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• Americans in November more confident about economy

• S&P downgrades top US banks' credit ratings

• Watchdog: Fannie, Freddie abuses went unchecked

• MasterCard, Western Union teaming up on prepaid

• FCC had 'questions of fact' on AT&T-T-Mobile deal

• Humana announces deal to buy chronic-care provider

• RV industry on slow road to recovery in 2011

• Lehman: 95 pct of creditors back bankruptcy plan

• For American, a blemish on a distinguished history

• Pilots: United gets single operating certificate

• Chiquita moving HQ to Charlotte after NC OKs deal

• Report: States cut funding for tobacco prevention

• China eases lending curbs to shore up growth

• Green cars in spotlight at waning Japan auto show

• India's quarterly growth skids to 6.9 percent

• More Greeks homeless as crisis takes its toll

• Haiti leader says he wants to create 500,000 jobs