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• Wal-Mart out of NYC office and back to basics

• GM recalls SUVs to fix tire pressure monitors

• GM to invest $275M in Indiana truck plant

• Marlboro Man meets moisturizer

• CEO, 3 chairman to resign from Freddie Mac

• Supercommittee GOP, Democrats swap offers

• Flat tax renews fight on 'trickle-down economics'

• Pfizer, Medco collaborating on precision medicine

• Towns see crime, carousing surge amid gas boom

• Europe looks to China for possible bailout help

• Japan central bank expands monetary easing

• Young South Africans call for jobs, end to poverty

• Ericsson sells its Sony Ericsson stake to Sony

• Turkish quake highlights shoddy construction

• Oil jumps above $92 after Europe debt plan

• US crude oil supplies grow by 4.7 million barrels

• Yergin: Only politics can threaten energy supplies

• Stocks end higher on reports of help for Europe

• Amazon, DeVry, Panera Bread are big market movers

• Fewer hedge funds now subject to reporting rule

• Netflix shares tank amid backlash and defections

• AP: Insider charges for ex-Goldman board member

• Fed blocks MetLife dividend hike, stock buybacks

• New-home sales tick up as builders slash prices

• Poll: Many boomers staying put amid bad economy

• Measure of business investment plans up strongly

• UN, drugmakers to pool data on tropical diseases

• German parliament set to back Merkel on euro fund

• Italian consortium wins $900 million UAE rail deal

• IMF: Mideast oil importers face economic slowdown

• Oil prices fall 2 pct on big supply increase

• ConocoPhillips reports lower 3Q profit

• First Solar releases 3Q early after CEO departure

• Stronger earnings, business spending lift stocks

• 3M, Netflix, Under Armour are big market movers

• BE Aerospace boosts outlook; 3Q net income rises

• Lockheed Martin 3Q profit up 5 pct

• Northrop Grumman 3Q profit up 5 pct

• Low mortgage rates elude 'underwater' homeowners

• Harley to recall more than 308,000 motorcycles

• Labor Dept. issues investment advice regulation

• Government job losses a growing drag on recovery

• Price matters for holiday 2011 season

• FedEx expects to ship 17M packages on busiest day

• United, Continental, Delta raise fares again

• Mattel buying Thomas the Tank Engine's parent

• Insurer Cigna to buy HealthSpring for $3.8B

• Third of News shareholders against Murdoch's sons

• Harry & David names Craig Johnson as its CEO

• Execs admit guilt in auto parts price-fixing case

• Shanghai owners protest as developers slash prices

• Deutsche Bank beats estimates at $1.1 billion

• Novartis plans to cut 2,000 jobs despite profit rise

• UBS sees Q3 profit drop 39 pct due to rogue trade

• Oil rises to near $92 ahead of Europe debt plan

• Stocks reach highest level since August

• Caterpillar, Exelixis, Crocs are big market movers

• Rates fall at week's Treasury bill auction

• BP sees Q3 profit rise, to sell off more assets

• Coach fiscal 1Q profit rises 14 pct

• DuPont reports 23 pct increase in 3Q earnings

• Lee Enterprises: 4Q revenue to fall 4 percent

• Eaton celebrates 100-year heritage

• Generous small-business tax deduction is shrinking

• The McRib makes a McComeback

• Wal-Mart ups the ante in holiday price matching

• Mortgage insurer subsidiary seized by regulators

• Survey: Economists more bleak about US economy

• Cigarette maker Lorillard 3Q profit falls

• Port wine cherishes its past, looks for a future

• Chinese officials jailed for leaking economic data

• Chinese leader urges North Korea to better US ties

• Japan exports rise for 2nd month in recovery sign

• Abu Dhabi firm backtracks on Guggenheim contract

• Waves of austerity weaken Greek Socialists

• Vatican urges major economic reform

• Deeper flaws in euro will take years to fix

• Money woes trouble old allies Merkel, Sarkozy

• Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles

• Oil above $88 amid signs of Asia economic strength

• Solar power is beginning to go mainstream

• Companies post profits but investors still worry

• Wal-Mart trims health care coverage for some

• Unemployment rates fall in half of US states

• Cain tweaks 9-9-9 tax plan to allow exemptions

• McDonald's keeps gaining, talks price hikes

• Barnes & Noble chief financial officer resigns

• Ford to make Transit van at plant near Kansas City

• S&P upgrades Ford debt 2 notches after labor deal

• Murdoch takes on shareholders at annual meeting

• McClatchy says 3Q earnings lower, ad revenue down

• Banks closed in Fla., Ga.; 83 have failed in 2011

• Yellen predicts stronger 2nd-half growth

• For investors, playing it 'safe' can be risky

• General Dynamics gets $1B Canada contract

• Pfizer to pay $14.5M to settle marketing charges

• UK monopoly watchdog to probe 'Big 4' auditors

• Global ban on exports of toxic waste advances

• EU, Russia clinch deal on WTO

• Frankfurt Airport opens new runway

• Oil prices rise on US, European economic news

• Weekly US oil and gas rig count drops 10 to 2,013

• DOE to assist Ohio uranium plant project

• Stocks rise sharply on solid corporate earnings

• Ford, Chipotle, Southwest are big market movers

• Alexander Lumber and Hundman Lumber merge
  Woodlawn store to be new home for combined lumberyard under Alexander name

• Unemployment claims trend lower but still high

• IRS boosts maximum 401(k) contribution to $17,000

• Sales of previously occupied homes fell in Sept.

• Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage falls to 4.11 pct

• Some stores freezing out Ben & Jerry's new flavor

• Few Americans take immigrants' jobs in Alabama

• Cleveland Fed chief says economy still recovering

• Fed official says more bond purchases may needed

• Amgen 3Q report to focus on key drug sales trends

• Capital One posts 3Q profit up 1 pct

• GE 3Q profit rises 18 pct

• Groupon expects $478.8M in proceeds from IPO

• New York Times Co. has 3Q profit, reverses loss

• Schlumberger 3Q profit falls 25 pct

• HP's chief strategy exec to retire

• China-EU summit shelved due to debt talks

• Japan Cabinet OKs $158B extra budget for tsunami

• Poland still wants euro, central bank head says

• Oil prices above $86 ahead of Europe debt talks

• US natural gas supplies grew last week

• Stocks end mixed as Europe haggles over debt fix

• Philip Morris, Nokia, Wynn are market movers

• Money fund assets fall to $2.634 trillion

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