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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Investors halted a three-day losing streak on the stock market Monday, sending prices broadly higher on a weaker dollar and better-than-expected home sales numbers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time buyers seized on a tax credit, combined with low mortgage rates and falling prices, to boost home sales in October to their highest level in 2½ years.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.\'s profit jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter, helped by cost-cutting and better results from its technology services division.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they\'ll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Monday the nation\'s economy is in good shape for the long term thanks to \"core strengths\" such as its universities, its innovation and a dynamic workforce.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyson Foods Inc. said it made strides in the meat business this year and predicts more improvements next year, but analysts worry the company\'s all-important chicken business is lagging others in the industry.
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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('WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The federal government said Monday that it has found a \"strong association\" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Retail gasoline prices headed downward to begin one of the country\'s busiest travel weeks, with more than 33 million people expected to hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — Price-conscious grocery shoppers are being choosy about what they buy to cook at home, even from the value-oriented Campbell Soup Co.
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