| New and improved mortgage applications
December 31, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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|  Starting Jan. 1, new rules go into effect that simplify and clarify exactly what mortgage lenders will charge for a loan. |
| 6 companies Google should buy in 2010
December 31, 2009 at 2:56 pm
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|  Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in September that the search leader will buy up one company a month in 2010. Here's a look at some of the leading contenders. |
| Farewell to an ugly decade
December 31, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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|  Call the last 10 years whatever you want: the Naughty Aughties, the Awful Aughts or the Zilches are all appropriate. If you are an investor, you're probably thankful the decade is over and are longing for better times ahead in the Teens. |
| Stocks slip on last day of 2009
December 31, 2009 at 12:18 pm
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|  Stocks slipped Thursday afternoon in a thinly-traded session on the last day of 2009 as investors mulled a better-than-expected report on initial jobless claims at the end of a big year on Wall Street. |
| Tax showdown ahead on health reform
December 31, 2009 at 11:17 am
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|  Democrats in the House and Senate are on the same page when it comes to health reform. They want it. |
| AT&T ends partnership with Tiger Woods
December 31, 2009 at 10:34 am
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|  Telecom giant AT&T Inc. announced Thursday that it has ended its business relationship with Tiger Woods. |
| Jobless claims fall to 17-month low
December 31, 2009 at 9:28 am
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|  The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell sharply last week to the lowest level in 17 months, the government said Thursday. Analysts had expected an increase. |
| Texas wins college football $ title
December 31, 2009 at 8:26 am
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|  The University of Alabama's Crimson Tide may be the top ranked team heading into college football's national championship game on January 7. But in one key measure, the team clearly trails the No. 2 University of Texas: money. |
| Estate tax: Try again in 2010
December 31, 2009 at 8:01 am
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|  Lawmakers will start 2010 with a hefty to-do list thanks to a lot of unfinished tax business they left on the table in 2009. The chief example: the estate tax. |
| Stocks set for early gain
December 31, 2009 at 7:47 am
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|  Stocks were poised to open the final trading session of 2009 with modest gains as investors prepared to celebrate a year of solid market advances. |
| Apple: Best [-----] of the Decade
December 31, 2009 at 7:28 am
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| Steve Jobs and Apple appeared in an extraordinary number of 2009's "Best of" lists |
| Oil nears $80
December 31, 2009 at 7:02 am
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| Oil prices rallied for a seventh straight session and neared $80 a barrel, as the market eyed the biggest annual gain in a decade. |
| 3 reasons home prices are heading lower
December 31, 2009 at 6:36 am
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| After four months of gains, home prices flattened in October. Worse yet, industry insiders think that they'll soon start to fall. |
| Monster business for New Year's Eve
December 31, 2009 at 5:55 am
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| Amid downtown Providence's staid collection of office buildings is an eye-catchingly different storefront. Space aliens, giant trolls and jewel-toned monsters fill the windows of the building labeled "Big Nazo Lab" -- and this New Year's Eve, they'll be coming out to play. | | | 
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| Cable battle sees light at end of tunnel
December 30, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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|  Time Warner Cable said Wednesday that it is willing to bring its ongoing fee dispute with Fox Network to binding arbitration in order to reach a resolution. |
| Christmas week shopping surged
December 30, 2009 at 3:12 pm
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|  Retail sales surged 8.8% during the week that included Christmas, although foot traffic was down slightly, according to an industry group report issued Wednesday. |
| Fight global warming, get $1,100 a year
December 30, 2009 at 2:02 pm
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|  A new proposal to curb global warming could jumpstart stalled Senate greenhouse gas discussions and put an average of $1,100 a year back into the pockets of American consumers. |
| U.S. slaps levy on Chinese pipes
December 30, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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| The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to impose new tariffs on imports of Chinese steel piping. |
| Why the big phone companies are dogs
December 30, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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| You'd think that 2009 would have been a great year for telecom stocks, right? |
| Amazon is tops with online shoppers this year
December 30, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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|  Amazon.com had the happiest customers this holiday season, according to a survey from ForeSee Results released Wednesday. |
| Stocks struggle after run
December 30, 2009 at 12:21 pm
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|  Stocks struggled at midession Wednesday, pulling back from 2009 highs hit just two days ago, as a stronger dollar and some end-of-the-year wariness put pressure on the market. |
| Madoff moved back to prison cell
December 30, 2009 at 11:37 am
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|  Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff was moved back to his jail cell Monday after being treated for 10 days at a medical facility at the prison where he's incarcerated in North Carolina, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. |
| Wall Street's bonus baby steps
December 30, 2009 at 10:33 am
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| So much for Wall Street sobering up. |
| GM recalls 22,000 Corvettes
December 30, 2009 at 9:55 am
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|  General Motors is recalling some 22,000 Chevrolet Corvettes, because of potentially leaky roofs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday. | | | |
An analysis of blogosphere chatter reveals which Fortune 500 chiefs garnered the most buzz this year.
Stocks are slated to slide at Wednesday's open, after the momentum of a six-session streak of gains came to an end.
GMAC Financial Services is close to receiving a third round of bailout funds from the U.S. Treasury Department, according to a published report Wednesday.
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