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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos addresses reporters after securing a $170 billion bailout from Europe: Greece still faces extreme austerity measures and a crippling recession.

World Business

After the bailout: Is Greece still doomed?

President Obama visits a Boeing plant in Washington state: Three years after the president's $787 billion stimulus was signed into law, critics argue that Obama's policies have failed to help the economy.

U.S. Business

The economic recovery: Proof Obama's stimulus worked?

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange: The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 13,000 points on Tuesday for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.

U.S. Business

Is the U.S. in the middle of a 'false recovery'?

The economic recovery: Proof Obama's stimulus worked?

February 22, 2012, at 9:00 AM

After years of sputtering, the U.S. economy seems to be picking up steam. But Republicans say the president's policies have only gotten in the way

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Is the U.S. in the middle of a 'false recovery'?

February 21, 2012, at 2:57 PM

Stocks are up. The unemployment rate is down. But that was also true a year ago, and back then, things didn't exactly work out like we hoped

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The return of subprime bonds: Is Wall Street courting disaster?

February 21, 2012, at 1:01 PM

Everything old is new again, as investors snap up bundles of the same toxic subprime loans that led to the great crash of 2008

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Unemployment benefits: Should drug testing be required?

February 17, 2012, at 5:12 PM

Under new legislation, the jobless will have to undergo drug testing in certain cases. If Republicans had gotten their way, it would have been all cases

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After the bailout: Is Greece still doomed?

February 22, 2012, at 1:48 PM

The debt-laden nation secures a whopping $170 billion lifeline — but few Greeks are breaking out the champagne

Protesters in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens during clashes with riot police: A Greek default could be as painful for the global economy as Lehman Brothers' 2008 collapse.

Can Europe survive a Greek debt default?

February 16, 2012, at 2:42 PM

Skeptics worry that a new $171 billion bailout won't solve Greece's financial woes — and that Athens will inevitably fail to pay its bills

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao talks with European Union leaders in Beijing on Tuesday: Europe hopes China will use some of its $3.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves to bail out the struggling eurozone.

Why China should bail out the eurozone: 3 theories

February 15, 2012, at 3:13 PM

The EU is practically begging for a financial lifeline from the world's most populous nation. China isn't eager to get involved — but maybe it should be

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The $26 billion foreclosure fraud settlement: By the numbers

February 9, 2012, at 2:00 PM

The government and big banks strike a deal over alleged foreclosure abuses. Where will the money go?

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The 12-year-old who saved his grandmother from foreclosure

February 9, 2012, at 11:36 AM

A tween do-gooder turns the focus of his charitable "Dream Catcher Network" to a cause that's awfully close to home

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Short sales: The answer to America's housing crisis?

February 8, 2012, at 1:40 PM

To sidestep the painful and expensive foreclosure process, lenders begin offering delinquent borrowers cash to sell their homes for less than they owe

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Obama's mortgage plan: Who really benefits?

February 2, 2012, at 10:36 AM

The president pitches his idea to rescue underwater homeowners. But is the new tax on banks that would cover the program's multi-billion costs a deal-breaker?

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