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U.S. markets fall in tandem with global markets because of the squeeze on credit and expectations of recession to come.

PR-inside.com) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The skyscrapers here have not stopped rising, and planeloads of hopeful migrant workers still fill a gleaming new airport terminal in the center of this modern Gulf metropolis. The arrival this week of

PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - A year-end surprise has left the largest U.S. chemical company scrambling to salvage a deal it had hoped would make riding out a recession a little easier. Following the collapse of a $17.4 billion joint

PR-inside.com) MOSCOW (AP) - An ailing former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos who was jailed in 2006 was freed Tuesday after posting a $1.8 million bail, his lawyer said. Vasily Aleksanian, currently in a Moscow clinic being treated

PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - A year-end surprise has left the largest U.S. chemical company scrambling to salvage a deal it had hoped would make riding out a recession a little easier. Following the collapse of a $17.4 billion joint

PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - The top accountant in the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement branch is leaving for a private sector job next month, in what could herald a wave of departures from the embattled agency. The SEC said Tuesday

PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street staged a big advance in the next to last session of 2008 Tuesday after Washington's latest lifeline to the auto industry bolstered hopes that the government will do whatever is necessary to cut

PR-inside.com) Edward Kholodenko, President and CEO of Questrade said: 'The Tax-Free Savings Account is an important new tool for our clients. Income such as dividends and capital gains are exempt from taxes, so savvy investors will be able to build

PR-inside.com) MEXICO CITY (AP) - Latin American stocks rose slightly Tuesday as investors bet U.S. assistance for GM's troubled auto financing arm would boost Mexican exports and help stem a deeper global recession. Mexico's IPC stock index rose 0.1 percent

PR-inside.com) TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) - Pharmaceutical and chemical maker Bayer AG has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that drugmaker Abbott Laboratories' best-selling drug, Humira, infringes on a decade-old Bayer patent. The German company's Bayer HealthCare LLC unit sued Abbott

PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's fears about fighting in the Middle East eased Tuesday, sending oil and gold prices lower as commodities investors looked to close the books for the year. Investors sold gold after it had advanced

PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will begin purchasing up to $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities early next month in an effort to bolster the long-suffering housing market. The Fed first announced that it would

PR-inside.com) NEW YORK (AP) - The dollar rose against the pound and the euro, but fell versus the yen in New York in thin trading just before the new year. More reports on American consumers' sentiment, which fell further than

PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators officially rejected a banking industry push to suspend accounting rules that force banks to value assets on their balance sheets at current market prices even if they plan to hold them for years. The

PR-inside.com) WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators said Tuesday they have approved a new HIV test that screens for two, less common forms of the virus. The Food and Drug Administration said the TaqScreen MPX Test is the first to simultaneously