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Jobs Data Highlight the Challenges for Washington New York Times By CATHERINE RAMPELL As President Obama said himself, that was the message in Friday's Labor Department report, which showed that the United States economy added 151000 jobs in October. It was certainly a welcome change after four months of job losses ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Do the NBC News campaign donation rules apply to CNBC? Salon By Alex Pareene POLITICO reported this morning that MSNBC's Keith Olbermann made three campaign contributions to Democratic candidates. A short time later, MSNBC president Phil Griffin suspended Olbermann "indefinitely," citing "NBC News policy and ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Bernanke Answers Fed's Global Critics ABC News By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday defended the US central bank's bond-buying against beggar-thy-neighbor criticism, saying the return to a strong US economy was critical for ... See all stories on this topic »

Fannie seeks $2.5 billion from U.S. after 3rd-quarter loss Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae (FNMA.OB), the largest provider of financing for US residential mortgages, on Friday said it lost $3.5 billion in the third quarter on foreclosure and other credit expenses, sending it to the US Treasury for more capital ... See all stories on this topic »

Scientists on Federal Expedition Fear Oil Is Settling on Gulf Floor Wall Street Journal By JEFFREY BALL The federal government is concerned that oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill may be settling on the ocean floor, causing environmental damage where it's hardest to see. Scientists who finished a government-sponsored research expedition ... See all stories on this topic »

Gold set to extend post-Fed gains; peak in 2011: Reuter's poll Reuters By Frank Tang NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold's record-breaking climb should continue for at least six months, corresponding to the planned duration of the Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus, according to a Reuters poll conducted on Thursday and Friday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Buffett Derivative Bet Pushes Berkshire to Loss ABC News By Ben Berkowitz NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday its third-quarter profit fell as it lost money on a portfolio of stock index derivatives even as markets surged. Despite his distaste for ... See all stories on this topic »

Stocks, dollar get boost after upbeat US jobs news BusinessWeek By PAN PYLAS Better than expected US jobs data supported stocks Friday following massive gains a day earlier in the wake of the Federal Reserve's decision to pump $600 billion in newly-created money into the economy. The dollar surged after the ... See all stories on this topic »

This week's Real Estate stories MarketWatch By MarketWatch The mortgage-interest tax deduction has come under scrutiny lately as the country searches for ways to get an escalating deficit under control. Not surprisingly, the leadership at the National Association of Realtors is against the idea ... See all stories on this topic »

Peru Judge Grants US Citizen Lori Berenson Parole BusinessWeek By John Quigley Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Lori Berenson, who is serving a 20- year prison sentence in Peru for aiding Marxist rebels, was granted parole for a second time. Berenson is entitled to parole as she has served more than three quarters of her ... See all stories on this topic »

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