Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1708 Most Viewed - Technology en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:59:29 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1708 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*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 20:59:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*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.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/mostviewedtc/*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.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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091107/sc_livescience/themanymysteriesofneanderthals livescience/20091107/themanymysteriesofneanderthals LiveScience.com science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:51:50 GMT LiveScience.com - Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_sc/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated ap/20091107/as_china_mushrooms_repatriated AP science Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:30 GMT AP - A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091102/sc_livescience/giantcrackinafricawillcreateanewocean livescience/20091102/giantcrackinafricawillcreateanewocean LiveScience.com science Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:43:34 GMT LiveScience.com - A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/bs_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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091105/sc_space/frostcoveredmarslanderphotographedfromabove space/20091105/frostcoveredmarslanderphotographedfromabove SPACE.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:36:10 GMT SPACE.com - The long-defunct Phoenix Lander is covered in frost on the frozen Martian wasteland, as seen in new images taken from orbit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20091106/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><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 - U.S. stocks rose 3 percent for the week after ending Friday's session slightly higher, shrugging off government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent -- the highest in 26-1/2 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fda_flavored_cigarettes ap/20091106/us_fda_flavored_cigarettes AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:07:11 GMT AP - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*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/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/frigidantarcticaloadedwithviruses livescience/20091105/frigidantarcticaloadedwithviruses LiveScience.com science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:30:43 GMT LiveScience.com - Antarctica's icy lakes are home to a surprisingly diverse community of viruses, including some that were previously unidentified. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/srilankaimfindiaeconomygoldbankreserves afp/20091107/srilankaimfindiaeconomygoldbankreserves AFP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/srilankaimfindiaeconomygoldbankreserves"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257597612488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=c4vNfxYZr4bem1_jKPsOWA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Sri Lankan stall holder waits for customners at The Sri Lanka Apparel Show Gem and Jewellery Exhibition in Colombo in September. Sri Lanka's central bank has said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostviewedtc/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/srilankaimfindiaeconomygoldbankreserves"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257597612488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=c4vNfxYZr4bem1_jKPsOWA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Sri Lankan stall holder waits for customners at The Sri Lanka Apparel Show Gem and Jewellery Exhibition in Colombo in September. Sri Lanka's central bank has said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal.(AFP/File/Ishara S. Kodikara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)