Monthly Archives: January 2010

Stimulus pays for 600,000 jobs

The White House’s massive stimulus plan funded 599,108 jobs in the fourth quarter, administration officials said Saturday.

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Own a Toyota? What do you do now?

With the recall of millions of their Toyotas, some customers are swearing off the brand, others are being lured by rivals and many are still driving their vehicles but are becoming very confused.

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Toyota: Fix coming ‘soon’ for gas pedals

Toyota is “finalizing a program” to replace the gas pedals recalled in the United States, said company spokesman John Hanson on Saturday.

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Honda recalls 646,000 Fits

Honda announced a recall for 646,000 2007 and 2008 Fit, City and Jazz models world wide, after a fire hazard involving a power window switch resulted in a death in South Africa.

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CBS rejects Gay dating site’s Super Bowl ad

Super Bowl network CBS rejected an ad Friday from ManCrunch.com, a gay dating Web site.

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Foreclosure plague: It’s spreading

The number of foreclosure filings in Myrtle Beach jumped 280% last year. Here are 10 cities where defaults grew at staggering rates in 2009.

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Six banks fail, in Florida, Georgia and California

Regulators shuttered six banks Friday night, notching up 15 failed banks in the first month of in 2010.

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The largest charity donation ever made

Bill and Melinda Gates said Friday that their foundation it will spend $10 billion over 10 years to develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest nations in the largest donation ever to a single cause.

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See a therapist for a lot less

Anyone who’s ever sought mental-health treatment knows how quickly the bills for such care can add up, even with insurance. Just what the doctor didn’t order: money anxiety on top of whatever else you’re facing.

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Big no-no for building emergency savings

Question: . My wife and I know we should have an emergency savings fund, but with one income we have nothing left to save after paying expenses.

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