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By Greg Hunt greg.hunt@ecm-inc.com In his Dec. 21 report to the Braham School Board, Superintendent Gregory Winter spoke on whether it was worth the effort for the district to get involved in the federal 'Race to the Top' grant competition.

U.S. stocks fell into the red Wednesday after new home sales fell to their lowest level in seven months during November in a bigger-than-expected drop.

After much trepidation, investors on Monday embraced the health-care sector, with large insurance companies rallying as the Senate moved towards passage of an historic bill to overhaul the nation's health-care system.

The former Comp USA building on Ala Moana Boulevard has been mentioned as a possible site for Whole Foods Market, which gave up trying to build a new store at nearby Ward Village Shops.

Robust gains from Oracle Corp. and Research In Motion pushed the tech sector higher early Friday, even as Palm Inc.

Stocks ended higher Friday, with technology shares leading the rebound, amid heavy volume on a day of contract expirations and little economic news.

U.S. stock futures rose Friday as reports from Research In Motion Ltd., Oracle Corp.

Workers' compensation insurers and actuaries need to prepare for upcoming changes arising from proposed healthcare reform and the shifting medical landscape, attendees of the Casualty Actuarial Society annual meeting heard.

Signs that consumers are shopping again prompted investors to do the same thing Friday, pushing the stock market just shy of a fresh 14-month closing high.

It's up to the Federal Reserve, a handful of economic reports, and earnings from Oracle Corp., Nike, Inc.

The tech sector slipped Friday as semiconductor shares dropped, although Yahoo Inc.'s stock gained after Kaufman Bros.

I have been following numerous items in the news for some time now. Everyone seems to have an opinion on how to fix health care.

Stocks endured their steepest daily loss Tuesday since the Dubai debt crisis erupted as comments from credit-rating agencies rekindled worries about the emirate and other sovereign borrowers.

Climate change has become a pressing issue and people around the world are trying to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.

U.S. stocks pared their morning gains Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing into the red, as the U.S. service sector's growth slowed in November.

The tech sector rose Tuesday as semiconductor shares got a lift from a new wave of optimism on the industry's trajectory.

While Black Friday, by every early indication, had done everything asked of it -- and more, it seemed, than pessimists had expected of it -- it failed to wrest Wall Street's post-holiday spotlight from a corporate debt crisis on the far side of the globe.

U.S. stocks were modestly higher in early trading Wednesday, as an unexpected drop in durable-goods orders largely offset bigger-than-expected rises in consumer spending and personal income last month along with a larger drop in jobless claims last week.

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Most U.S. stocks ended the week with losses, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched a small rise for the period thanks to gains on Friday in health care stocks and consumer-related shares.