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Vote on NLRB nominee first test of GOP’s new power
By Sam Hananel | Tuesday Feb 9, 2010
The Republicans’ first test of their new Senate clout could come in a vote to block President Barack Obama’s choice of a union attorney for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board.
Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract
By Joelle Tessler
 Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.

US magazine circulation falls 9 pct at newsstands
By Andrew Vanacore
 U.S. consumers showed less willingness to spend money for magazines at newsstands and other retail outlets as single-copy sales fell more than 9 percent in the second half of 2009.

Another redesign for Facebook on 6th birthday
By Barbara Ortutay
 Facebook is redesigning its site yet again, this time to better emphasize applications, games and search.

Feds still troubled by Google’s digital book deal
By Michael Liedtke
 The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns.

Toyota chief apologizes for global recalls
By Yuri Kageyama
 Toyota’s president apologized Friday for the massive global recalls over sticking gas pedals as the automaker scrambles to repair a damaged reputation and sliding sales.

US unemployment surprise alleviates market gloom
By Pan Pylas
 European stock markets and Wall Street futures pared losses Friday after a surprise fall in the U.S. unemployment rate, but investors remained worried that the debt crisis enveloping Greece may spread to other vulnerable countries in Europe, such as Portugal.

Obama pushes energy plan that GOP may support
By Matthew Daly and Philip Elliott
 Looking for a political and policy victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday pushed energy proposals designed to attract allies and opponents alike, calling for increased ethanol production and new technology to limit pollution from the use of coal.

EU searches for way out of debt crisis
By Aoife White
 Markets somehow expect the European Union to backstop Greece’s sagging finances. But with officials denying a bailout is needed, the precise path out of the crisis for the EU’s incoming new leadership remains fogged with uncertainty.

Geithner says US credit rating safe despite debt
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT’-nur) says the U.S. government "will never" lose its sterling credit rating despite big budget deficits and a newly increased debt limit that now tops $14 trillion.

Senate report: ’Dirty money’ still entering US
By Jim Abrams
 Foreign dictators, high-living bureaucrats and arms dealers are still able to funnel millions of dollars in potentially corrupt money into the United States despite post-Sept. 11 laws cracking down on money laundering, according to a Senate investigation.

Commerce secy to detail push to double exports
The White House wants to double exports in the coming five years, and on Thursday Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will outline how that’s going to happen.

Economic optimism continues to lift world markets
By Pan Pylas
 European stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Tuesday as investor optimism remained buoyant following stronger than anticipated manufacturing surveys the previous day.

Obama pitches aid for struggling small businesses
By Darlene Superville
 President Barack Obama’s bid to sell his economic agenda and re-energize voters picks up in politically significant New Hampshire, where he will again promote an idea to free up money for small businesses that are hurting.

New Home Sales Fell 7.6% in December
By Alan Zibel
 New home sales unexpectedly fell 7.6 percent last month, capping the industry’s weakest year on record.

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