailout fund for a range of initiatives designed to encourage lending to ...[
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AP - Regulators on Friday shut down two big California banks, as well as banks in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Illinois, bringing to 140 th ...[
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Reuters - The U.S. Senate approved a $636 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes mon ...[
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Reuters - U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates "noted" an accord struck by the United States, China and o ...[
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AP - The compensation package for Rockwell Automation Inc.'s top executive fell more than 28 percent during the 2009 fiscal year after the industrial ...[
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Reuters - About a thousand people marched through Macau's streets on Sunday, urging the government to fight corruption and grant them more political f ...[
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AP - The Senate cleared its year-end plate of some must-do work Saturday as it passed a critical budget bill that blends money for the Pentagon with a ...[
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AP - Ed Gullo never thought he'd be on this side of a package delivery. ...[
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Reuters - U.S. retailers' final weekend sales push before Christmas was under threat as a severe winter snowstorm struck the East Coast, forcing store ...[
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AP - Virginia's hated local car tax would be replaced with a $2 billion-a-year income tax increase under the new budget Gov. Timothy M. Kaine presente ...[
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