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Stocks Flat With Elections, Fed on Tap Next Week TheStreet.com By Melinda Peer 10/29/10 - 05:00 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stocks finished flat on Friday as investors were little moved by a batch of ho-hum economic data and opted to avoid making big moves ahead of key events next week. ... See all stories on this topic »

GDP grows a modest 2% in 3rd quarter Los Angeles Times Gross domestic product growth shows a small improvement from the second quarter's 1.7% rise. Stronger private spending and business investment help power the increase, and imports are blamed for keeping it down. By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times The ... See all stories on this topic »

Yemen Packages on UPS, FedEx Jets Show `Massive' Air-Cargo Security Hole Bloomberg By Mary Jane Credeur and Mary Schlangenstein - Fri Oct 29 23:21:11 GMT 2010 Explosives found in air-freight shipments from Yemen spotlight a dangerous hole in US screening efforts and may spur the government to change how air cargo is handled, ... See all stories on this topic »

Appeals court upholds Conrad Black's conviction on fraud, obstruction charges Chicago Tribune By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune Reporter Conrad Black, the wealthy Canadian native who was chairman of a Chicago-based newspaper empire, may be headed back to prison after two of his crimes were upheld on appeal. The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in ... See all stories on this topic »

Cost Cuts Help Merck to Avert Revenue Losses New York Times By BLOOMBERG NEWS The drug maker Merck reported third-quarter profit on Friday that rose more than analysts had estimated, as reduced costs helped overcome revenue losses from drugs facing generic competition. Earnings, excluding a $950 million legal ... See all stories on this topic »

MGM creditors OK Spyglass-bankruptcy deal: source Reuters LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creditors voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of a bankruptcy plan that puts founders of Spyglass Entertainment at its helm, a setback for Lions Gate Entertainment's. See all stories on this topic »

After China's Rare Earth Embargo, a New Calculus New York Times This lake outside of Baotou, China, contains sludge laced with toxic chemical compounds from rare earth processing. By KEITH BRADSHER BAOTOU, China — When Japanese mineral traders learned in late September that China was blocking shipments of a vital ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Immigrants gaining jobs, native-born Americans aren't Christian Science Monitor Since the recession's end in June 2009, legal and illegal immigrants posted a net gain of 656000 jobs, while native-born Americans lost 1.2 million, says a Pew Hispanic Center report. Jobseekers meet potential employers recruiting during the Women Job ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Stocks, Dollar in Rare Sync Wall Street Journal By JONATHAN CHENG But since the stock market bottomed in July and the Federal Reserve started leaning toward policies that have pushed down the dollar, the two asset classes have been moving against each other, raising eyebrows among many analysts and ... See all stories on this topic »

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