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Treasurys inched slightly higher Tuesday, in the midst of the government's $40 billion auction of 3-year notes -- the first of several multibillion-dollar note and bond offerings in the coming days. Full story

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero on Tuesday proposed having Michigan follow the lead of North Dakota and open a state-owned bank that could make low-interest loans to businesses and college students. Full story

As the economy recovers, energy prices are rising and that is placing extra strain on families' budgets. Each spring brings a familiar ritual in gasoline markets -- rising prices -- and this year won't be an exception. Full story

Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road? Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil the Greeks were at the center of the all-too-recent U.S. meltdown. Full story

Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves. Full story

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Australia - Pay TV - Regulatory - Access Overview, Analysis and Disputes" report to their offering. Full story

The chief economist of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who is an expert on the financial instruments that figured largely in the 2008 crisis, is leaving his position for the private sector. Full story

President Barack Obama stood with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Thursday and pledged that the United States would work with its ally, even as Greece's enormous debts sparked frenzied trading. Full story

Asian stock markets are little moved in early trading after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows. Full story

A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing. Stocks have lost some of the momentum that propelled the Dow Jones industrial average up 4,017 points, or 61.4 percent, from its close of 6,547 on March 9, 2009. Full story