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GM has begun “winding down” Saab — killing it — after failing for more than a year to find a buyer for the Swedish brand with an aircraft heritage and reputation for quirky design. Talks with the last potential buyer could wrap up later Thursday.
The odds were always against a happy ending, even if 2009 [...]

About 27,000 people who buy Personal Choice health insurance directly from Independence Blue Cross rather than through an employer are facing steep increases in their premiums in March to maintain similar coverage – for some, greater than 60 percent – or are finding comparable coverage unavailable.
Despite angry complaints from policyholders, Blue Cross says the changes [...]

Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally will announce Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that the automaker is incorporating a Twitter application into its next-generation Sync in-car communication system. It is one of three free apps — the others are online entertainment services Pandora and Stitcher — in the first wave of what [...]

The digital network that includes msnbc.com on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the BreakingNews.com Web address, with the aim of creating a Web site to complement its @BreakingNews alert service on Twitter.
The latest addition to the msnbc Digital Network will focus on up-to-the-second news coverage from multiple sources, executives of the company said. (Msnbc.com is [...]

Today’s event, described by Google as an “Android Press Gathering,” starts at 1 p.m. New York time. Analysts say that the phone will be unveiled at the event.
The Nexus One phone probably will be sold directly by the company as well as through a wireless carrier, said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research Inc. [...]

A defense-spending bill signed into law Dec. 19 expands a subsidy for unemployed workers who want to continue their former employer’s health insurance coverage.  What does this mean exactly?  In USA Today, Sandra Block maps out the benefits and regulations available for you in 2010.
The economic stimulus package enacted by Congress last year subsidized 65% [...]

Kim Komando shares with USA Today apps on your iPhone or iPod Touch that can help you stick to your resolution in 2010!
Unless specified, these apps are free.
Save money
Mint.com Personal Finance puts your finances at your fingertips. Track investments, and credit card and bank account balances. Create a budget so you always know where you [...]

Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. is recalling more than 200,000 play yards sold under the Disney-Safety 1st and Eddie Bauer brands due to a risk of suffocation, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced.
The metal bars supporting the bassinet floor can come out of the fabric sleeves, making the sleeping surface uneven posing the risk of [...]

Landlords are offering tenants up to six months of free rent, flat-screen TVs and new appliances. They’re also slashing monthly rates and easing application standards.
Rents fell a record 3.5% in 2009 after factoring in freebies, according to MPF Research. MPF projects prices will fall an additional 2% next year as an improving housing market and [...]

Stores feature great bargains as a way to entice shoppers to clean out their stores to make room for spring and summer merchandise, said Daniel Butler of the National Retail Federation.
“Also, as people put the ornaments away, they tend to get into spring cleaning mode early and want to freshen the house,” Butler said.
In January, [...]