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AOL Time Warner's chief executive said Thursday that the downturn in the global advertising industry was easing. But he also advised media companies to find alternate revenue sources.

Americans took advantage of falling mortgage rates in 2001 and redid their home loans in droves, making last year the biggest year ever for refinancing.

Delta Air Lines officials informed about 40,000 workers that they won't receive pay increases this year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday.

Andrea Thompson, a former actress on ``NYPD Blue'' who left acting for a career in broadcast journalism, resigned from CNN Headline News Thursday after nine months with the network.

Lawmakers had a little more to chew on at the annual Peanut Butter Day on Capitol Hill Thursday, and not just because the caterers ordered extra peanut butter sandwiches, cookies and brownies.

Delta Air Lines, today announced that it will no longer pay "base" commissions to travel agents for tickets sold in the United States and Canada, effective immediately.

Mortgage rates around the country continued their upward climb this week amid increasing evidence that an economic recovery is under way.

Retailer Toys "R" Us Inc. announced sharply lower fourth-quarter earnings Thursday on flat sales of $4.8 billion.

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan found new reasons to be optimistic about the economy Wednesday, and the economists responsible for determining when the recession is over said it may be coming to an end.

For Georgia producers, a Russian ban on imports of poultry from the United States could amount to more than chicken feed.