Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1762 Most Recommended Business en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:02:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1762 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091107/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:59:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.753472abed1c4c6191ffe7f981e9b5b3.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=w4GGnjGpWCQ213n0E35lEQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama is surrounded by security as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after addressing the House Democratic Caucus, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats maneuvered a massive overhaul of the nation's health care system toward a make-or-break vote in the House on Saturday, getting a last-minute appeal from President Barack Obama to pass his top domestic priority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.753472abed1c4c6191ffe7f981e9b5b3.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre101.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=w4GGnjGpWCQ213n0E35lEQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama is surrounded by security as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after addressing the House Democratic Caucus, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa ap/20091107/as_china_africa AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:45:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0" /></a>AP - China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_china_africa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1c8da49bf7a04a4a9e5b8d9193ebff4b.egypt_china_xin801.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=4wLDc8agyZMrHfjsjZRT_A--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, front right, accompanied by Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, front left, reviews an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony in Cairo, capital of Egypt, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Wen arrived here Friday for a two-day official visit. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yao Dawei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_obama ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_obama AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:22:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a562e47ab2b24ec4aba65417af600f5f.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre102.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=e8S.MH4HQA8bHYZzehd5qg--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama walks with Senior Adviser David Axelrod, left, Reggie Love, personal aide, center, and Phil Schiliro, legislative affairs director, right, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, as they return to the White House from Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a private meeting on Capitol Hill and from the presidential podium in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed for House passage of a health overhaul bill and told lawmakers "to rise to this moment" and "answer the call of history."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a562e47ab2b24ec4aba65417af600f5f.health_care_overhaul_obama_whre102.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=e8S.MH4HQA8bHYZzehd5qg--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks with Senior Adviser David Axelrod, left, Reggie Love, personal aide, center, and Phil Schiliro, legislative affairs director, right, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, as they return to the White House from Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_white_house ap/20091107/us_health_care_white_house AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:45:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_white_house"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.c02bc7594c71409baf7e203e37926cb3.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=XOnLeM2k5PmIxE4EOzeVFQ--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama still expects to have a health care overhaul bill to sign by year's end and plans to personally lobby for it in a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday, the White House said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_white_house"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.c02bc7594c71409baf7e203e37926cb3.obama__dcab107.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=XOnLeM2k5PmIxE4EOzeVFQ--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oil_prices ap/20091107/oil_prices AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:39:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257245940683-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=c2UtldMnBHvB_GfU5MM8mg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="World oil prices rose back above 80 dollars on Wednesday as investors turned their attention to an upcoming US energy inventory report.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oil prices tumbled Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent for the first time since 1983.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257245940683-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=c2UtldMnBHvB_GfU5MM8mg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="World oil prices rose back above 80 dollars on Wednesday as investors turned their attention to an upcoming US energy inventory report.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_democrats ap/20091107/us_health_overhaul_democrats AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:02:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1ce0cc8c33334ac284554f1348c76526.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab102.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D2y_HZgQlrbGti2lXfopYg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_overhaul_democrats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.1ce0cc8c33334ac284554f1348c76526.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab102.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D2y_HZgQlrbGti2lXfopYg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_then_and_now ap/20091107/us_jobless_then_and_now AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:36:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_then_and_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a4ef36e70eb34b44a55639161fc52817.jobless_then_and_now_cd401.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4tpJhxT_4E2QRN2uTBJw2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In ths Oct.22, 2009 photo, Vicki Adriano works at the Lordstown General Moters plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Compared with 1982, Americans have more than triple the amount of debt and less than half the savings. Their unemployment spells last 10 weeks longer, on average. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0" /></a>AP - It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_then_and_now"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.a4ef36e70eb34b44a55639161fc52817.jobless_then_and_now_cd401.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4tpJhxT_4E2QRN2uTBJw2A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In ths Oct.22, 2009 photo, Vicki Adriano works at the Lordstown General Moters plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Compared with 1982, Americans have more than triple the amount of debt and less than half the savings. Their unemployment spells last 10 weeks longer, on average. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_freddiemac_results nm/20091107/us_freddiemac_results Reuters business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_freddiemac_results"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r447035111.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=DjkxIUKKVd_w3q6L3ZPKfg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A couple listens as a representative from Freddie Mac talks to them about a loan modification for their home at the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Freddie Mac , the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a "prolonged deterioration" in housing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_freddiemac_results"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r447035111.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=DjkxIUKKVd_w3q6L3ZPKfg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A couple listens as a representative from Freddie Mac talks to them about a loan modification for their home at the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_berkshire nm/20091106/us_berkshire Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3744946537.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=0Gq2WKx9JSR8t2yi8S6Fww--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3744946537.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=0Gq2WKx9JSR8t2yi8S6Fww--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_geithner nm/20091107/us_g20_geithner Reuters business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_geithner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r4117273305.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=_9xjyj1CARSUG2GIFQu9aQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) chats with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as they gather for the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland, November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday stressed the necessity of keeping global economic stimulus in place until recovery is assured and opposed the utility of a tax on financial transactions as a way to dampen risky bank behavior.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_geithner"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r4117273305.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=_9xjyj1CARSUG2GIFQu9aQ--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling (R) chats with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as they gather for the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland, November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_army_college_perot ap/20091106/us_army_college_perot AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:13:03 GMT AP - Texas billionaire and two-time presidential candidate Ross Perot has pledged $6.1 million to a private foundation to pay for programs at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_column_stocks_outlook nm/20091106/us_column_stocks_outlook Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_brown_tax nm/20091107/us_g20_brown_tax Reuters business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:44:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_brown_tax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r621949366.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=etpG1WPIZdWeqATq3I5JCA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures during his speech on Afghanistan at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Oli Scarff/Pool" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Britain urged world governments on Saturday to consider a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, departing from long-held opposition, though there was little sign of the consensus needed to make it fly.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_g20_brown_tax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r621949366.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=etpG1WPIZdWeqATq3I5JCA--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gestures during his speech on Afghanistan at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Oli Scarff/Pool" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_financial_gateway_failure nm/20091107/us_financial_gateway_failure Reuters business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:51:58 GMT Reuters - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_philadelphia_transit_strike ap/20091107/us_philadelphia_transit_strike AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:51:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_philadelphia_transit_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e3d1c7910e2d475ba32a109a0ea4caf7.philadelphia_transit_strike_pamr201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1Oo1T.a1M2xR9AaX1rlGIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Transport workers are seen on strike in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0" /></a>AP - A national spokesman for the Philadelphia transit system's largest union says reports of a tentative agreement were "premature" and the negotiations aimed at ending a five-day strike continue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_philadelphia_transit_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.e3d1c7910e2d475ba32a109a0ea4caf7.philadelphia_transit_strike_pamr201.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1Oo1T.a1M2xR9AaX1rlGIg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Transport workers are seen on strike in Philadelphia, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, bringing the city's bus, subway and trolley operations to a halt.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_freddie_mac ap/20091107/us_earns_freddie_mac AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:35:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_freddie_mac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.29eaf458e3f4437bb76aa007f49eb585.earns_freddie_mac__wx101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=.77z4px1OMkHMsKVfoZ_wA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 13, 2008 file photo, the Freddie Mac's corporate offices are seen in McLean, Va. Freddie Mac says its losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter and the company didn't need a federal cash infusion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_earns_freddie_mac"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.29eaf458e3f4437bb76aa007f49eb585.earns_freddie_mac__wx101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=.77z4px1OMkHMsKVfoZ_wA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 13, 2008 file photo, the Freddie Mac's corporate offices are seen in McLean, Va. Freddie Mac says its losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter and the company didn't need a federal cash infusion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, FILE)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama ap/20091106/us_obama AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620678354-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=ZbsAheNK4oDJfEDFlQk.oQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) as he walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the Fort Hood shootings and the double-digit unemployment figures at the White House later this morning.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257620678354-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=ZbsAheNK4oDJfEDFlQk.oQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) as he walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.(AFP/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers ap/20091106/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:56:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.bc84f7a341a54082a1a68b01c37abc9a.obama_dcsw107.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=91PhN9Pg32X42rIps7Nm7w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_jobless_benefits_homebuyers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.bc84f7a341a54082a1a68b01c37abc9a.obama_dcsw107.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=91PhN9Pg32X42rIps7Nm7w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_economy ap/20091106/us_economy AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ffb93518741f4e5e9eb410a43d69b45a.economy_flad101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=kscvn5fn5w6k4vwe.OAgiQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Jose Betancourt, 57, talks to a reporter outside the South Florida Workforce office in Miami, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Betancourt spends two hours on buses to get to a South Florida Workforce career center in the Miami area, a couple of times a week, to get job training. He's been out of work since July after being let go from his job as a supermarket maintenance worker and lives on about $600 a month in unemployment benefits. That barely pays for the rent for his tiny efficiency, food and utilities. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0" /></a>AP - Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ffb93518741f4e5e9eb410a43d69b45a.economy_flad101.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=kscvn5fn5w6k4vwe.OAgiQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jose Betancourt, 57, talks to a reporter outside the South Florida Workforce office in Miami, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Betancourt spends two hours on buses to get to a South Florida Workforce career center in the Miami area, a couple of times a week, to get job training. He's been out of work since July after being let go from his job as a supermarket maintenance worker and lives on about $600 a month in unemployment benefits. That barely pays for the rent for his tiny efficiency, food and utilities. The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_economy nm/20091107/us_usa_economy Reuters business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:49:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r587097863.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=fBNM4x.7GMiEFyJwdW.Gow--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A resident searches for jobs on a computer at Workforce Alliance in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Skipper" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_usa_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091107/i/r587097863.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=fBNM4x.7GMiEFyJwdW.Gow--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A resident searches for jobs on a computer at Workforce Alliance in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Joe Skipper" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)