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'); document.write(''); document.write('Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation\'s economic recovery will start to slowly abate in 2010, but they predict consumers will continue to keep a tight rein on spending, according to a new survey.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday as Iran\'s war games, aimed at protecting its nuclear plants, deepened tensions in the oil-rich region.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('LONDON (AP) — World markets rose sharply Monday amid further hopeful signs about the economic recovery. Commodity stocks led the charge, particularly in London, after gold hit another record high amid renewed dollar weakness.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods, the world\'s largest meat producer, lost money in its fiscal fourth quarter primarily on a hefty goodwill impairment charge.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Home resales for October are projected to rise to the highest level in more than two years as first-time buyers, anticipating that a tax credit would soon expire, rushed to beat the clock.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Stock futures are pointing to a higher opening Monday as the dollar weakened and investors try to snap a three-day losing streak.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Invoking the name of the late Edward M. Kennedy, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with opposition Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('FRANKFURT (AP) — Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of the company.
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