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1. TurboTax Prepared for Filing Crunch

   

   Last year, TurboTax’s Web site was unable to process tens of thousands of last-minute elect... (31 days ago)

2. Airlines Scramble as Grounded Planes Cause Chaos

   

   American Airlines has canceled thousands of flights this week for safety checks. Several other U.... (34 days ago)

3. American Airlines Cancels 900 More Flights

   

   American Airlines grounded 900 flights Thursday to inspect the wiring in the wheel wells. It̵... (35 days ago)

4. Opposition to Proposed Homeowner Bailout Growing

   

   Plenty of Americans have long argued that the housing bubble was just that a bubble. They prided... (36 days ago)

5. Biznik Connects Independent Business Owners

   

   A Seattle couple never meant to start a business, but now they’re running Biznik, an online... (37 days ago)

6. Young, Green Entrepreneurs Flock to Carbon Market

   

   Once, if you were in your 20s and wanted to save the environment, you might have joined Greenpeac... (38 days ago)

7. Boeing Official: Air Force Manipulated Tanker Deal

   

   When the Air Force picked Northrop Grumman and its European partner over Boeing to build refuelin... (41 days ago)

8. 'Parenting Inc.' Charts Rising Costs of Baby Gear

   

   Traditional baby products have skyrocketed in price, with some strollers and cribs retailing for ... (42 days ago)

9. Can the Fed Handle New 'Super Cop' Role?

   

   The Bush administration is proposing to give the Federal Reserve more power to patrol Wall Street... (43 days ago)

10. Northrop Grumman CEO Defends Air Force Deal

    

    The Air Force awarded one of its largest-ever contracts in February to Northrop Grumman and its E... (44 days ago)

11. Viewing Life Through an Economic Prism

    

    Robert Frank often wonders such things as: Why are milk cartons square? He solves the conundrums ... (225 days ago)

12. GM's New Hires Will Earn Fewer Benefits

    

    A combination of an aging workforce and a new tentative union contract has given General Motors t... (226 days ago)

13. Former French Finance Minister to Head IMF

    

    Former French Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn is named president of the International Mon... (227 days ago)

14. Google Defends DoubleClick Deal

    

    Google defends its $3.1 billion acquisition of the Internet ad broker DoubleClick.com before Cong... (230 days ago)

15. Will Paramount and DreamWorks Really Split?

    

    The Spielberg-Geffen project DreamWorks studio was bought by Paramount Pictures two years ago. It... (231 days ago)

16. Web Site Domain Names Become Big Business

    

    More than 100 million “domain names” have already been identified and purchased. So n... (232 days ago)

17. Microsoft Considers Stake in Facebook

    

    Microsoft is reportedly looking into buying a 5 percent stake in the social networking Web site F... (232 days ago)

18. Apple's iPhone Heads to Europe

    

    Apple will begin selling its iPhone in France, Germany and Britain in November. Apple has been hy... (234 days ago)

19. Tracking How Consumers Use 'Inner Economist'

    

    Economist Tyler Cowen’s new book Discover Your Inner Economist explains how economic reason... (237 days ago)

20. Oil Prices at Record High; Experts Look for Fallout

    

    Oil prices have hit another record, topping $82 a barrel. Despite the rising cost of energy, the ... (238 days ago)