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Obama off on thrifty spending claim

The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars.  The problem

H-P leads Dow to fourth day of gains

Hewlett-Packard helped pull the Dow Jones industrial average to a slight gain Thursday, giving the index only its fourth gain this month.

Yahoo seeks to shake up search, Web browsing

Joining the battle to redefine Internet search, Yahoo is taking aim with a new browser enhancement it calls "Axis."

Late rally erases steep losses on Wall Street

A big final-hour comeback pulled the Dow Jones industrial average nearly back to where it started Wednesday.

HP to cut 27,000 jobs to save up to $3.5B annually

Hewlett-Packard plans to jettison 27,000 workers as the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices makes it tougher for the company

2 panels to launch review of Facebook IPO

Two congressional panels are reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the IPO may have provided only

Oil drops below $90 for 1st time since Nov. 1

The price of oil has dropped below $90 for the first time in nearly seven months as U.S. supplies continue to grow.

Iran nuclear talks snag over dueling demands

Iran and six world powers exchanged dueling proposals Wednesday in a tug of war over Tehran's nuclear program that pits international concerns about the

Regulators probe bank's role in Facebook IPO

Regulators are examining whether Morgan Stanley, the investment bank that shepherded Facebook through its highly publicized stock offering last week,

Small dairies go under as milk prices sink again

The MacLaren brothers are third-generation dairy farmers, but they will likely be the last in their family.

Stocks end mixed after Greek worries resurface

Just how nervous are investors about Greece? All it took to derail a day of stock market gains was a headline saying that Greece was preparing to leave the

UN nuclear chief: Deal with Iran reached on probe

Despite some remaining differences, a deal has been reached with Iran that will allow the U.N. nuclear agency to restart a long-stalled probe into suspicions

Market breaks losing streak, with China's help

Forget Facebook. This is still Apple's stock market. Apple — the world's most valuable company, the innovator that revolutionized the cell phone — climbed

Say what? Kraft's new name elicits jokes

"MONDEWHAAAAT?" The sarcasm was palpable in the one-word headline that appeared in The New York Post on the day after Kraft Foods revealed that it planned to

Where are Facebook friends? Stock sinks on 2nd day

Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged.

Gasoline prices continue to fall

The latest Lundberg Survey finds gasoline prices have dropped six cents over the past two weeks, putting the nationwide average for a gallon of regular at

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