All that money you've lost _ where did it go?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Trillions in stock market value - gone. Trillions in retirement savings - gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll - gone, gone, gone....
Bush: US will work with partners on credit crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush met with foreign financial officials Saturday and pledged a global response to the credit crisis that will lead toward a "path of stability and long-term growth."...
Source: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition
DETROIT (AP) -- General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Cerberus Capital Management LP have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks....
Qwest reaches tentative agreement with union
DENVER (AP) -- Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative agreement for a four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees....
Mazda says no decision on Ford's stake sale
TOKYO (AP) -- Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker but it didn't rule out a possible deal....
G7 endorses plan to battle financial crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century....
FCC sides with NFL Network in dispute with Comcast
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on its popular digital cable package....
Automakers push key vehicles through fall TV shows
NEW YORK (AP) -- In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang....
Aggressive Mars breathes down Hershey's neck in US
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- This stretch of rolling dairy country has long been Milton Hershey's turf, where he first found success making chocolate more than a century ago and earned a name synonymous with chocolate in America....
Ireland's economy ends long winning run
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Davey McKeever was down to his last bet slip of the night, crumpled in a sweaty fist, at the Shelbourne Park greyhound track. The remnants of McKeever's first unemployment check would rise or fall on the ironically named Nest Egg....
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Stocks end worst week mixed after wild session
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session Friday that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance. Investors were still agonizing over frozen credit markets, but seven days of massive losses and the possibility of further government support for the markets tempted some investors late in the session....
GE 3Q profit off 22 pct, but meets lower forecast
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric Co. spared investors any nasty surprises as it reported a 22 percent drop in third-quarter earnings on Friday, meeting its own lowered forecast and blaming the decline on its struggling finance arm. The company's loan and lease business has been hammered by the worst financial crisis since the 1929 stock market crash....
Higher sales boost Costco Wholesale 4Q results
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Warehouse-club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 7 percent as consumers shopped for bargains in the tough economy....
Alcoa's 3Q profit falls 52 percent
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, on Tuesday reported a 52-percent drop in third quarter profit and said it would conserve cash by suspending its stock buyback program and all non-critical capital projects....
Yum says 3rd-quarter earnings rise 5 percent
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew 5 percent as surging sales in its overseas operations more than offset a sharp decline in U.S. results and the continued strain from high commodity costs....
Safeway profit edges up in Q3
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Higher sales at its gas stations and upscale stores helped boost grocer Safeway Inc.'s profit nearly 3 percent in its third fiscal quarter....
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