Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/business/us-economy business Economy News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:56 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/business/us-economy http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy nm/20100210/us_obama_economy Reuters business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:01:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_obama_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.4f742f54aa7f40e4a3af9f337952603d.obama_dcpm107.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=UUgRumVgrIononcShWt2Bw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama meets with bipartisan House and Senate leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and the president. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhp afp/20100209/australiabritainminingcompanybhp AFP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:57:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265759770746-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=u0WTltRGaZr8YNEbuURFVA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Workers inspect a BHP Billiton iron ore facility in West Australia. Mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday said first-half profits had more than doubled to 6.14 billion US dollars, but it remained cautious about the economic outlook.(AFP/BHP Billiton/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday said first-half profits had more than doubled to 6.14 billion US dollars, but it remained cautious about the economic outlook.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/bs_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100210/capt.photo_1265759770746-1-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=u0WTltRGaZr8YNEbuURFVA--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Workers inspect a BHP Billiton iron ore facility in West Australia. Mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday said first-half profits had more than doubled to 6.14 billion US dollars, but it remained cautious about the economic outlook.(AFP/BHP Billiton/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_molson_coors ap/20100209/us_earns_molson_coors AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_molson_coors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9440a7c2faec4a5496d90e2280222fdd.earns_molson_coors_caps301.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=yI5slKV4zwsEqERMISyB9w--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, Coors Light is seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Molson Coors said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled because of favorable tax benefits even as it sold fewer beers.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Molson Coors Brewing Co. sold fewer beers around the world in the fourth quarter, but its profit more than doubled as the company held onto price hikes it made during the recession and benefited from a one-time drop in its tax rate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_molson_coors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.9440a7c2faec4a5496d90e2280222fdd.earns_molson_coors_caps301.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=yI5slKV4zwsEqERMISyB9w--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo made Dec. 8, 2009, Coors Light is seen on display at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Molson Coors said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled because of favorable tax benefits even as it sold fewer beers.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_paulson_buffett nm/20100209/us_paulson_buffett Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:00:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_paulson_buffett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r338818127.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=nb4NEDb.FvqyGfgXj_IiYw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and billionaire investor Warren Buffett, from different sides of the political spectrum, expressed support on Tuesday for the U.S. government's aggressive steps in 2008 to keep the nation's banks and economy from a complete meltdown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_paulson_buffett"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100210/i/r338818127.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=nb4NEDb.FvqyGfgXj_IiYw--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_menendez_bank ap/20100209/us_menendez_bank AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:55:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_menendez_bank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. Robert Menendez wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke last summer seeking help for a home state bank operated by campaign contributors, specifically asking for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_menendez_bank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade afp/20100209/usmexicotrade AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:35:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751298927-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=J3tOufh1R2tER7TA_NWPAg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Gerardo Ruiz Mateo (L) give a press conference in Mexico City. Mateo said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Mexico's economy minister said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as top US trade envoy Ron Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/usmexicotrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265751298927-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=J3tOufh1R2tER7TA_NWPAg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Mexico's Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Gerardo Ruiz Mateo (L) give a press conference in Mexico City. Mateo said a trade spat with the United States would be resolved this year, as Kirk visited the Mexican capital on Tuesday.(AFP/Ronaldo Schemidt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_buffett_paulson_talk ap/20100209/us_buffett_paulson_talk AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_buffett_paulson_talk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.df896b3e7a6a466d8af16f8e67de4a7c.aptopix_buffett_paulson_talk_nenh102.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=WasjdVjKeQ8jIOz.qHjLuw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="Billionaire Warren Buffett, left, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discuss the economy on stage at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paulson, who led the Treasury during the height of 2008 economic meltdown, wrote a book about his experience called 'On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System.' (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0" /></a>AP - Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_buffett_paulson_talk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.df896b3e7a6a466d8af16f8e67de4a7c.aptopix_buffett_paulson_talk_nenh102.jpg?x=122&y=130&q=85&sig=WasjdVjKeQ8jIOz.qHjLuw--" align="left" height="130" width="122" alt="photo" title="Billionaire Warren Buffett, left, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discuss the economy on stage at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Paulson, who led the Treasury during the height of 2008 economic meltdown, wrote a book about his experience called 'On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System.' (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_infrastructure_stimulus nm/20100209/us_usa_infrastructure_stimulus Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:11:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_infrastructure_stimulus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2454479667.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Y6J5RquEv4u_Y0n6YqUN5g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. economic stimulus plan in the Denver area September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_infrastructure_stimulus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2454479667.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Y6J5RquEv4u_Y0n6YqUN5g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A sign announces a section of road work funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act U.S. economic stimulus plan in the Denver area September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/economy_countries_glance ap/20100209/economy_countries_glance AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:21:28 GMT AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_jobs nm/20100209/us_usa_economy_jobs Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:15:50 GMT Reuters - U.S. job openings rose in December and the number of unemployed workers fell, according to a government report on Tuesday that supported views the labor market was on the brink of recovery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_economy ap/20100209/eu_germany_economy AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:16:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.e5fb13f1fffe42dc96ed2bed71d856b6.germany_economy_mfra101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=a7HR4SI3MjQUTgbsungYcA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo containers are loaded at a terminal of the 'Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG' (HHLA) in the harbor of Hamburg, northern Germany. German exports tumbled by nearly one-fifth last year, the biggest fall for 60 years and one that officially knocked the country off its perch as the world's top exporter, government data showed Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Germany's multi-year reign as the world's No. 1 exporter is officially over, with the crown formally passing to rising Asian power China after new figures showed that German exports slid by nearly a fifth in 2009, the biggest decline in 60 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_germany_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.e5fb13f1fffe42dc96ed2bed71d856b6.germany_economy_mfra101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=a7HR4SI3MjQUTgbsungYcA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo containers are loaded at a terminal of the 'Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG' (HHLA) in the harbor of Hamburg, northern Germany. German exports tumbled by nearly one-fifth last year, the biggest fall for 60 years and one that officially knocked the country off its perch as the world's top exporter, government data showed Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke nm/20100209/us_usa_fed_bernanke Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:15:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's scheduled testimony before Congress on Wednesday has been postponed due to inclement weather, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_usa_fed_bernanke"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.11501b9764db423e9431c56c0ab80629.menendez_bank_wx101.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=CY6YNFrkY_tomd3LnCrRmg--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this June 17, 2009, file photo Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., listens during the committee's markup hearing on energy legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the summer of 2009 Menendez wrote to FED Chairman Ben Bernanke seeking help for a home state bank, First BankAmericano, operated by campaign contributors, and asked for approval of an acquisition that would have rescued the institution. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/pl_nm/us_obama_economy_summers nm/20100209/us_obama_economy_summers Reuters politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:51:41 GMT Reuters - Top White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said on Tuesday that the job market was stabilizing but the economy still had a long way to go to return to health. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_wholesale_inventories ap/20100209/us_wholesale_inventories AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:38:40 GMT AP - Businesses slashed wholesale inventories sharply in December, a much weaker showing than expected and a troubling sign that companies are still too pessimistic about the economy to begin restocking shelves on a sustained basis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_consumers_ibd nm/20100209/us_usa_economy_consumers_ibd Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:28:39 GMT Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence fell in February to near a level seen at the beginning of the recession, as high unemployment and some stock market weakness sapped January's optimism, a research group said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_usa_economy nm/20100209/us_usa_economy Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:25:27 GMT Reuters - U.S. wholesale inventories unexpectedly fell 0.8 percent in December, while sales rose 0.8 percent, a government report showed on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/apfn_us_earns_millercoors ap/20100209/apfn_us_earns_millercoors AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:20:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/apfn_us_earns_millercoors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5ad9260dc4624383821d5879c9c6a1dd.earns_millercoors_nybz168.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=WZqCNXb8sR0s_db8YMcBmw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Cans of Miller Lite beer are seen on display at a store in Palo Alto, Calif. The joint venture of SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing turned a fourth-quarter profit Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, through cost savings, though the shaky economy cut into revenue from beer.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The joint venture of SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing turned a fourth-quarter profit through cost savings, though the shaky economy cut into revenue from beer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/apfn_us_earns_millercoors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.5ad9260dc4624383821d5879c9c6a1dd.earns_millercoors_nybz168.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=WZqCNXb8sR0s_db8YMcBmw--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2010 file photo, Cans of Miller Lite beer are seen on display at a store in Palo Alto, Calif. The joint venture of SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing turned a fourth-quarter profit Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, through cost savings, though the shaky economy cut into revenue from beer.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_millercoors nm/20100209/us_millercoors Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:33:42 GMT Reuters - MillerCoors, the second-largest brewer in the United States, on Tuesday reported a 21.6 percent slide in fourth-quarter net income reflecting a tough economy and a sharp rise in share-based salary bonus packages. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_swatchgroup nm/20100209/us_swatchgroup Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:57:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_swatchgroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3811941846.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Iiqz4OuUZz4zq8dnO9tQAA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A man visits the Swatch Group showcase during press day at Baselworld in Basel in this April 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Swatch Group, the world's largest watchmaker by sales, said it is aiming for its best year ever in 2010 after seeing a strong pick-up in sales in January and February, easing worries that a flagging economic recovery might hit demand.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_swatchgroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3811941846.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Iiqz4OuUZz4zq8dnO9tQAA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man visits the Swatch Group showcase during press day at Baselworld in Basel in this April 2, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_economy ap/20100209/eu_britain_economy AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:26:50 GMT AP - Britain's struggling economy showed more lackluster indicators Tuesday, with imports rising faster than exports in December despite the falling value of its currency and retailers reporting a slow start to the year.