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Not-so-dire jobs report gives stocks a boost '); document.write('
The stock markets topped off their best week in a month Friday, as the latest jobs report calmed fears that the sputtering economy was headed toward a double-dip recession.

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Texas attorney general to investigate complaints about Google\'s search engine '); document.write('
SAN FRANCISCO - Google\'s methods for recommending Web sites are being reviewed by the Texas state attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet\'s dominant search engine.

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Economy treading water as jobless rate edges up '); document.write('
It\'s not a recession, and it\'s not much of a recovery. Instead, the U.S. economy is treading water.

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Regulators fell short in identifying and addressing problems, Bernanke says '); document.write('
Regulators fell short in using their powers \"forcefully or effectively\" to stop risky practices by banks and were slow to identify and address abuses in the U.S. financial system that led to global economic crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial ...

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AOL-Google revenue-sharing pact includes mobile, online video services '); document.write('
AOL and Google announced Thursday a five-year renewal of their revenue-sharing pact, which will now include mobile search and online video, two areas that AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong called critical to the future of his company as it tries to revamp and return to profitability.

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Retail sales, home contracts rise modestly '); document.write('
Americans have not lost their will to spend, according to a modest and surprising bump in retail sales last month and the number of contracts signed by home buyers in July.

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\'Overhaul\' details rescue of U.S. automakers '); document.write('
In one of the first detailed insider accounts by a member of President Obama\'s team, a chief architect of the federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler has penned a 300-plus page description of the policy improvisation performed by the administration as the economy swooned at the outset of...

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Put the millionaires\' tax money to good use '); document.write('
If Democrats can\'t make a convincing case for raising taxes on 315,000 millionaires and using the money to rebuild the country\'s aging infrastructure, then maybe they don\'t deserve to be reelected.

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White House considers pre-midterm package of business tax breaks to spur hiring '); document.write('
With just two months until the November elections, the White House is seriously weighing a package of business tax breaks - potentially worth hundreds of billions of dollars - to spur hiring and combat Republican charges that Democratic tax policies hurt small businesses, according to people with...

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Finaid.org clock offers sobering message about rising student loan debt '); document.write('
In Midtown Manhattan two years ago, the billboard-size clock that keeps track of the U.S. national debt ran out of digits when the figure ballooned to $10 trillion.

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25 percent of employed were jobless during recession, study says '); document.write('
Just over a quarter of the nation\'s 139 million currently employed workers endured a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession, according to results of a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. And they tend to be less satisfied in their current jobs than are other workers.

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Political Economy: First-time claims for jobless benefits down slightly '); document.write('
The number of U.S. workers filing for unemployment benefits fell only slightly last week and productivity at businesses dropped for the first time in eight quarters, according to government statistics released Thursday, reflecting an economic recovery that continues to stall.

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Political Economy: U.S. regulators fell short before financial crisis, Bernanke says '); document.write('
U.S. regulators fell short in using their powers \"forcefully or effectively\" to stop risky practices by banks and were \"slow to identify and address abuses\" in subprime mortgage lending before the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in prepared remarks.

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U.S. government charges Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in CIA attack '); document.write('
The U.S. government designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group Wednesday and charged its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, with involvement in a December suicide bombing that killed seven Americans at a remote CIA operating base in Afghanistan.

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Former Lehman Brothers CEO Fuld: U.S. regulators acted on \'flawed information\' '); document.write('
U.S. regulators acting on \"flawed information\" denied Lehman Brothers the bailout assistance that its Wall Street competitors received, dooming the investment bank to collapse, former company chief executive Richard S. Fuld said Wednesday.

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SAIC reports 54 percent growth in second-quarter profit '); document.write('
Government contractor Science Applications International Corp. says its second-quarter profit grew nearly 54 percent as it refocused its business on key growth areas, such as cybersecurity, energy and health.

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Pennsylvania capital, Harrisburg, skips payment, may move closer to bankruptcy '); document.write('
The city of Harrisburg has said that it will not make a $3.3 million municipal bond payment due in two weeks, a decision that could move the Pennsylvania capital closer to bankruptcy.

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Manufacturing rebound spurs biggest stock rally in months '); document.write('
After their worst August in nine years, stocks kicked off September with a big snap-back rally, following the release Wednesday of surprisingly good news about the U.S. manufacturing sector.

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