A City Council vote would allow 137 marijuana dispensaries to remain, with a target of 70. Members also tighten requirements for shops' locations. A vote on the overall measure...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Demand for U.S. home loans rose last week to the highest level in about two months, mostly from borrowers taking advantage of low mortgage rates to...
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WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Wednesday that the administration will extend the government's financial bailout program until next fall,...
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The number of loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration made to local companies plummeted in 2009 for the second straight year, underscoring businesses' complaints...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only one in three homeowners who have signed up for the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan have sent back the necessary paperwork, highlighting...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors dumped stocks and sought safe-haven assets like the dollar and Treasurys on signs that the global economy is still struggling.

Welcoming leaders of the hospital, drug and insurance industries to the White House on Monday, President Obama trumpeted their pledge to work together to contain the nation's...
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WASHINGTON -- Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year as first-time buyers looking for bargains dominated the market.

DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp (NYSE:GM - News) plunged nearly 20 percent to a 76-year low on Tuesday, a day after a group of GM executives disclosed they...
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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp., battered by plunging global sales, reported its worst annual loss since its 1937 founding -- and forecast even more red ink in the year ahead.