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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Chastened by the recession, more U.S. consumers have become cheapskates: They are saving more and driving older cars. And that, in part, explains the historically dismal sales reports released Wednesday by automakers.


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Auto sales were weak in August, partly because of the weak economy, partly because this year's numbers fall well short of last years's numbers, which were spiked by the government incentive program known as "Cash for Clunkers."


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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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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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Departing White House chief economist Christina Romer urged Congress on Wednesday to "finish the job of economic recovery" by pumping more cash into the economy through additional tax cuts for businesses and middle-class families, as well as fresh investments in the nation's infrastructure.


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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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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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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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Apple Inc. introduced a new line of iPods today, touting new colors, improved camera functionality and better battery life. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's demonstration of the music players to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.



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Apple Inc. introduced a new line of iPods today, touting new colors, improved camera functionality and better battery life. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's demonstration of the music players to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.


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