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Home Prices in US Decrease More Than Forecast Bloomberg By Bob Willis - Tue Dec 28 14:29:10 GMT 2010 Carpenters work on a home under construction in Garner, North Carolina. Photographer: Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Hugh Johnson, chairman of Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC, talks about the ... See all stories on this topic »

Where are the jobs? Overseas, of course Salon By PALLAVI GOGOI, AP AP Actually, many American companies are -- just maybe not in your town. They're hiring overseas, where sales are surging and the pipeline of orders is fat. More than half of the 15000 people that Caterpillar Inc. has hired this ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Stocks Point Higher Before Economic Report ABC News AP By DAVID K. RANDALL AP Business Writer Stock indexes pointed to small gains Tuesday ahead of a report on consumer confidence expected to show that the economy is improving. FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2010 file photo, trader Salvatore Suarino, left, ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Consumers lose a little confidence CNNMoney By Chris Isidore, senior writerDecember 28, 2010: 10:12 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Consumer confidence took an unexpected step backward in December, with Americans more concerned about the overall economy and the jobs forecast, according to an ... See all stories on this topic »

China Cuts First-Round Rare Earth Export Quotas by 11% Bloomberg By Bloomberg News - Tue Dec 28 10:40:21 GMT 2010 China cut its rare earths export quotas by 11 percent in the first round of permits for 2011, threatening to worsen a global shortage of the minerals needed for smartphones, hybrid cars and guided ... See all stories on this topic »

FOREX-Dollar hits new low vs Swiss franc; yen soars on data Reuters By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday, hitting an all-time low against the Swiss franc, while the yen rallied after data showed Japanese factory output rose for the first time in six months in November. ... See all stories on this topic »

US changes how it measures long-term unemployment USA Today By Kevork Djansezian, Getty Images By Rick Hampson, USA TODAY So many Americans have been jobless for so long that the government is changing how it records long-term unemployment. Citing what it calls "an unprecedented rise" in long-term unemployment, ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

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