Visteon judge won't halt benefits termination (AP) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:06:54 GMT AP - A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday refused to halt implementation of his order allowing auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. to terminate its retirees' health and life insurance benefits.

PIMCO: End of mortgage buys form of tightening (Reuters) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:50:50 GMT Mohamed El-Erian, CEO of Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), gives the keynote address at the Symposium on Interest Rate Risk Management in Arlington January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Summary Box: Housing construction falls in Feb. (AP) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:06:51 GMT AP - HOUSING STARTS: Construction of new homes and apartments fell 5.9 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000 units.

Is ExxonMobil Still Best of Breed? (The Motley Fool) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:58 GMT The Motley Fool - It doesn't take a genius to recall that ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM - News) is the biggest of Big Oil. So with that fact out of the way, those with a yen for investing in energy are left to question whether the company is also the best of its group.

Time to Buy This Tasty Appalachian Combination? (The Motley Fool) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:17:03 GMT The Motley Fool - Just like the chocolate purist in those old ads who protested the delectable combination, coal investors protested CONSOL Energy's (NYSE: CNX - News) deeper dip into natural gas Monday with a 10% sell-off, dropping shares beneath $49 apiece. Although swallowing fossil fuels is never a good idea, investors may wish to "taste" this unique combination of fuels before protesting themselves.

Bad weather depresses housing starts in February (Reuters) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:08 GMT A VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) snow plow clears snow after a heavy snowstorm in Great Falls, Virginia February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang

Housing starts, permits fall in February (Reuters) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:30 GMT In this Feb. 28, 2010 photo, a realtor's sign proclaims a residential home sale in Sudbury, Mass. Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, March 11, 2010, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.(AP Photo/Bill Sikes)

Wall Street hits fresh 17-month high after Fed (Reuters) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:26:28 GMT Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Ahead of the Bell: Housing starts (AP) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:29:47 GMT AP - Housing construction, which hit a six-month high in January, likely slipped in February, reflecting in part the major snowstorms that hit many parts of the country. The housing industry in good times is a major generator of jobs and economic growth.

The Recovery Is Gaining Momentum, but Government Is in the Way (The Motley Fool) Personal Finance News - Yahoo! News - Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:46:35 GMT The Motley Fool - It's been a long row to hoe since the economy entered the Great Recession. Even though the recovery seems to be under way, there's still a way to go until the economy returns to normal. Take a peek at the latest economic activity: On the plus side, February's retail sales rose by a better-than-expected 0.3%, despite the major snowstorms that blanketed parts of the nation and kept people off the roads. Aeropostale (NYSE: ARO - News), J.Crew (NYSE: JCG - News), and Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN - News) all posted good-looking quarters recently. ...