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Recent Articles by Mark Brooks

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Gannett Buys Rovion

Rovion, which was owned by Local Corp., will become part of Gannett's PointRoll, which provides marketing services.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Banana Boat Recalls Sunscreen Because of Fire Risk

The recall includes aerosol products like UltraMist Sport, UltraMist Ultra Defense and UltraMist Kids.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Dollar Rises After Weak U.S. Housing Data

Traders also bought the dollar as European leaders meeting in Brussels failed to come up with any new plans to ease the region's financial crisis.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Grains Futures Mostly Rise, Livestock Prices Mixed

Wheat for December delivery rose 4 cents to $8.7250 a bushel; December corn added 0.75 cent to $7.6150 a bushel; December oats rose 0.25 cent to $3.9425 a bushel; while November soybeans fell 11.25 cents to $15.3425 a bushel.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Ailes Re-ups as Fox News Chief for Four More Years

He will continue to oversee Fox News, the Fox Business Network, the Fox TV stations, Twentieth Television and MyNetwork TV. He will also continue to be a senior adviser to CEO Rupert Murdoch.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Scripps Grandson Dies; Investors Eye Family Sale

The trust owns about 90 percent of the voting shares in both companies, which were split apart in 2008. The trust will now be dissolved, and the shares will be distributed to beneficiaries.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

HMX Acquisition Files for Chapter 11

The labels Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner Marx got their start in 1887 in Chicago and have been worn by presidents including Barack Obama, who wore its suits for his inaugural and election nights.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Oil Prices Fall as Pipeline Supply Concerns Ease

Benchmark oil dropped $1.70, or 1.9 percent, Friday to $90.40 per barrel in New York.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

WebMD Extends Poison Pill Defense

The company is struggling to maintain advertising revenue as drugmakers pull back spending at the online health information company.

Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Euro Banking Deal Fails to Impress Markets

The unconvincing result of the EU summit left the euro trading 0.3 percent lower on the day at $1.3029.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Diplomats: EU Chiefs Agree on Bank Supervisor

German diplomats say leaders meeting in Brussels have reached agreement on creating a powerful single supervisor for eurozone banks and the plan will be implemented at some point next year.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Google Issues a Bad Report Early, Hurting Nasdaq

Google was trading at $754 per share at 12:30 p.m. EDT, then fell almost $20 in a minute after investors saw the report, a draft.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Money Market Fund Assets Rise to $2.568 Trillion

Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell $940 million to $886.05 billion, the Washington-based mutual fund trade group said Thursday.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Beans, Corn Higher on Concerns About Weather

Corn and soybeans rose at least 2 percent Thursday. Wheat also finished higher.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Shoppers' Holiday Budgets on the Rise

The National Retail Federation says shoppers are expected to spend $749.51 in November and December. That's slightly up from the $740.57 they spent last year.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Oil Prices Waver Near $92

U.S. benchmark oil fell 12 cents to $92 a barrel in afternoon trading Thursday.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

U.S. Rate on 30-Year Fixed Mortgages Near Record Low

The rate on the most popular mortgage dipped to 3.37 percent from 3.39 last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Dollar Rises After Mixed U.S. Economic Data

The Labor Department says that weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits jumped 46,000 last week to 388,000, the highest in four months.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

Battle Lines Being Drawn at Brussels Summit

In an address to Parliament ahead of the meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed a proposal for the EU's monetary affairs commissioner to become an enforcer of the bloc's budget rules — including the power to refuse member countries' proposed budgets and send them back for changes.

Oct 18, 2012 by Mark Brooks

AP Source: Obama Was Potential Target in Federal Reserve Plot

The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation and talked to the AP on condition of anonymity, stressed that the suspect never got beyond the discussion stage in considering an attack on the president.

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