Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1683 Most Emailed - Business en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:23:49 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1683 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091106/us_time/08599193503000 time/20091106/08599193503000 Time.com business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091106/us_time/08599193503000"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.c4626c265e4241c08b5c196eb17bcb2e.pr_newswire_prn9.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=noIKxcgqTAorC.rQgdqg6A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="Liv Tyler hosts launch party in West Hollywood to celebrate opening of Stella McCartney for GapKids pop-up store on Robertson Blvd. (PRNewsFoto/Gap Inc.)" border="0" /></a>Time.com - In this economy, retailers are reluctant to invest in new locations. But with rents cheap, they're opening short-term stores for the holidays. Inside a retail phenomenon</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091106/us_time/08599193503000"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.c4626c265e4241c08b5c196eb17bcb2e.pr_newswire_prn9.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=noIKxcgqTAorC.rQgdqg6A--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="photo" title="Liv Tyler hosts launch party in West Hollywood to celebrate opening of Stella McCartney for GapKids pop-up store on Robertson Blvd. (PRNewsFoto/Gap Inc.)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Time.com) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul ap/20091107/us_health_care_overhaul AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:23:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8a96dfa833584ebbb9c19ee6fb45bd19.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=i9_Z75Y7BQWUeYUYxnlSQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="President Barack Obama walks to the Cannon Caucus Room with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to meet with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.8a96dfa833584ebbb9c19ee6fb45bd19.health_care_overhaul_obama_dcab107.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=i9_Z75Y7BQWUeYUYxnlSQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama walks to the Cannon Caucus Room with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to meet 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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit ap/20091106/us_homebuyers_tax_credit AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:43:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091019/i/r4278747756.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=k4mt1B7FqS4z.JZtpwd0ZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files" border="0" /></a>AP - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_go_co/us_homebuyers_tax_credit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091019/i/r4278747756.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=k4mt1B7FqS4z.JZtpwd0ZQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Real estate signs are seen in the front yards of houses in this file photo taken in Maricopa, Arizona in this May 27, 2009 file photo. The Obama administration on Monday launched a new program to aid state and local housing finance agencies in an effort to provide hundreds of thousands of affordable mortgages and develop or rehabilitate tens of thousands of rental properties. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers ap/20091107/g20_finance_ministers AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0" /></a>AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/g20_finance_ministers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.b71857aa60a844f8a940a5f40deb333f.britain_g20_finance_ministers_meeting_gcc115.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=qixb7buWS3yvqfFC101vwQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, center, and British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, are seen during a group photo session at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bank_closures ap/20091107/us_bank_closures AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:11:16 GMT AP - Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_world_unemployment_roundup ap/20091106/eu_world_unemployment_roundup AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:10:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_world_unemployment_roundup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.0905d690b0a94ce98abaaebe814b152a.jobless_benefits__gfx879.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=eNfVkviH1Ykqcwm7OVakbg--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="Graphic shows the rate of unemployment benefit extension exhaustions, by state, per 1,000 population" border="0" /></a>AP - Despite signs of an economic revival gathering pace around the globe, the millions of people laid off during the worst recession in 70 years are unlikely to see relief any time soon as joblessness is still climbing in many of the world's largest economies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_world_unemployment_roundup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.0905d690b0a94ce98abaaebe814b152a.jobless_benefits__gfx879.jpg?x=123&y=130&q=85&sig=eNfVkviH1Ykqcwm7OVakbg--" align="left" height="130" width="123" alt="photo" title="Graphic shows the rate of unemployment benefit extension exhaustions, by state, per 1,000 population" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20091106/bs_bw/nov2009bs2009115016982 bw/20091106/nov2009bs2009115016982 BusinessWeek business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - Our goal as college professors is to open students minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from the fry-o-later to the cubicle and beyond. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosures_rentals ap/20091105/us_foreclosures_rentals AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosures_rentals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.2c785b4714884ac98b5415cb9a3433e6.us_earns_fannie_mae_nybz201.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=X9zxabzxouYwjnKff2.8qw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="FILE- In this July 11, 2008 file photo, a sign in front of the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington is seen. Seized by federal regulators 14 months ago, the problems at Fannie Mae and sibling company Freddie Mac have proven far worse than most experts had foreseen. Fannie Mae's request Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, will bring the tab for rescuing both companies to about $111 billion. The government has promised up to $400 billion in assistance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Can't pay the mortgage? You still might be able to stay in your home. Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosures_rentals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.2c785b4714884ac98b5415cb9a3433e6.us_earns_fannie_mae_nybz201.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=X9zxabzxouYwjnKff2.8qw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE- In this July 11, 2008 file photo, a sign in front of the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington is seen. Seized by federal regulators 14 months ago, the problems at Fannie Mae and sibling company Freddie Mac have proven far worse than most experts had foreseen. Fannie Mae's request Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, will bring the tab for rescuing both companies to about $111 billion. The government has promised up to $400 billion in assistance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_aig ap/20091106/us_earns_aig AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_aig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.d88b53f88fdf4963a5702379ac917ca9.earns_aig_nybz157.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=IuhzhUNyz6bf1RqFfYuEdg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="FILE - In this March 17, 2009 file photo, an AIG office building is shown in New York. AIG said Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after being bailed out by the government last year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the company's bailout by the government last year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_aig"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.d88b53f88fdf4963a5702379ac917ca9.earns_aig_nybz157.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=IuhzhUNyz6bf1RqFfYuEdg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this March 17, 2009 file photo, an AIG office building is shown in New York. AIG said Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after being bailed out by the government last year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_new_retirement_account ap/20091106/us_new_retirement_account AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:13 GMT AP - Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/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/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street ap/20091106/us_wall_street AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.62fc73cedf2149bab81109f7df711e5c.wall_street_nybz160.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=QhDlo3hTNaBinOc9BEJRrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="FILE - In the Nov, 6, 2008 file photo, people look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Stocks rose early Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.62fc73cedf2149bab81109f7df711e5c.wall_street_nybz160.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=QhDlo3hTNaBinOc9BEJRrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In the Nov, 6, 2008 file photo, people look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Stocks rose early Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pepsico_no_show ap/20091106/us_pepsico_no_show AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:07:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pepsico_no_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091014/i/r1074925437.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=YMVmtvknX1R.kT7EEVjLLg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Cartons of Pepsi beverages are seen in a truck to be unloaded in New York's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0" /></a>AP - A judge has tossed out a decision &mdash; for now at least &mdash; that could have cost PepsiCo Inc. $1.26 billion after the soft drink maker didn't respond to a lawsuit claiming it stole the idea for bottled water.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pepsico_no_show"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091014/i/r1074925437.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=YMVmtvknX1R.kT7EEVjLLg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cartons of Pepsi beverages are seen in a truck to be unloaded in New York's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, October 8, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills ap/20091107/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:54:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.43c5d1ba4b2b4f37974c8598ad41c6bd.health_care_overhaul_dcab118.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Xye996Dkz027VMLZbLOInw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally against the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0" /></a>AP - Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailedbs/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_comparing_the_bills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.43c5d1ba4b2b4f37974c8598ad41c6bd.health_care_overhaul_dcab118.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=Xye996Dkz027VMLZbLOInw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally against the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)