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Oil prices recovered Tuesday in tandem with European stock markets but remained below $50 a barrel as fears of a major automaker bankruptcy in the U.S. sparked renewed jitters over the global economy. Benchmark crude for May delivery was up $1.19 to $49.60 by…

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Wall Street is set to resume its rise on hopes that it will get more budding signs of economic recovery. Data being released later Tuesday include the S&P Case-Shiller January home price index, a private research group’s March consumer confidence index, and…

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Annmarie Asch found a nasty surprise when she opened her mail last month. It was a note from Capital One, her credit card company. It said it would raise the interest rate on her credit card to 17.9 percent, from…

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Gottschalks Inc. said Tuesday that it won’t be able to avoid liquidation and will sell merchandise and other items at its retail stores and distribution center. The retailer, which sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January, had hoped to possibly…

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LONDON (Reuters) – The World Bank announced a $50 billion program on Tuesday to counter a decline in global trade and Britain called on G20 leaders to supply “the oxygen of confidence” to save the world economy from recession.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Taro Aso ordered his government Tuesday to compile fresh stimulus measures to help lift the country out of recession. Aso, who has repeatedly said that restoring Japan’s economy is the top priority of his government, had launched two…

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Haunted perhaps by the ghost of Herbert Hoover, global leaders have steered the world away from a 1930s-style Great Depression by a “very, very, high level of awareness” of the policy errors of his era, a top international economist said as he released an…

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A Senate Republican whose state is home to auto manufacturing plants says the Obama administration’s aggressive intervention in the industry sets “a very dangerous precedent.” Sen. Bob Corker said it wasn’t just the forced ouster of General Motors Corp. CEO…

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Opening a car trunk or controlling a home air conditioner could become just a wish away with Honda’s new technology that connects thoughts inside a brain with robotics. Honda Motor Co. has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person’s…

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LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays has entered exclusive talks with CVC Partners over the sale of its iShares unit for an estimated 3 billion pounds ($4.29 billion), a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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PARIS (Reuters) – The world economy will shrink at a far faster pace than originally expected this year, sending unemployment soaring and highlighting the need for extra steps to halt the crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday.

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OECD sees bleak global outlook, soaring job losses

In many workplaces, an uncertainty has set in. Employees are rattled and managers may not be offering reassurance, which doesn’t help things. Ellen Lubin Sherman, an executive coach from Millburn, said the malaise pervading offices across the country is contagious,…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google Inc is forming a $100 million fund to invest in early-stage start-up firms.

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LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar will remain the world’s dominant reserve currency and a strong U.S. currency is critical to lifting the world out of economic and financial crisis, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday.

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Diane Sackerman was preparing corned beef and cabbage recently when her potato peeler broke. She and her husband, Jim, ran to the store to get a new one. They also made a quick trip to a local car dealer. Her…

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N.J. car dealers offer incentives as sales slump, credit crunch hurt sales