| • | Congress is losing its patience with the Fed |
| Suddenly the Federal Reserve is everybody's punching bag. |
| • | Cities find the fine print is costing millions |
| Local governments and public entities, already reeling from the recession, face another fiscal crisis: billions of dollars in fees owed to Wall Street firms on investment deals gone bad. |
| • | Retailers seeing signs of a good ‘Black Friday’ |
| When the holiday shopping season kicks off the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened, but even more bargain-hungry customers. |
| • | BofA may reportedly extend search for CEO |
| Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, according to a Bloomberg report. |
| • | Long-term unemployed face dwindling options |
| For Lawrie Covey and millions of other unemployed workers, life remains a day-to-day struggle. Instead of working on RVs in a factory, she may soon be living in one. |
| • | Pace of job losses slows in many states |
| In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment. |
| • | Forbes: World's most expensive homes |
| Prices have dipped, but some sellers are certain their nine-figure properties will attract buyers. |
| • | Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury |
| Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday. |
| • | Senate panel to consider Bernanke nomination |
| Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month, the panel's chairman said Friday. |
| • | Chase drops arbitration from card contracts |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through binding arbitration. |
| • | RV industry no longer running on empty |
| There are signs of recovery in the nation's heartland, including Elkhart, Ind., but the rebound is faint, uneven and faces many threats. |
| • | 8 ways to slash your holiday budget |
| It's possible to enjoy the holidays without spending lots of money. Here are eight simple ways to trim your budget. |
| • | Electric car maker Tesla seen going public |
| Electric sports car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. |
| • | Investors to Goldman: Be less greedy |
| Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass more profit to investors after it quadrupled quarterly net profit. |
| • | UPS sets new rates for 2010 |
| UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, is hiking 2010 rates for ground packages by an average of 4.9 percent. |