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Three days after the ouster of chief executive Fritz Henderson, General Motors Chairman Edward E. Whitacre Jr., below, announces a deeper management change-up at the automaker that names new presidents for the company's North American, European and other international divisions.

The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 10 percent in November from 10.2 percent the month before, offering fresh evidence that the economy is stabilizing and that employers may soon stop shedding workers.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. sells the bank's deposits and virtually all of its assets to Sonabank, which will reopen Greater Atlantic's four branches on their normal schedules.

Toy hamsters emerge from St. Louis man's basement as the holiday season's hottest gift, but they've become just as elusive as the real critters.

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| A decade ago, a group of nine up-and-coming entrepreneurs were shaking up the establishment.

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| Congress should extend a federal subsidy to help unemployed workers pay for health coverage.

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