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States Negotiate $26 Billion Deal for Homeowners
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Nearly two million Americans could benefit from mortgage relief from the nation’s biggest banks, as part of a broad government settlement to be announced as early as Thursday.


Young People Are Watching, but Less Often on TV
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Young people still watch many television shows, but they are streaming them on computers and phones to a greater degree.


Honda Aims to Reclaim Its Luster
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After natural disasters last year and dreadful reviews of the revamped Civic, Honda is struggling to return to its former success.


In Piracy Debate, Is the Sky Falling?
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Media and Internet giants at odds over dealing with purloined content on the Web may need to agree first on exactly how bad the problem is.


Digital Security Bills Bruised by a Lingering Antipiracy Fight
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Legislation intended to help protect infrastructure from terrorists is hampered by fears of pressure from advocates who scored a victory against antipiracy bills.


Nuclear Commission Expected to Vote on New Reactors
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not given a license to build since 1978, a year before the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania.


DealBook: Goldman Wins New York Fed Auction for A.I.G. Assets
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced that it had sold securities with a face value of $6.2 billion to Goldman, which beat out four other investment banks in the auction.


Obama Economic Advisers Raise Job Creation Forecast
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A drop in unemployment in January, the fifth straight monthly decline, suggested an 8.9 percent forecast was too high.


DealBook: Fed Delays Vote on Capital One Deal for ING Direct
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The Federal Reserve postponed its meeting to vote on Capital One's $9 billion takeover of ING Direct until Monday.


Michigan Must Decide What to Do With an Unexpected Surplus
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After a $457 million surplus, Michigan officials must sort out whether the worst is really over, whether it is safe to start spending again, or whether a rainy day fund may be the prudent course.


Austerity Measure Talks Are Stalled in Greece
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Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and leaders in his government pledged to resume talks to reach an agreement on measures required for a bailout.


DealBook: Groupon Posts Loss of $9.8 Million
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The fourth-quarter loss, disclosed by Groupon in its first financial report as a public company, disappointed investors, who drove its shares down sharply in after-hours trading.


DealBook: Barneys, Debt-Laden, Is Weighing Restructuring
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Despite recent sales gains, the New York fashion retailer has hired advisers to help manage an unwieldy debt load that is to mature this fall.


Cisco Posts Better-Than-Expected Profit
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Improved demand for business products lifted results for the maker of computer networking equipment.


Regulators Order Inspections for Entire Airbus A380 Fleet
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The news that A380 wing bracket cracks could be more widespread comes at a time when Boeing is grappling with what it said were minor defects on its 787 “Dreamliner.”


5 European Nations Agree to Help U.S. Crack Down on Tax Evasion
source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=5dec53cfd9de7e6f5a6f35e0451aded0
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Britain will “intensify their cooperation” to identify U.S. tax cheats in return for help in finding U.S. accounts held by residents of those countries.


New Settlements in Britain’s Hacking Scandal
source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d5ebf335e6da9bcc3110354c22a4220
Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper subsidiary was reported to have reached a new batch of settlements on Wednesday in the hacking scandal.


Mike Huckabee to Begin Radio Show
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Rush Limbaugh will soon have a new radio rival: Mike Huckabee, who will be running a radio show from noon to 3 p.m. for Cumulus Media Networks.


Sprint Posts a Net Loss Despite a Gain on iPhone
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The nation’s No. 3 cellphone carrier reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, on revenue that climbed 5 percent to $8.7 billion.


Media Decoder Blog: Cable TV and Movie Divisions Help Lift Time Warner Revenue
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The company's strategy of shedding under-performing assets and focusing on content was paying off, according to its chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes.


Diamond Foods to Restate Earnings and Replace Executives
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Diamond said it would replace its chief executive and chief financial officer after its board found the company booked payments to walnut growers in the wrong periods.


Nokia to Cut 4,000 Jobs at 3 Factories
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The reductions are the second wave of job cuts at Nokia under Steven Elop, a former Microsoft executive.


Germany and Kazakhstan Sign Rare Earths Agreement
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The accord, valued at around $4 billion, guarantees German companies access to critical minerals in exchange for technological and other investments.


State of the Art: Android Phones Go on a Power Trip - State of the Art
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In a world crammed with Android phones, HTC, Samsung and Motorola introduce three new models, each of them Verizon 4Gs.


DealBook: To Envision Dodd-Frank's Future, Look to Its Predecessor
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The Sarbanes-Oxley law was fiercely attacked when it was passed in 2002, but for all the criticism, the law did help clean up corporate accounting.


Special Section: Wealth
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A special section from The New York Times on wealth and personal finance.


Advertising: Marketing Financial Risk Management to Clients and Providers
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A campaign encouraging professionals to become certified as financial risk managers is centered on photographs of men in business garb recoiling as if they had been punched.


Is This Living Room Big Enough for My TV?
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Huge televisions, once an expensive oddity, are now the affordable norm.


App Smart : Apps to Help Singles Flirt Their Way to Romance
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Many matchmaking apps exist, and now more apps to help singles flirt their way to romantic attachment are also popping up.


Economix Blog: Casey B. Mulligan: Supporting Bad Habits With Public Money
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Restricting what recipients of food stamps and other government support may buy doesn't seem to work, an economist writes.


Small-Business Guide: Business Owners Adjusting to Patent System Overhaul
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Entrepreneurs see pros and cons in the America Invents Act, which is being phased in through March 2013.


Green Column: Should Plastic Bags Be Banned?
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Governments around the world are wrestling with the question of what, if anything, to do about plastic bags, and there are few figures to support any of the arguments.


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Articles in this series are examining challenges posed by increasingly globalized high-tech industries.


BUSINESS: House Advantage: The Sure Thing
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An animated explanation of how banks use securities lending to make a profit, while their customers cover the losses.