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Stock rally: Rest or recharge
Wall Street has finally gotten the piece of economic news it has been waiting for: the battered labor market may be starting to heal. But with major stock gauges at their highest levels in more than a year, recovery bets could already be baked into the cake.


Best time to get a job
Putting your job hunt on the back burner until after New Year's? That could be a big mistake, according to some hiring managers.
Black unemployment 'a serious problem'
While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many lawmakers up in arms.


Bank failure tally reaches 130
The nation's tally of 2009 bank casualties hit 130 Friday when regulators shuttered a large Ohio bank, an Illinois bank, a Virginia bank and three small Georgia banks.
In real estate, nesting is the new flipping
If flippers were the poster children of the real estate boom, then nesters are becoming the icons of the new housing market.


Taxes, taxes everywhere
Speeders doing more than 85 miles per hour in Georgia will soon pay an additional $200 in fines. Racehorse owners in New York now must fork over $10 to enter their steeds in events. And Massachusetts started charging a 5% tax on broadcast satellite service.
Estate tax: Cancel the death knell
Next year was supposed to be a great year for you to die. Not great for you, of course, but for your heirs who would inherit your wealth completely tax free.


Why the Copenhagen climate talks matter
It's a massive jamboree, with tempers on both sides of the issue running hot and no final deal in sight.
Why cheap oil is here to stay
Because oil prices have always been directly related to the strength of the economy, a recovery might have seen headlines like these:


GM's new CEO Ed Whitacre gets cracking
Say what you will about Ed Whitacre, chairman and interim CEO of General Motors: This is a man who knows what he wants and isn't afraid to make sure that he gets it.

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