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Exxon's growing reliance on expensive oil

March 12, 2010

Exxon Mobil outlined plans Thursday that rely heavily on oil from tough to reach places, extracting it from the depths of the ocean, the frozen Arctic and the tar sands in Canada's frozen tundra.

Some nurses paid more than family doctors

March 12, 2010

Despite the growing shortage of family doctors in the United States, medical centers last year offered higher salaries and incentives to specialist nurses than to primary care doctors, according to an annual survey of physicians' salaries.

Trying to flunk banks out of college

March 12, 2010

President Obama has been waging a war with banks over who gets to dole out cheap student loans backed by the federal government.

Households recovering from economic freefall

March 12, 2010

The net worth of American households increased slightly during the final three months of 2009, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.

Financial reform bill coming from Democrats

March 12, 2010

Senate Democrats on banking panel plan to release and start working on a financial overhaul bill next week, without Republican support.

Why the U.S. can't inflate its way out of debt

March 12, 2010

It's dawning on people that getting a handle on burgeoning U.S. debt will be a long and hard process.

Brighter outlook for international airlines

March 12, 2010

The international airline business is improving, said an industry group Thursday, and while losses are still expected for 2010, they should be half the size previously forecast.

Fast food chains face tomato famine

March 12, 2010

Fast food joints are scrambling to find alternate sources for one of America's favorite sandwich toppings after a winter freeze took a huge bite out of Florida's tomato harvest.