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Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 7, 2009; 1:16 PM The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said to the wireless industry Wedneday, "It's all about mobile." As such, Julius Genachowski commended AT&T and Verizon Wireless for their announcements yesterday...

Updated 12 minutes ago Alabama�s October unemployment rate rose to 10.9 percent, according to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. Counties with the lowest unemployment rates were Shelby, 7.4 percent; Madison, 7.5 percent; and Coffee, 8.3 percent.

First-time homebuyers purchased 47 percent of the homes sold in the past year, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. That's up from 41 percent in the previous year and 36 percent in 2006, the group said. Lawrence Yun ,...

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U.S. toymaker Mattel and subsidiary Fisher-Price agreed to settle 22 lawsuits involving millions of toys recalled due to high lead content, attorneys said. John Stoia Jr. of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP said the settlement resolves class-action suits...

Despite sub-5% mortgage rates and signs that home prices have bottomed out in some places, executives and economists are decidedly downbeat about the future of the country's mortgage industry as well as the housing market it depends on. The Mortgage...

Southern California home sales rose unexpectedly last month as price declines moderated, MDA DataQuick reported Tuesday. There were 21,539 sales in the six-county region, including San Diego, up slightly from August's 21,502, as low rates, federal tax credits and delayed...

State insurance commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner announced Monday that his office helped San Diego County victims of the 2007 wildfires recover more than $27 million from their insurance companies. The California Department of Insurance received 391 complaints...

Medical technology company CareFusion Corp. said its profit slid 28 percent in the fiscal first quarter compared to a year ago, when it posted a large gain from discontinued operations. The former Cardinal Health unit's profit fell to $81 million,...

For the first time in five months, the unemployment rates in California and San Diego County declined in September, even as employers continued to let go of thousands of workers, according to data released Friday by the state. California's jobless...