Unemployment claims fall

The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Thursday.

Domestic car brands underrated: J.D. Power

A new study gives high marks to more than two dozen vehicle brands for improving their quality in 2010 — including second-ranked Lincoln and third-ranked Buick — but said that many of these names suffer from lousy consumer perceptions.

Health care bill to cost $940 billion

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Democrats’ revised health care bill will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, a House Democratic source told CNN Thursday.

Price tag of TARP bailout: $109 billion

The government’s unprecedented $700 billion economic bailout will actually cost taxpayers just 16% of that total, according to a Congressional Budget Office report released Wednesday.

Stocks sputter at the open

Stocks were little changed at Thursday’s open as reports that showed pricing pressure remains mild and jobless claims fell last week were countered by some reluctance after the recent rally.

Inflation up at 2.1% annual rate

Consumer prices in February rose from a year ago amid higher energy costs, but the pace of price increases slowed for the second straight month, the government reported Thursday.

Stocks headed for early pop

U.S. stocks were poised to open slightly higher Thursday as investors digested key readings on inflation and employment that soothed some of the worries about the strength of the economy.

1.2 million ‘unstable’ Graco highchairs recalled

Graco Children’s Products announced Thursday that it’s recalling 1.2 million Harmony highchairs because of stability issues.

Nothing but net: Basketball dollars by school

Here’s the breakdown on the revenue, expenses and profits of all the Division I college basketball programs.

Big bucks = bigger NCAA brackets

Who’s going to win this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament? Your guess is as good as ours. Probably better, actually.

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