AIG Chief Threatens to Quit, Again
(CBS/The Early Show)
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November 11, 2009 9:42 AM AIG's Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche threatened to quit at a board meeting last week, saying it was too difficult to do his job with so much government oversight.
November 5, 2009 11:18 AM
Some NYC Businesses Receive H1N1 Vaccine
Some of New York's largest companies have received the H1N1 vaccine in the last week.
November 4, 2009 11:09 AM
In Tough Times, Kids Turn to Modeling
Today's depressed economy is leading more parents to modeling and talent agencies – not for themselves, but for their kids, in the hopes that their looks can bring in some needed extra cash. Child models make as much as $125 an hour.
September 18, 2009 11:44 AM 
Following a pattern of economic improvement in recent weeks, General Motors was surprised to find that its dealers want up to four times more cars than the company had predicted it would build in October, reports the Detroit News.
Dealers to GM: Give us More Cars
(AP Photo/File)
September 16, 2009 8:57 AM 
A long-held Securities and Exchange Commission tradition of resolving investigations into financial wrongdoing through settlements may have been put into question by a judge's ruling on Monday, reports the Wall Street Journal.
BoA Ruling Leaves SEC in Tight Spot
(AP)
September 3, 2009 8:47 AM 
California clothing manufacturer American Apparel will lay off 1,500 workers from its downtown Los Angeles factory because the employees are not legally authorized to work in the United States, the Los Angeles Times reports.
American Apparel to Can 1,500 Illegal Workers
(CBS / Christine Lagorio)
August 27, 2009 9:44 AM 
Newsweek reports that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and his wife, Anna, were two of hundreds of victims in an elaborate, countrywide crime ring run by a scam artist known as "Big Head."
Bernanke Robbed by "Big Head"
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 6, 2009 10:01 AM 
The days of leisurely coffee-sipping and Internet-surfing in your local coffee shop may soon be distant memories.
NYC Coffee Shops Pull Plug on Laptops
(AP Photo)
International recording artist Shakira on love, career and more.
