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Stocks fall more than 670 points
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Business & Markets

Stocks fall more than 670 points

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - A litany of bad economic news has snuffed out Wall Street’s five-day rally, sending stocks falling sharply today as investors realized anew how troubled the U.S....
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  1. It’s official: US has been in a recession all year

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Business & Markets

Yule tree gets pricier

BRINGIN’ IT HOME: Tom and Jocelyn Rossignol, 5, of Clinton drag a Christmas tree at the Evergreen Farms in Sterling.
By Jay Fitzgerald / Herald Highlight: Christmas Trees
Money doesn’t grow on trees - but Christmas trees still make...
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  1. Big-box stores taking a larger cut of Christmas tree sales
Real Estate

Luxury homes plunge in price

TOUGH SELL: This magnificent Manchester-by-the-Sea mansion saw its price drop due to the housing downturn. The number of single-family homes sold in excess of $2 million has also fallen this year.
By Thomas Grillo
Attention shoppers: One of the North Shore’s most stunning waterfront...
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Business & Markets

Bernanke: lower interest rates are “feasible”

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says further interest-rate...
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Business & Markets

Deposits at Bay State credit unions rise

By Jay Fitzgerald
Wall Street firms may be disappearing or teetering on the edge, but smaller credit unions and banks in Massachusetts are doing fine. The...

Holiday season off to a modest start

BARGAIN HUNTING: Enza Hart and her daughter Jennifer leave the Arsenal Mall after weekend shopping.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK - The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn’t appear to have been the disaster some had...
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  3. Manufacturing index drops to 26-year low

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn

By Associated Press
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and...
  1. Car dealers see sales slide as inventory shrinks
  2. Cheap hubby bangs on bad fuel pump
  3. VW building Tenn. assembly plant during hard times

Clickfree makes computer backups a pain-free task

The backup of a laptop computer puts the files in easy-to-navigate categories. Clickfree HD801 Portable Backup can handle backups from up to 9 other computers, organizing the data separately for each computer.
By Tom Rose
Chances are good that someone you know tells the sad saga of losing all their digital memories via a...
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  3. Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.com

Some buyers may see higher loan rates

By Jerry Kronenberg
Anyone looking to buy or refinance a relatively costly Greater Boston home should move quickly if they want to avoid higher mortgage rates. ...
  1. Entering Dakota territory
  2. The outer limits in mortgages
  3. Meltdown not over, new US mortgage crisis looms

Jill Cheng translates cultural understanding into internationally recognized business

Jill Cheng
By Helen Graves
Jill Cheng has built her Asian studies publisher and distributor Cheng & Tsui into an internationally...
  1. Tori Stuart cooks up mainstream recipe for healthy living
  2. Joyce Hampers creates a beauty of a business
  3. Sarah Symons slavery proofs survivors through empowerment

Survey: Red Sox rank 2nd in local brand strength

David Ortiz is a member of the top baseball team in the nation judging by local brand strength, according to a survey.
By Associated Press
The Green Bay Packers have a losing record this season — 5-7 — but the team is No. 1 when...
  1. Sumner Redstone sells Midway Games stake at a huge loss
  2. Still going: Energizer Bunny enters his 20th year
  3. After move from TV to radio, Dan Rea isn’t looking back

Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead...
  1. Report: Gay/bisexual men still bear brunt of AIDS
  2. Encouraging dip in rate of new cancers, deaths
  3. Auditor Joseph DeNucci, Medicaid office dispute overpayments


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