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• US Growth Prospects for New Decade Weak: Economists

  A dismal job market, a crippled real estate sector and hobbled banks will keep a lid on U.S. economic growth over the coming decade, some of the nation's leading economists said. Latest Jobs Data Point to Happy New Year

• Fed Can't Rule Out Rate Hikes To Pop Asset Bubbles: Chief

  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday that tougher regulation would have been the best way to restrain the housing bubble but would no longer rule out rate increases to prevent another crisis. Economy 2010: 'A Pitiful Snapback'

• Jobs Bill: Will Billions More Really Spur Employment?
  • Latest Jobless Numbers Point To Happy New Year
• Did Mortgage Relief Program Make Housing Crisis Worse?

  The $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has been viewed as a disappointment, and some experts now contend it has done more harm than good, the New York Times reports. Billions to Fight Foreclosure, but Few New Loan

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  For Investors Who Also Saved, It Was Hardly a Lost Decade

  Even those who started with a low six-figure balance could have doubled their total savings in the last 10 years, the New York Times reports. Latest Jobless Numbers Point To Happy New Year

• As Crisis Fades, Banks Are Clinging to Old Ways
  • Wells Fargo Grants Stock Bonuses to Top Execs
• American Air Probed After Three Bad Landings: Report
• Week's Bond Auctions Show Lingering Need for Safety
• Time Warner, Fox Extend Deadline In Cable Fee Talks
• 2010 Tech Rally: Which Companies Will Lead the Way?
• Berkshire Hathaway Blows Out S&P 500 for Decade
• Google Executive Running to Be Vermont's Governor
• A Year of Goodbye's: CEOs Make Their Exits in 2009
• Seven Businesses That Did Not Survive 2009
• Porn's Tech Frontier: 3D and Peripherals

• The Most Valuable Actors of 2009

• Amazon May Pay for Touting Kindle Without Details