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Drive On: Emmy night is a busy night for Audi as it promotes its diesel SUVs

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Gov't investigates mailer from health insurance company

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Writer

The government is investigating a major insurance company for allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer warning they could lose...

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Tech stocks show some strength

By Sara Lepro, AP Business Writer

Stocks mostly fell Monday but were off their lows by midday, buoyed by small gains in technology and health care shares.

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Netflix awards $1M prize to improve movie picks

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Netflix Inc. declared a seven-member group of researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world as winners Monday of its...

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Opportunity fuels skilled immigrants' exodus

By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY

More highly skilled immigrants are leaving the USA to take jobs in their native countries, particularly India and China.

BRAIN DRAIN: Talented workers opt to leave U.S.

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By Steve Marcus for USA TODAY

Grown-ups bask in Cubes' youthful glow

By James R. Healey, USA TODAY

Gary Musser of Las Vegas traded a Toyota Prius hybrid for his spanking new Nissan Cube, and loves to cruise the glittering Vegas Strip in...

PHOTOS: Boxy cars

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By Sara D. Davis for USA TODAY

Rosenfeld setting 'delicious' goals at Kraft

CEO Irene Rosenfeld will address the World Business Forum in New York on Oct. 7 and tell executives how she led Kraft Foods through...

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Regulators seize 2 banks; 94 failures this year

By Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer

Regulators shut down two banking units of Irwin Financial Corp. Friday, marking the 93rd and 94th failures this year of federally insured...

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Google says Apple exec rejected app for iPhone

By Jessica Mintz, AP Technology Writer

Google said Apple's top marketing executive personally told the company that its Google Voice application had been rejected because it...

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Dannon settles lawsuit, to pay yogurt buyers $35M

Dannon said Friday it will reimburse consumers for up to $100 of Activia and DanActive yogurt purchases and change its marketing and...

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Reports: Fed plan would police bank executives' pay

The Federal Reserve for the first time would police banks' pay policies to make sure they don't encourage excessive risk taking under a...

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42 states lose jobs in August; jobless rates rise in 27, D.C.

By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer

Forty-two states lost jobs last month, up from 29 in July, with the biggest net payroll cuts coming in Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio.

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Abercrombie & Fitch sued over Muslim teen

A federal lawsuit filed against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch alleges that the manager at an Oklahoma store refused to hire a...

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Federal Housing Administration acts to bolster reserves

The Federal Housing Administration announced Friday that it is appointing a risk officer and making changes in its credit policies to make...

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House backs bill to overhaul student loan program

The House voted Thursday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s, a bill to oust private...

HOW THEY VOTED: See how your representative voted

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Underperforming gold and guns point to a better economy

By Matt Krantz, USA TODAY

All sorts of arcane measures show fewer investors expect utter financial calamity. But guns and gold tell the story even more clearly. This...