 | Florida Moves to Provide Relief on Foreclosures |
| Governor Crist scrambles to sign on banks for a ninety day moratorium on home foreclosures

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 | It's Cyber Monday. Will E-Retailers Have a Letdown? |
| Facing anxious consumers, Web retailers hope to boost today's sales with generous deals

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 | Exclusive Mutual Funds Reopen for Business |
| You can buy these long-shuttered mutual funds. But should you?

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 | Black Friday Turnout: No Miracle on 34th Street |
| Shoppers hit stores early, but appear to be steering clear of big ticket items

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 | The Ripple Effect of a Potential GM Bankruptcy |
| Hundreds of thousands of supplier jobs are at risk if a big automaker goes under

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 | The $100,000 Job Search: How the High-End Unemployed Cope |
| The recession is putting legions of upper-income executives out of work

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 | Five Questions (and Answers) About Citi's Bailout |
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 | Why Government Intervention Won't Last |
| The state is back, but not for long

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 | Obama Steps Up to the Plate on the Economy |
| In naming his economic team, the President-elect signals that he is not waiting until the Inauguration to plot a new economic course

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 | The Market Outlook: More Plunges or a Year-End Rally? |
| There are reasons to expect a December bounce, but then this is the year of the unexpected

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 | Should Taxpayers Bail Out GM's Retirees? |
| If any of the Big Three go bankrupt, retirees could see lifetime-health-care promises vanish

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 | For Retailers, 'Tis the Season to Be Nervous |
| The bad economy is hitting stores hard, and experts predict that fewer of them will be around after the holidays

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 | Why Unemployment Could Be Worse This Time |
| America's jobless rate is up, but the bigger problem is that it may not come down for a long time

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 | Government Jobs Looking Better in the Downturn |
| State jobs now beat working for a private company

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 | Looking Ahead: A Bad Recession or Something Worse? |
| Economists are lowering forecasts, but nothing suggests this will be more than a rough recession

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 | Will Citigroup Survive? Four Possible Scenarios |
| As its stock price tumbles toward zero, Citi's future is thrown in doubt

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 | Obama Picks Geithner, an Insider, for Treasury |
| Obama's reported pick for Secretary of Treasurer gets high marks, but he carries some baggage as well

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 | The Global Economy's Big Fear Becomes Real: Deflation |
| Governments around the world grow unnerved by the specter of falling prices

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 | Grass-Roots Efforts Aim to Ease the Foreclosure Crisis |
| Frustrated with the Federal Government, beleaguered Florida homeowners try to take matters into their own hands

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 | Senators: Big 3 Bailout Compromise Reached |
| Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators say they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit's Big Three car makers

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 | Is Mark Cuban Guilty of Insider Trading? |
| It's a he saidshe said, but it also raises questions that could go all the way to the Supreme Court

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 | BlackBerry Storm: The Novelty Wears Off Fast |
| Skip the new BlackBerry Storm. If you're hooked on BlackBerrys, you're better off with the Bold, Pearl or Flip.

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