http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/business/ WHDH-TV - Business News News en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:53:06 GMT webmaster@whdh.com Copyright 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/main/business/ http://www1.whdh.com/images/whdh_rss_logo.gif 144 43 WHDH-TV - Business News Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:53:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- The AAA auto club says a few more Americans will be traveling away from home for Thanksgiving this year, though most people are making their holiday treks by car. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130272/ BO130272 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:23 GMT WASHINGTON -- In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130131/ BO130131 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:55 GMT NEW YORK -- The stock market ended a losing week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130137/ BO130137 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:44:39 GMT WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130130/ BO130130 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:24 GMT CINCINNATI -- The Procter & Gamble Co. is recalling some 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray after the company found bacteria in some samples during routine testing. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130096/ BO130096 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:37:45 GMT WASHINGTON -- Taking aim at Wall Street and the nation's central bank, a key House committee voted Thursday to assess upfront fees on large financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the secretive Federal Reserve. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130062/ BO130062 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:06 GMT BOSTON -- Foreclosures in Massachusetts soared nearly 30 percent in October compared to the previous month, but are down slightly when compared to the same month last year. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129994/ BO129994 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:54:30 GMT BOSTON -- Massachusetts' monthly unemployment rate has fallen for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years and just one month after hitting the highest level since 1976. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130002/ BO130002 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:20:00 GMT NEW YORK -- AOL Inc., the struggling Internet company, plans to cut about a third of its workers if its planned spinoff from Time Warner Inc. goes through. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129993/ BO129993 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:45:05 GMT NEW YORK -- Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130065/ BO130065 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:35:06 GMT WASHINGTON -- Think of it as closed captioning for the new media world. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130030/ BO130030 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:33:33 GMT WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the government's $700 billion bailout program will end "as soon as we can," and that part of it will be used to lower the soaring federal debt. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130027/ BO130027 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:47:35 GMT WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment insurance was unchanged last week, remaining above the level that would indicate the economy is adding jobs. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129991/ BO129991 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:55 GMT NEW YORK -- Investors are turning cautious as an unexpected drop in home construction and disappointing forecasts from technology companies raise concerns about the pace of the economy's recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129961/ BO129961 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:48:58 GMT WASHINGTON -- Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles, according to a closely watched assessment used by car companies to lure safety-conscious consumers to showrooms. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129906/ BO129906 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:30:42 GMT WASHINGTON -- A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO130024/ BO130024 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:17:47 GMT WASHINGTON -- Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month, as builders waited to see whether lawmakers would extend a tax credit for homebuyers. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129928/ BO129928 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:16:22 GMT WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices edged up faster than expected in October, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest jump in new car prices in 28 years. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129927/ BO129927 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:21:13 GMT NEW YORK -- The pace at which people fell behind on their mortgages slowed during the summer for the third consecutive quarter, but the overall delinquency rate hit another record, a new report shows. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129901/ BO129901 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:27:34 GMT NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores is confirming some of the deals it will be push to draw crowds for the day after Thanksgiving. They include a 50-inch Sanyo plasma HDTVs for $598 and $3 children's sleepwear. http://www1.whdh.com/rss/read/news/articles/business/BO129894/ BO129894