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The Georgia Supreme Court Monday dismissed a libel lawsuit against The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Motivated by low mortgage rates and increasing confidence in the economy, Americans drove up sales of previously owned homes to a monthly record in January.

Canadian skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, fresh from their gold medal performance at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, have a new deal to endorse Procter & Gamble Co.'s Crest Whitestrips.

News organizations looking to make money with their online services will likely begin charging subscriptions for access to their Web sites, CNN International president Chris Cramer said Monday.

As Enron Corp. reached for markets overseas, the failed energy giant relied on help from the U.S. government, receiving $1.2 billion in U.S.-backed loans to finance power plants it helped build from Guatemala to India.

General Motors Corp. has raised its earnings estimates for the first quarter and calendar-year 2002, and is boosting its planned vehicle production.

Gasoline prices rose less than a third of a cent per gallon in the past two weeks as an abundant supply counterbalanced concerns about potential new conflicts in the Middle East.

Hiring will improve slightly nationwide this spring, but not enough to mark a recovery from recessionary levels, according to a new forecast.

Priscilla Ramirez has never had stock options. She doesn't have high-tech skills. She has no MBA to fall back on. And she isn't spending her jobless months traveling through Asia.

Thirty-three states are asking a bankruptcy court to block Enron Corp. executives from securing millions of dollars from the company for their legal defense.