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3 hours ago Plan launched to help 'underwater' borrowers

Up to 1.5 million homeowners owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.


3 hours ago HP sues ex-CEO Hurd after he takes Oracle job

Mark Hurd received a severance from HP that could top $40 million after he resigned amid scandal.Hewlett-Packard is filing a lawsuit against former CEO Mark Hurd to prevent him from joining rival Oracle.


6 hours ago Critics of Obama plans ask: What jobs, exactly?

President Barack Obama will even likely face opposition from deficit-hawks in his own party to programs he announced Monday in Wisconsin.Analysis: President Barack Obama's new stimulus plan directs government assistance to some of the strongest parts of the economy without solving the biggest problem: jobs.


6 hours ago Newsweek: Young adults shunning stock market
6 hours ago HP suing ex-chief executive Mark Hurd

Consumer technology manufacturer HP is suing its former chief executive Mark Hurd, according a report in The Wall Street Journal’s Web site. Hewlett-Packard is filing a lawsuit against former CEO Mark Hurd to prevent him from joining rival Oracle.


6 hours ago Wall Street lower on European bank concerns
Fresh worries about European banks sent stocks lower Tuesday. Treasury prices rose as investors sought out safe places to park their money.
9 hours ago Kia’s top executive resigns after recalls

A South Korean woman walks by a service center of Kia Motors in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday. The top executive at Kia Motors has resigned after the company issued a global recall for 100,000 vehicles over defective wiring.The top executive at Kia Motors has resigned after the company recalled more than 100,000 vehicles worldwide over defective wiring, the automaker said Tuesday.


9 hours ago Newsweek: New market bubble is brewing
9 hours ago Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled
Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities.
9 hours ago Life Inc.: The most stressed-out cities in U.S.
9 hours ago Burger King adds pancakes in breakfast push

The BKAE Breakfast Ciabatta Sandwich, which features fluffy eggs, fresh tomatoes, ham, bacon, American cheese and smoky tomato sauce. Burger King is introducing nine new breakfast items including blueberry biscuits and pancake platters and planning a major breakfast marketing blitz.


9 hours ago Wall Street lower on European bank concerns
Fresh worries about European banks sent U.S. stocks lower early Tuesday. Treasury prices rose as investors sought out safe places to park their money.
Today Closing Costs: Recently sold megahomes
These recently sold expensive homes sold on Realtor.com are as distinct as the regions they’re from.
Today Labor strikes losing ground in tough economy

After 16 janitors were let go from a luxury building in Los Angeles owned by J.P. Morgan Chase, five of them staged a three-day hunger strike on Aug. 24. Labor strikes — seen as one of the key bargaining chips unions have had to get good wages and working conditions from employers — may some day end up only in history books.


Today Stocks set to fall on European bank concerns
Stock futures slipped to start the holiday-shortened week Tuesday after some fresh concerns about the health of European banks rattled overseas markets.
Today NYT: Soros to donate $100 million to Human Rights Watch

The $100 million will be the largest gift George Soros has made, the largest gift by far that Human Rights Watch has ever received, and only the second gift of $100 million or more made by an individual this year, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros will help an advocacy group that investigates human rights abuses around the world.


Today ABC News president David Westin steps down
ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning U.S. television network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.
21 hours ago Obama kicks off campaign with infrastructure plan

President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee on Monday.President Obama, scrambling to spur job creation, proposed a six-year plan on Monday to rebuild infrastructure with an initial $50 billion investment and prepared new business tax cuts.


Yesterday NYT: Ex-HP chief joins Oracle as co-president
Mark Hurd resigned from H.P. one month ago, after an investigation by the board into a personal relationship with a contractor turned up questionable expenses.
Yesterday What Obama's options on boosting hiring are
President Obama is considering a number of options to try to jump-start job creation, the top priority for recession-weary Americans as the country heads toward midterm elections.
Yesterday Colleges going on real estate shopping sprees

Columbia University's Manhattanville Development looks northeast from Riverside Drive, in New York. Columbia, like many colleges across the country, has bought acres and acres of land that it doesn't immediately need and doesn't yet know how it will use it.Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.


Yesterday Clooney's 'American' a hit at holiday box office

George Clooney, left, and Violante Placido star in the spy thriller "The American."George Clooney's hitman tale "The American" has captured the top spot at the box office with a $16.4 million debut over the long Labor Day weekend.


Yesterday Oracle offered job to ex-HP CEO source says
Oracle Corp has offered a job to Mark Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co who resigned amid a scandal.
Yesterday Businesses waking up to benefits of napping
From Thomas Edison and Winston Churchill to Bill Clinton and George Costanza, the nap has had many famous champions. And with good reason.
Yesterday Nursing homes focus on turning a profit

Elmaze Joseph works with therapist Jocelyne Denis doing foot exercises at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital in Miami. Consumer demands and the economic realities are forcing nursing homes to change the way they does conduct business. One winning strategy: luring younger patients.


Yesterday How Apple plays the pricing game
Apple is a master of using pricing decoys, reference prices, bundling and obscurity to make you think its shiny aluminum toys are a good deal. These methods could help your business follow in the tech company's pricing footsteps.
Yesterday Hot business idea: Help people be cheap

Demand is rising for kitchen and bath gadgets that squeeze out that last blob of toothpaste and help get the suds out of tiny slivers of soap. Cheapskate gadgets may be a sign of the times, but they're also a sign of how product makers and retailers are trying to get people back in the spending habit.How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.


Yesterday As stocks tank investors rush into junk bonds
With fears of a prolonged recession and stomach-churning moves in the stock market, corporate bond markets have performed so well this year they look like they're part of a parallel universe.
Sep 4, 2010 Family of copper heiress asks court to protect her

Huguette Clark, heiress to a copper fortune, has been secluded for decades. In June she turned 104 in a New York hospital.Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.


Sep 3, 2010 Continental recalling furloughed pilots
Continental Airlines Inc. is recalling 132 pilots who were furloughed in 2008, saying it needs them to offset retirements and handle an increase in international flying.