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Looking for better signs, stocks fall for a third day
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AP NEW YORK - Wall Street ended a mostly down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. Stocks fell yesterday for the third straight day ...
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Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida seized, promptly sold
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Banking regulators seized Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida and sold the tiny Fort Myers bank to Central Bank, of Stillwater, Minn., marking the 124th US bank to fail during 2009 and the 12th in Florida. The sole branch of Commerce Bank of Southwest ...
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Investors are increasingly wondering about the speed of the economy recovery and they are questioning the fast-paced rise of technology stocks.

Sometimes it is hard to remember that the person on the other end of the phone line is not the enemy, but staying calm can help.

Hot lines, online groups and organizations that charge fees on a sliding scale are options for finding help.

A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.

For girls, the season’s hottest toy is a set of fake hamsters; for boys, a series of battle cards and action figures inside small spheres.

Since 1998, the dollar’s weakness has been a major contributor to the United States stock market’s fall from global grace.

Even as the British economy seems to be improving, some analysts worry that its underlying structural flaws could mean the country won’t be able to sustain its recovery.

If it survives an appeal, the verdict late Thursday would be the nation’s largest award of damages to an individual suing a tobacco company.

Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, the 124th bank to fail this year.

The home builder D. R. Horton said that its quarterly loss narrowed despite a decline in revenue as its inventory write-down costs fell.

The J. M. Smucker Company nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee improved its lineup.

United Parcel Service will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010 by 4.9 percent, less than this year, as volume drops.

Ben S. Bernanke’s nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month.

The sides appear to be at least $500 million apart on how to value NBC Universal, which G.E. is hoping to sell to Comcast, the big cable television company.

Sales were down as consumers remained cautious, and the clothing retailer said holiday sales are not likely to rebound.

Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.

The Pentagon is considering providing more planes for flight tests to try to reduce the possibility of large cost overruns over the next several years.