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• Fed to Buy $600 Billion of Treasurys

  The Fed unveiled a new plan to buy $600 billion of U.S. Treasurys over the next eight months, hoping to spur growth in a disappointingly slow U.S. economy.

  • Analysis: Bernanke Bets on Power of Money
  • Heard on the Street: A Treacherous Course
  • Economists React: Bernanke's Brave New World
  • Parsing the Fed: How statement changed
  • Interactive: Global Interest Rates
  • When QE Misses the Mark

• Fed Sets Stage for Yields to Decline

  The Fed's plan sets the stage for a broad decline in yields and provides fuel for a weaker dollar and higher stock and commodity prices. The Dow rose to a two-year high, climbing 26.41 points to 11215.13.

  • Dow Industrials at Two-Year Peak
  • Video: Stocks Volatile after Fed Announcement
  • Mean Street: Obama's Nightmare Is Market's Dream
  • Data: Overview | Treasurys | Forex | Crude

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  Food Prices Rising

  Food packagers and retailers want consumers to shoulder more of the burden of rising costs for ingredients. But price increases are tricky when the economy remains weak.

  • Foraging Beyond the Supermarket

• SEC Bans 'Naked Access'

  The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to bar broker-dealers from granting traders unfiltered access to an exchange or trading venue, an arrangement known as "naked access."

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  U.S. Car Sales Climbed in October

  Several major auto makers reported significant jumps in new-vehicle sales in October amid stronger buying by American consumers. Toyota, however, saw sales fall.

  • GM Sees Quarterly Earnings but Warns of Profit Pressure
  • GM, SAIC Join Forces on Technology
  • General Motors Retools

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  Morgan Stanley May Wait on Smith Barney

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  Higher Bonuses for Wall Street

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  IMF: Banks May Struggle With New Rules

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  Delta Flight Attendants Reject Union

• Freddie Reports $2.5 Billion Loss

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  Concert Promoter Realigns Management

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  News Corp. Profit Jumps