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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — The safe-haven dollar began the week lower as a Federal Reserve official urged the continuation of stimulus programs and as home sales in October greatly exceeded market expectations, revving up traders\' taste for higher-yielding assets.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday — a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving — and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Fannie Mae said Monday that it named Jonathan Plutzik, a former Credit Suisse executive, to its board directors.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. has sued a supplier, saying it has spent more than $30 million fixing problems in the steering systems of the Chevrolet Cobalt, its best-selling small car, and other vehicles.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MONTREAL (AP) — A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company\'s decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party.
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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('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. says cost cutting helped its profit jump 14 percent in the latest quarter despite an 8 percent revenue decline.
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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) — Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2½ years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a \"Cadillac\" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.
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