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Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks

Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal. » Read more…

Is China headed for a major real estate bubble?

Li Nan has real estate fever. A 27-year-old steel trader at China Minmetals, a state-owned commodities company, Li lives with his parents in a cramped 700-sq.-ft. apartment in west Beijing. Li originally planned to buy his own place when he got married, but after watching Beijing real estate prices soar, he has been spending all his free time searching for an apartment. » Read more…

Regulators shut Washington’s Horizon Bank

Regulators shut Horizon Bank in Bellingham, Wash., on Friday, the first bank closing of 2010. » Read more…

In Foreclosureville, USA, so much change

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Chinese export growth boosts world markets

World stock markets rose strongly Monday after a surprisingly strong rebound in China’s exports reinforced hopes about the pace of the global economic recovery as attention began to focus on the start of fourth-quarter earnings reports in the U.S. » Read more…