NEW YORK (AP) — Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.

Stocks fell for a third straight day Friday as a disappointing...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising...

Three Democratic moderates to decide fate of health bill — for now — in crucial Saturday vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent — a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher...

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury prices mostly fell Friday, pushing their yields higher. Yields on short-term bills hovered near their lows of the year.

The yield on the three-month T-bill,...

NEW YORK (AP) — The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders'...

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona legislators are still struggling to conclude their special session on the state's budget troubles but already are working on ideas for another one that could be held...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's unemployment rate dipped in October, but economists cautioned Friday that while the figures are encouraging, they're more a reflection of a shrinking job...

ALLEGAN, Mich. (AP) — Record profits. Job openings. Shareholders making money. It's not what you might think in Michigan, home to the country's highest unemployment rate, but a century-old...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

Zhu Zhu Pets are the must-have hit for...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' unemployment rate declined to 6.4 percent in October, though a state labor analyst cautioned Friday that the job market remains weak.

The new report...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's economy will improve in 2010, but only in comparison to what has been "one of the most brutal years in a generation," University of Michigan economists...

A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

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LONDON — World stock markets fell amid mounting concerns about the pace of...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's unemployment rate rose to 12.5 percent in October to set another modern record, even though more than 25,000 Californians found jobs, the state Employment...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, officials said Friday.

The state's jobless...

MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.

Gorbachev said that...

LONDON (AP) — World stock markets fell Friday amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state's most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power...

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA players' association director Billy Hunter plans another negotiating session soon with commissioner David Stern, and here's something that might come up.

The...

NEW YORK (AP) — The safe-haven dollar kept rising Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 continued to weigh on traders'...

FRANKFURT (AP) — Although it is too early to say the crisis is over, it is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit...

Oil prices edged down toward $77 a barrel on Friday after a drop in many stock markets and amid concern about the strength of the global economic recovery.

By early afternoon in...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor...

SHANGHAI (AP) — China raised electricity rates for businesses and industries Friday, part of a long-term effort to adjust prices to reflect costs and promote energy saving as the country...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

As many...

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Nov. 15

San Antonio Express-News, on the swine flu vaccine:

Health and Human Services...

NEW YORK (AP) — Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.

Major indexes...

Republicans assail health care bill, Democrats set Saturday night test vote on Senate measure

WASHINGTON (AP) — Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of homes, pulls down housing prices and raises concerns...

Foreclosures hitting more people with good credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The foreclosure crisis likely will persist well into next year as high unemployment pushes more people out of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gold and silver recovered from early losses Thursday, but other commodities fell as the dollar strengthened.

Investors sought safety in the U.S. currency, Treasurys...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative think tank that is influential with the state's Republican-controlled Legislature wants to abolish the Utah Office of Tourism.

The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a...

BOSTON (AP) — New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Economic reality may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad.

A survey in September by The Forum on Education Abroad has found...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Valley Authority's top executives were told Thursday during a meeting in Kentucky not to expect performance bonuses this year because of a drop in...

CHICAGO (AP) — Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.

"There was no question about...