President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union speech on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

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Yahoo's fourth-quarter revenue slides as ad prices dip again
 

• Morgan Stanley names Bowles as lead director, replaces Kidder

• Consumer confidence rises in January

Consumers, trade seen boosting fourth-quarter growth

 

• Durable goods orders stumble, but consumers perk up

• Home prices rise more than forecast in November

• Ford posts higher profit but faces pressure in U.S.

• A-12 settlement won't extend Boeing's F/A-18 production line

U.S. securities class-action suits rise, big Supreme Court case looms

 

Bets on China to balance reform and growth despite market fright

 

• Wal-Mart to upgrade China vendor compliance after state TV criticism

• Vodafone, Verizon investors back $130 billion Verizon Wireless deal

• Honda becomes first Japan automaker to be net exporter from U.S.

Toyota to curb Japan output in April as tax hike kicks in

 

 

• Top tax haven got more investment in 2013 than India and Brazil: U.N

• Barclays to cut hundreds more investment bank jobs: source

• Qualcomm faces prospect of record antitrust fines in China

Deutsche on the defensive as ambitions put under spotlight

 

• Daimler hit by surprise departure of Mercedes executive

• Latest RBS hit may speed up sale of Citizens bank

• Wall Street rebounds; futures fly on Turkey's rate hike

• Asian shares rally, reassured by Turkish rate hike

Nasdaq's plan for cutting prices infuriates rivals

 

• AT&T subscriber growth misses estimates, shares fall

• As Apple shares fall, Icahn buys another $500 million

• American Airlines profit beats estimates; shares rise

Pfizer beats profit estimates, investors eye experimental drugs

 

 

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• Logan County FSA program updates

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National, International

Cigarettes kicked
out of school
in China
 

• Scientists create embryonic-type stem cells without embryos

Hong Kong
reports third H7N9
bird flu death

 

• Biogen profit rises as new multiple sclerosis drug shines

Medical marijuana to be sold in Connecticut by summer: governor
 

• Saving accounts for kids tied to development: study

• U.S. hospitals hit with shortage of intravenous saline

Georgia bill would seek limited access to medical marijuana strain
 

• Medivation prostate cancer drug impresses in pre-chemo study

• Study finds feeling short makes people prone to paranoia

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