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• Gas prices dropping
• CAMARILLO, Calif. - A survey says gas prices are down 3.64 cents nationwide.
• Oil hovers below $78 as traders eye US dollar
• SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered below $78 a barrel Friday in Asia.
• Smucker 2nd-quarter profit more than doubles
• ORVILLE, Ohio - J.M. Smucker says its second-quarter profit more than doubled.
• Taiwan firm uses recycled paper in shoemaking
• TAIWAN - Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using paper to make shoes and tote bags.
• Thousands owed unclaimed IRS refunds
• NEW YORK - Thousands of people in our area are owed money in unclaimed IRS refunds.
• Philip Morris sues over counterfeit cigarettes
• RICHMOND, Va. - Philip Morris is accusing retailers of selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes.
• Pinnacle buys Birds Eye for $1.3B
• MOUNTAIN LAKES - Packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Group is buying frozen-vegetable company Birds Eye Foods for $1.3 billion.
• New jobless benefit claims unchanged
• WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment was unchanged last week.
• IIHS releases 2010 list of safest cars
• WASHINGTON - Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen sit atop the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles.
• Home construction plunges 10.6 percent
• WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes unexpectedly plunged last month.
• Consumer prices up 0.3 percent in October
• WASHINGTON - Consumer prices edged up faster than expected in October, driven higher by another increase in energy prices and the biggest jump in new car prices in 28 years.
• Obama warns of a 'double dip' recession
• BEIJING - Barack Obama says he's worried that spending too much could undermine recovery.

• NYPD raids NYC papers' circulation offices
• Where are the toys?
• Costco stops selling Coke products
• NY passes new foreclosure protections
• Foxwoods fails to make full debt payment
• Rep.: gov't didn't force BofA, Merrill deal
• Paul Allen treated for lymphoma
• NJ puts deadline on casino winnings
• Millions will have to repay part of tax credit
• Retail sales figures point to subdued holidays
• GM reports $1.2B 3Q loss
• '2012' has worldwide box-office bang
• Feds to probe milk farmer payments
• Citigroup sells stake in Bellsystem24
• Dobbs: departure from CNN "amicable"
• Google makes concessions on digital book deal
• Bernard Madoff's belongings auctioned off
• Ex-Madoff computer programmers arrested
• New York Times to lay off news service workers
• Dell smart phone to debut in China, Brazil
• Abercrombie & Fitch 3rd-quarter profit falls
• Buffett, Gates say worst is behind us
• Ford sells record number of Fusions
• Banks prepaying $45B in insurance fees
• Bank of England cautions on recovery
• Senate moves to curb reduce Fed's power
• Madoff's personal effects up for auction
• Fed: Weak recovery won't spur jobs
• Housing plan reaches 1 in 5 borrowers
• Cadbury rejects Kraft bid