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Stocks: Soft going into holiday weekend
Stock markets were set to regain some of their poise Friday after a fright the previous session but sentiment is likely to remain nervy going into the holiday weekend.
FCC hopes to avoid 'end of world' for cell phones
The path to clearing up enough airwaves to satisfy the insatiable demand for mobile downloads is a confusing, complicated mess.
The 'chicken poop' credit and other bad tax breaks
The fuss over Apple's complex strategies to avoid taxes put the corporate tax code on display in all its convoluted glory this week.
Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts
Forced federal spending cuts intended to be equal and across-the-board have lately fallen harder on the nation's poor, sick and elderly.
Japan stocks close up after big plunge
After a bumpy ride, stocks in Japan closed with a small gain on Friday, recovering from a deep plunge the day before.
