CIT, emerging from bankruptcy, hires Thain as CEO * Former Merrill CEO replaces interim chief immediately * Thain's experience restructuring NYSE cited in hire * CIT emerged from bankruptcy in December By Jonathan Spicer NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - C... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh ,file) The Guardian
Include aging parents in your plans | Staying on track to a comfortable retirement isn't only about taking care of your finances and your health. It might involve taking care of your parents, too. | Baby boomers and others saving dilige... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The News & Observer
Reality takes a bite out of Obama recovery plan | Reality bites. President Barack Obama's economic policy has run smack into reality. Nobody believes he can keep spending to the huge levels he projects, or eventually lower the deficit, or persuade ... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)The Times LeaderPhotosPoliticsUSWashington
Obama's muddled solutions | Defeat in the Massachusetts senatorial election has deprived US Democrats of the 60 votes needed to pass healthcare reform and other legislation, and it has changed Ame... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The Guardian ElectionGovernmentMassachusettsObamaPhotos
Bank of China tightens mortgage loans | Bank of China (BOC) has decided to cut discounts that home buyers can get on interest of mortgage loans, a source with the bank's Shanghai branch told Xinhua on Wednesd... (photo: Creative Commons / Alanmak)China Daily BankChinaEconomyFinancePhotos
Part 3: Whose war is it anyway? | MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN -- Row after row of new dump trucks, front-end loaders, Ford Rangers and Humvees sit in neat rows at the Afghan military base here, the plas... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Andrew Smit)Star Tribune AfghanistanPhotosSoldiersTalibanWar
Home sales in area balloon | Home sales in the Longview-Marshall area jumped more than 11 percent during the fourth quarter of 2009, reflecting a statewide double digit increase trend, officials sa... (photo: Public Domain / Ben Cody)Longview News Journal BusinessEconomyHousingMarketPhotos
