Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1762 Most Recommended Business en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:38:25 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_madoff_scandal ap/20090703/us_madoff_scandal AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_madoff_scandal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.aa9ec6026a624c6885651f6357b90a8e.madoff_scandal_nybz166.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uPyI_d4GXIuO0pofmxa.xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="FILE - In this March 22, 2009 file photo, the building in midtown Manhattan in New York where Bernard Madoff and wife Ruth own a penthouse apartment is seen in this aerial view. The U.S. Marshals Service have taken possession of the $7 million Manhattan penthouse Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Federal marshals seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse on Thursday and forced his wife to move out and leave her possessions behind, including a fur coat she had asked to take with her, an official told The Associated Press.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_madoff_scandal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.aa9ec6026a624c6885651f6357b90a8e.madoff_scandal_nybz166.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=uPyI_d4GXIuO0pofmxa.xQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 22, 2009 file photo, the building in midtown Manhattan in New York where Bernard Madoff and wife Ruth own a penthouse apartment is seen in this aerial view. The U.S. Marshals Service have taken possession of the $7 million Manhattan penthouse Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)" 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/20090702/us_economy AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:29:07 GMT AP - Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They're making less money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tylenol_safety_fda ap/20090701/us_tylenol_safety_fda AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:51:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0" /></a>AP - Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tylenol_safety_fda"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.a2c4cf98ffb44685baa4938e15d085cf.tylenol_safety_fda_masr103.jpg?x=130&y=127&q=85&sig=H71jgiFIcbYdkB1.iivKOA--" align="left" height="127" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bottle of Tylenol, which contains the ingredient acetaminophen, appears with its box wrapper, in Walpole, Mass., Tuesday, June 30, 2009. In a series of votes Tuesday, a Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed lowering the maximum dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen — the key ingredient in Tylenol, Excedrin and other medications. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_farm_scene_late_blight ap/20090703/us_farm_scene_late_blight AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:03:31 GMT AP - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_citigroup nm/20090701/us_citigroup Reuters business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:07:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_citigroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r2974356040.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=LOUJTwYlMgIi0_sr9lxTLg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="CitiBank regular and gold bank cards, along with several ATM receipts, are seen in this photo illustration taken in New York, April 9, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Citigroup Inc has increased interest rates on up to 15 million U.S. credit card accounts just months before curbs on such rises come into effect, the Financial Times reported citing people close to the situation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_citigroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090701/i/r2974356040.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=LOUJTwYlMgIi0_sr9lxTLg--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="CitiBank regular and gold bank cards, along with several ATM receipts, are seen in this photo illustration taken in New York, April 9, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_budget ap/20090702/us_california_budget AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:56:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.b9c12ea4f890444d90477de946ee3771.california_budget_sc110.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=KJJfBsHvNDUjYHhryLDKCA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="State employee Erika Gallo joined hundreds of state employees in protesting against additional pay cuts and furloughs durng demonstration at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" border="0" /></a>AP - California's controller will start paying many of the state's bills with IOUs as soon as Thursday after lawmakers failed to close the state's worsening budget deficit, adding a new measure of indignity to a state sinking deeper into dysfunction.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_california_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.b9c12ea4f890444d90477de946ee3771.california_budget_sc110.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=KJJfBsHvNDUjYHhryLDKCA--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="State employee Erika Gallo joined hundreds of state employees in protesting against additional pay cuts and furloughs durng demonstration at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 1, 2009.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)" 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/20090702/us_usa_economy Reuters business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:33:13 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/20090702/i/r421613282.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=spZ1lgLLwKQx9Lzyrbx9vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man looks at a job board at a job fair in Toronto, April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Blinch" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.</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/20090702/i/r421613282.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=spZ1lgLLwKQx9Lzyrbx9vg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man looks at a job board at a job fair in Toronto, April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Blinch" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_milk_processor_recall ap/20090704/us_milk_processor_recall AP business Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:38:25 GMT AP - Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gannett_layoffs ap/20090701/us_gannett_layoffs AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:03:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gannett_layoffs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246453949959-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3XCJsrW2LSuxIZEeTbrEtQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A USA Today newspaper is seen on a stand in Long Beach, California in 2008. The biggest US newspaper chain, Gannett, which owns USA Today, will eliminate more than 1,000 jobs at its local newspapers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. plans to cut 1,400 jobs in the next few weeks, about 3 percent of the work force, as it faces a prolonged slump in advertising revenue.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gannett_layoffs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090701/capt.photo_1246453949959-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3XCJsrW2LSuxIZEeTbrEtQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A USA Today newspaper is seen on a stand in Long Beach, California in 2008. The biggest US newspaper chain, Gannett, which owns USA Today, will eliminate more than 1,000 jobs at its local newspapers, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_johnsonjohnson_abbott_humira nm/20090630/us_johnsonjohnson_abbott_humira Reuters business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:35:28 GMT Reuters - A U.S. federal jury returned a $1.67 billion verdict against Abbott Laboratories in a patent suit brought by Johnson & Johnson related to arthritis treatments, the drug companies said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_bankofamerica_protest nm/20090630/us_bankofamerica_protest Reuters business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:02:00 GMT Reuters - Consumer and labor groups demanded Bank of America Corp and other lenders reform their sales practices so that workers under pressure to meet sales quotas do not saddle customers with costly and unnecessary products. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_financial_overhaul ap/20090630/us_financial_overhaul AP business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:29:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_financial_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.4df40fd828ad4a21b3b8116ba90744be.aptopix_obama_dcpm103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ZMEOvD98P7GP1OxXwSvNfg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after delivering remarks highlighting innovative non profits programs, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to create a new agency to police the fine print on credit card bills and mortgage documents and determine what fees, penalties and interest rates are fair.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_financial_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.4df40fd828ad4a21b3b8116ba90744be.aptopix_obama_dcpm103.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ZMEOvD98P7GP1OxXwSvNfg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after delivering remarks highlighting innovative non profits programs, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/economy ap/20090630/economy AP business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:21:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.337f6a609b4a442ca5dceae9936f45e3.economy_malp201.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Xxao14XqcvC.XJ139.nfhQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this June 29, 2009 photo, a customer exits Bubbles, a store that sells products such as luxury gift items, Monday, June 29, 2009 in Gloucester, Mass. The storefront is having a closing sale and moving to all online sales. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mounting job losses and other economic realities caught up with Americans in June, pushing down a key barometer of consumer sentiment after a streak of gains built on glimmers of hope.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090630/capt.337f6a609b4a442ca5dceae9936f45e3.economy_malp201.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Xxao14XqcvC.XJ139.nfhQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 29, 2009 photo, a customer exits Bubbles, a store that sells products such as luxury gift items, Monday, June 29, 2009 in Gloucester, Mass. The storefront is having a closing sale and moving to all online sales. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gm_sale_preview nm/20090701/us_gm_sale_preview Reuters topstories Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:32:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gm_sale_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1195106383.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=h7yiQWVNMRBG4m7rsZWwrA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A sign advertising a sale at the Burt GM auto dealer in Denver June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors Corp's chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM's main assets to government-backed "New GM" must win court approval in order for the automaker to survive.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_gm_sale_preview"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090630/i/r1195106383.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=h7yiQWVNMRBG4m7rsZWwrA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A sign advertising a sale at the Burt GM auto dealer in Denver June 1, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gm_bankruptcy ap/20090703/us_gm_bankruptcy AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:44:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gm_bankruptcy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.0f011ae00eae40b09d948c0397c9fc9d.gm_bankruptcy_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QUvnnICFUoXzakDTQh.7AQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="File - A pickup truck moves by the main entrance to the General Motors plant in Doraville, Ga. in this November 21, 2005 file photo. General Motors Corp. may have to wait out the long holiday weekend to learn if its bankruptcy plan is moving forward, after U.S. Judge Robert Gerber adjourned a three-day hearing Thursday July 2, 2009 without indicating when he will rule on GM's plan to sell its good assets to a new company. The remaining pieces of the company, including some closed plants, will become the 'Old GM' and will be liquidated. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - General Motors Corp. may have to wait out the long holiday weekend to learn if its bankruptcy plan is moving forward, after U.S. Judge Robert Gerber adjourned a three-day hearing without indicating when he will rule on GM's plan to sell its good assets to a new company.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gm_bankruptcy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.0f011ae00eae40b09d948c0397c9fc9d.gm_bankruptcy_ny111.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=QUvnnICFUoXzakDTQh.7AQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="File - A pickup truck moves by the main entrance to the General Motors plant in Doraville, Ga. in this November 21, 2005 file photo. General Motors Corp. may have to wait out the long holiday weekend to learn if its bankruptcy plan is moving forward, after U.S. Judge Robert Gerber adjourned a three-day hearing Thursday July 2, 2009 without indicating when he will rule on GM's plan to sell its good assets to a new company. The remaining pieces of the company, including some closed plants, will become the 'Old GM' and will be liquidated. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pvm_trade nm/20090703/us_pvm_trade Reuters business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:40:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pvm_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r4210508551.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N65SzKIKwhC_HWaTKpk2NA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A motorist holds a fuel pump at a Gulf petrol station in London April 18, 2006. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor" border="0" /></a>Reuters - PVM Oil Futures Limited said on Friday Steve Perkins, a senior broker based at the firm's London office, was responsible for unauthorized trades earlier this week which landed the firm with a loss of nearly $10 million.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_pvm_trade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r4210508551.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N65SzKIKwhC_HWaTKpk2NA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A motorist holds a fuel pump at a Gulf petrol station in London April 18, 2006. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wall_street ap/20090702/us_wall_street AP business Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:37:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.aafc59f7d62b4804926887e443aae9b8.wall_street_caps121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zZsNNFZJBlp0IMQbUuHE4g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this June 30, 2009 photo, an unemployed worker, left, talks with an Employment Guide staffer at a job fair in San Jose, Calif. Stock futures fell ahead of the June unemployment report set for release before the market opens Thursday, July 2. Economists are expecting an increase. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - The stock market found little to celebrate heading into the long holiday weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.aafc59f7d62b4804926887e443aae9b8.wall_street_caps121.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zZsNNFZJBlp0IMQbUuHE4g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 30, 2009 photo, an unemployed worker, left, talks with an Employment Guide staffer at a job fair in San Jose, Calif. Stock futures fell ahead of the June unemployment report set for release before the market opens Thursday, July 2. Economists are expecting an increase. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales ap/20090701/us_auto_sales AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:14:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.505ce75e86304d47a7630737df46d54f.auto_sales_ford_codz216.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=NlQMDHkCqTuf8JgD7CTbqw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="In this June 28, 2009 photo, 2010 Mustangs and Mustang GT's sit at a Ford dealership in the Colorado city of Centennial. Executives at Ford Motor Co. were starting to party Wednesday, July 1, as the company reported its smallest sales decline since July of last year, a big sign that U.S. auto sales may be recovering from the worst slump in 27 years. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0" /></a>AP - After a yearlong free fall in the American car market, the decline of sales slowed in June, offering hope to automakers that the bottom has been reached and more shoppers may slowly start returning to showrooms soon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090701/capt.505ce75e86304d47a7630737df46d54f.auto_sales_ford_codz216.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=NlQMDHkCqTuf8JgD7CTbqw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 28, 2009 photo, 2010 Mustangs and Mustang GT's sit at a Ford dealership in the Colorado city of Centennial. Executives at Ford Motor Co. were starting to party Wednesday, July 1, as the company reported its smallest sales decline since July of last year, a big sign that U.S. auto sales may be recovering from the worst slump in 27 years. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales_ford ap/20090701/us_auto_sales_ford AP business Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:29 GMT AP - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday called its 10.7 percent drop in U.S. June sales "steady progress," after a year of sharp declines across the industry. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestratedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_painkillers_safety ap/20090630/us_painkillers_safety AP business Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:05:43 GMT AP - Government experts say the maximum daily dose listed on Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses.