Study: Bad laws, media hurt minorities

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON - Flawed government policies and negative stereotyping of minority men have limited their economic opportunities, a new study says. It urges improved health care and education for minorities and less m..

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Audio from Medialink and Wells Fargo: Supporting America's Small Businesses

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DNC: Martinez Means More Of The Same From Bush Republicans

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Fannie Mae pays ousted CEO $2.6 million

By MARCY GORDON, AP Business WriterTue Nov 14, 7:45 PM ET WASHINGTON - A former Fannie Mae chief executive who was ousted two years ago in the mortgage giant's accounting scandal will receive $2.6 million from the company under a deal disclosed Tue..

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Outgames posts $4.7 million deficit

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John Kerry to Lead Small Business Panel

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Big banks follow Nobel winner's lead in lending to the poor

by Justin ColeTue Nov 14, 5:44 PM ET HALIFAX, Canada (AFP) - Robert Annibale clearly enjoys his role as a globe-trotting senior banker for US giant Citigroup, but his clients are unusual because they have no credit histories, scant savings and are ..

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Nobel laureate touts microcredit, but how does it work?

by Justin ColeTue Nov 14, 5:38 PM ET HALIFAX, Canada (AFP) - Few people had heard of microcredit before a determined Bangladeshi economist called Muhammad Yunus won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but Yunus has put the industry in the spotlight as a..

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Central bank warns on India property prices

By Jo Johnson and Joe Leahy in MumbaiTue Nov 14, 5:25 PM ET Indian property prices are rising uncomfortably fast, according to the country's central bank chief, who has warned financial institutions against excessive lending to the real estate sect..

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Ford Motor Co. reduces reported losses

By TOM KRISHER, AP Business WriterTue Nov 14, 5:14 PM ET DETROIT - Accounting errors dating to the beginning of the decade led Ford Motor Co. to restate its earnings on Tuesday, reducing the amount the company has lost since 2001 by $850 million. A..

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Florida Leading Southeast In Foreclosures

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World Bank ignores the planet's poorest: Nobel laureate

Mon Nov 13, 5:42 PM ET HALIFAX, Canada (AFP) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus urged the World Bank to change course by focusing more directly on the billion people living in the direst poverty.if (window.yzq_a == null) document.write("");if..

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GOP fundraiser guilty in Ohio coin case

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press WriterMon Nov 13, 5:41 PM ET TOLEDO, Ohio - A former GOP fundraiser was convicted Monday of embezzling from a rare-coin investment fund in a scandal that contributed to the rout of Ohio's Republican Party on Electio..

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A Promising Energy Prospect

By Stephen EllisMon Nov 13, 5:02 PM ET Prospect Energy (Nasdaq: PSEC - News) is a textbook case from which every business development company (BDC) investor should learn. This energy-focused firm makes investments in and loans to energy-related com..

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Met shows German realists of the 1920s

By DAVID MINTHORN, Associated Press WriterMon Nov 13, 4:41 PM ET NEW YORK - The real cabaret on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a dark vision of debauchery and suffering. ADVERTISEMENT var lrec_target="_top";var lrec_URL=new Array(); lrec..

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