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Fed Will Keep Buying Bonds for Now; Markets Dip

The Federal Reserve could slow its purchase of bonds later this year with an eye toward ending the program by mid-2014, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday.

Business
FedEx truck

FedEx Quarterly Profit Drops

Earnings at FedEx dropped 45 percent for the Memphis-based company's fourth quarter, compared with last year, after accounting for the costs of "business realignment" and retiring aircraft, the company announced Wednesday.

Auto Industry
electric car

Value of Used EVs Should Drop in 2013

Values for used plug-in electric vehicles may decline as much as 30 percent in 2013, the highest depreciation rate of all auto segments.

1993-1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee (photo: Creative Commons)

Chrysler, NHTSA Resolve Jeep Recall

Chrysler and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sorted out a recall of Jeep Grand Cherokees and Libertys, Chrysler announced today.

Rankings
2013 Top 25 Nonprofits

The 2013 Top 25 Hispanic Nonprofits: Continued Growth, Challenges

The 2013 Top 25 Hispanic Nonfprofits continued to grow in both expenditures and revenues in 2012, and social entrepreneurs and social enterprises intend to keep that trend going.

Politics
Gabriel Gomez (photo: Ballotpedia)

Markey, Gomez Get in Each Other's Face

U.S. Rep Ed Markey emerged from the final Senate showdown against Republican Gabriel Gomez largely unscathed, giving him a leg up in the last week before the election.

Green Economy
shale oil

Using Acids to Unlock Shale Oil OK, Regulator Says

California's top oil regulator told lawmakers that the state has nothing to fear from acidization, a stimulation technique expected to become more widely used on previously unrecoverable shale oil reserves.

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Technology
Xbox One

Microsoft Says XBox Is No Big Brother

Microsoft manager Marc Whitten doesn't think a lot of the recent criticisms from data security advocates about Microsoft's new XBox One gaming console are fair.