Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages - AP - Mon 12:04 am ET
States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that prohibit or strictly limit the practice, an Associated Press analysis has found.

Investors' focus shifts to 2Q earnings reports - AP - Sun 2:05 pm ET
Investors, whose optimism was recently shaken by surprisingly weak economic data, are now hoping companies can provide some clues about a recovery.

As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes' - AP - Sun 1:15 pm ET
Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck.

Geeks double as scourges and sages at media summit - AP - Sun 1:20 pm ET
The media moguls attending an annual powwow staged by investment bank Allen & Co. used to be able to rest comfortably in the Idaho mountains as they mulled their next moves.

Chrysler names remaining directors to new board - AP - Sun 4:45 pm ET
Chrysler Group LLC on Sunday announced the remaining members of its new board of directors, a group that includes a former CEO of Northwest Airlines, investment bankers and top officials of the Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA.

`Transformers,' `Ice Age' tie for No. 1 at $42.5M - AP - Sun 1:52 pm ET
Prehistoric creatures and robots were in a photo finish for the Fourth of July box-office crown Sunday, with "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" tied with $42.5 million each.

Biden predicts more US jobs because of stimulus - AP - Sun 12:29 pm ET
The Obama administration "misread" the depth of the economic troubles it inherited and still expects more new jobs in the long term as the spending pace from the $787 billion stimulus plan quickens, Vice President Joe Biden said.

Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan - AP - Sun 6:59 am ET
The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists.

China won't press for new global currency at G8 - AP - Sun 8:02 am ET
China will likely push for a bigger voice for developing countries in international monetary policy at the G8 meeting this week, but a top Chinese diplomat said it won't raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar.