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The IRS is offering to waive late penalties, negotiate new payment plans and postpone asset seizures for delinquent taxpayers who are financially strapped.

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Before anyone could soak in the early-year rally, a slew of big companies have issed earnings warnings to temper the enthusiasm.

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Stocks fell sharply Wednesday, as a handful of bleak profit outlooks and more evidence of escalating unemployment served as stark reminders that the economy remains in rough shape.

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Some service stations are offering wireless access, hoping to attract more customers.

Jan 7, 2009 | 2 comments

The media company, based in New York, expects to record a fourth-quarter $25 billion write-down that would lead to an operating loss for the period

Jan 7, 2009

A multibillion-dollar tax plan from California Democrats is now at the center of a lawsuit.

Jan 7, 2009 | 3 comments

The author of "Conversations with God," says he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own...

Jan 7, 2009 | 4 comments

One of Bernard Madoff's oldest friends gave him $250 million as the financial swindler attempted to save himself and his failing firm...

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The unemployed investment banker who slapped a sandwich board over his suit to look for work has finally found a job. He shares tips for others after his year-long search.

Jan 7, 2009

Opening calls for the London, Paris and Frankfurt on Jan. 07, 2009.

Jan 7, 2009

Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt sues two nephews for selling their own line of adult movies under the family name.

Jan 7, 2009

2,700 exhibitors. More than 130,000 attendees. See what the tech world has to offer for 2009 at this year's Consumer Electronic Show.

Jan 7, 2009 | 10 comments

A long battle ends with the home improvement chain giving up in face of community opposition...

Jan 6, 2009

Asian stocks extended their New Year's rally Wednesday, with Japan's index up nearly 2 percent, on hopes that stimulus measures from a new U.S. administration would help speed the world's economic rec...

Jan 6, 2009

Fifteen business leaders meet for the first time as the Mayor's Trade Advisory Council, which is tasked with identifying ways to increase foreign investment in Los Angeles and boost tourism.

Jan 6, 2009

Many people in Southern California have high hopes that Barack Obama's stimulus plan will work wonders at the local level.

Jan 6, 2009

The sluggish economy has many people thinking about filing their tax returns early this year so they can get their refund sooner.

Jan 6, 2009

The countdown to next months conversion to digital TV is on, and a government coupon program to help pay for converter boxes has run out of money.

Jan 6, 2009

Bank of America CEO and Chairman Kenneth Lewis is recommending that he and his top lieutenants receive no bonuses for 2008, saying he expects the bank's final results to be below expectations, according...

Jan 7, 2009 | 3 comments

Apple Inc. closed its final appearance at the Macworld trade show Tuesday by cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and disclosing that soon...

Jan 6, 2009

Apple marketing guru Philip Schiller fills in for an ailing Steve Jobs with announcements including a new 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free iTunes.

Jan 6, 2009 | 1 comment

Federal Reserve officials feared the economy would be stuck in a painful rut for some time despite their decision to slash interest rates to a record low and pledge to use other unconventional tools to...

Jan 6, 2009

Iowa's new smoking ban already has some bars finding creative ways to get around the law.

Jan 6, 2009

Step back from the ledge, Mac-o-philes. The last Macworld has arrived. And Jobs is not delivering his keynote address. What is the future of Apple?