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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 drag the world economy out of recession.

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A widely watched index shows American home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in January. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index released Tuesday tumbled by a record 19 percent from January 2008. It was the largest decline…

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US home price drops set records in Jan.

Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it is offering a payment protection plan to help reassure consumers who may be putting off buying a new car because of worries about losing their job. The offer comes as auto sales have been battered by the recession and tight…

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Drugstore operator Walgreen will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics _ though patients will still pay for precriptions….

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Walgreen giving free care to jobless and uninsured

An Internal Revenue Service agent who audits taxpayers in California has agreed to plead guilty to cheating on his own taxes. In a plea agreement filed Monday in Orange County, 43-year-old Jim H. Liu (LOO) of Diamond Bar admitted that he filed a tax return…

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Strengthening wind blew heavy, wet snow around the city Tuesday, adding to the strain on residents’ spirits and on the patchwork system of sandbag levees protecting them from the bloated Red River. However, there were no reports of problems with leaks or with…

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A group led by billionaire investor Carl Icahn is offering $200 million to buy the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. The low-ball offer shows just how steep a toll the recession has taken on the economy and the casino industry in particular; a…

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Eating organic can be a challenge when money gets tight. Mambo Sprouts can help. A marketer of healthy and organic products, Mambo Sprouts now provides coupons for brands such as Organic Valley, Method and Odwalla through its website, www.mambosprouts.com. Consumers…

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Is there any recourse a child can take when an otherwise competent parent puts her head in the sand and refuses to address the reality of her financial situation? My mother is in her 70s and has always had money,…

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Ask The Biz Brain: You can’t control mom’s spending habits

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Tuesday as positive developments in European financials helped bank shares and investors hoped the day’s data will boost sentiment that the slump is moderating.

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Stock futures rise on economic, bank hopes

HONG KONG/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley is close to raising $6 billion for a new global property fund, falling short of its earlier target of $10 billion, sources with direct knowledge of the plan said on Tuesday.

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John Cardamone remembers the glory days of the General Motors automotive assembly plant in Linden, when workers pumped out 60 cars an hour. “We couldn’t make enough,” said Cardamone, 91, who has long since retired. While those days are gone…

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General Motors’ retirees eyeing pensions nervously

President Barack Obama’s extraordinary auto industry intervention is assertive and coldly pragmatic, with a dose of caution and a sentimental nod to the automobile’s place in the American psyche. Obama’s curt rejection of General Motors’ and Chrysler’s…

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With autos, Obama expands government’s role