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PHOENIX (AP) -- An emergency rate increase and the hottest month ever in the state helped Arizona Public Service Co.'s parent company boost profits 23 percent from July to September.
BEIJING (AP) -- Apple's iPhone made its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.
NEW YORK -- You saw the green-and-red peeking out between the Halloween decorations and you were already starting to fret. There's a little over seven weeks before the December holidays, and you haven't saved a penny for gifts or entertaining.
For years, Rickie Honea loved the delivery service that a local dairy provided when she lived in northern Colorado.
PHOENIX -- Facing a cutback in state funding, the state's top environmental regulator wants businesses to pay more for the permits they need from his agency.
MILWAUKEE -- How low can beer makers go? Having conquered the beer-belly set, some of the biggest U.S. brewers are trying to win over the six-pack-ab crowd with ultra-low-calorie suds.
Jazz musician Bill Cunliffe loves television -- but he doesn't watch it on a TV set.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Even in these trying financial times, you're not going to see many going-out-of-business sales like this one.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Wages and benefits rose by the smallest amount on record in the 12 months ending in September, as high unemployment limits the income growth of workers still receiving paychecks.
NEW YORK -- Americans are paying more for gasoline than they did last year as the holidays approached -- billions of dollars that could go to books, clothes and Barbie dolls instead being spent at the pump.
NEW YORK -- Wall Street may be roaring again and manufacturers see a bright future selling their wares in Asia. But for many Americans, it's still a downturn until the jobs come back.
NEW YORK -- The recession hasn't been so scary for Halloween stores. In fact, they're finding better haunts in the graveyards of failed retailers.
NEW YORK -- You have a $120,000 college degree and no job. That won't stop your student loan bills from arriving.
WASHINGTON -- A cascade of bank failures has magnified the role of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees around $4 trillion in deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts.
One of the largest selection of Halloween costumes and decorations in Flagstaff can be found in the old home of Shoe Pavilion at the Flagstaff Marketplace.
A pink vintage dress hangs right inside the doorway of Incahoots Vintage Clothing and Costume in downtown Flagstaff.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to eliminate up to 3,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its worldwide work force, as it awaits a takeover by Oracle Corp., a deal being held up by antitrust regulators in Europe.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. may finally be pulling out of a three-year slump that cast aside two CEOs and spurred a cost-cutting spree that led to about 2,000 layoffs.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Barnes & Noble Inc. unveiled a new electronic-book reader Tuesday that will compete with Amazon.com's Kindle in a still-small arena where some see bookselling's future.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- After bogging down in the recession, Internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine.
Oil futures closed lower for the first time in more than a week Tuesday, but only after passing $80 per barrel and pulling retail gasoline prices higher.
BOSTON (AP) -- The student lender best known as Sallie Mae said Tuesday it posted a profit for the third quarter as credit markets improved and student loan activity increased.
WILLMAR, Minn. -- From his desk at the local electricity cooperative, Bruce Gomm can see the looming black smokestacks of the city's aging coal-fired power plant. He can also see, on his office wall, framed photographs of sleek new wind turbines. Together, they are a changing world foretold.
CHICAGO -- For all the doom and gloom about the housing market, it still generally pays to own a home.
The old saying "location, location, location" with regard to real estate is as true today as ever. Although you have no control over the home's location, you do have control over how the property will be viewed by someone looking to purchase. So the way your house presents itself to potential buyers will reflect on their decision whether to make an offer or not.
Amy Horn's photography students already know how to use their cameras to create works of art. Now they're learning the art of making their photography work.
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More Business News from the Associated Press
G-20 officials to wrestle over economic imbalances
Rifts among the world's top financial officials are threatening to stymie their attempts to secure future global growth and break a deadlock over who bears the cost of fighting climate change.
Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed
Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
Pa. governor: Philly transit strike could end soon
A tentative contract agreement has been reached that could end the public transit strike that has idled Philadelphia's subways, buses and trolleys for four days, Gov. Ed Rendell said late Friday.
Berkshire Hathaway says 3Q profit triples to $3.2B
Paper gains on derivative contracts helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. triple its third-quarter profit as its insurance businesses did well, but Warren Buffett's company said Friday that many of its other operating businesses struggled.
Freddie Mac loses $6.3B in 3Q
Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion.
Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow
Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.
Consumer borrowing drops $14.8B in September
Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Economists worry the declines in borrowing will drag on the fledgling recovery.
What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent
Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings that next year will be even worse than previously thought.
Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless
President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
AIG posts 2nd consecutive quarterly profit
AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the company's bailout by the government last year.
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