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Stock prices are little changed in early trading

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:32:59 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Small companies took the limelight Monday as the stock market extended a rally.

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:55:34 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

US gas prices up 11 cents over past 2 weeks

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:27:08 +0000

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.

Buybacks are a big factor behind stock market boom

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 17:48:35 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — It's the narcissist rally.

Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:08:17 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama's second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:21:43 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.

Money tangle: The IRS and its tea party tempest

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:57:36 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is feeling the sort of heat that targeted taxpayers feel from the tax agency. It's the sense that a powerful someone is breathing down your neck.

Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:29 +0000

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:37:43 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

AP Impact: Myanmar sanctions list languishes

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:24:08 +0000

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — If you're American and want to do business in Myanmar, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law. But it leaves off a former minister's son U.S. officials suspected of brokering arms deals with North Korea, and high-rolling relatives of the man who led the repressive military government for 19 years.