WASHINGTON (Oct. 31) -- With oil prices soaring and the housing market sinking, the Federal Reserve is likely to combat the economic turmoil with more interest rate cuts.

  

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The government announced an 11th-hour recallWednesday to warn consumers that fake Halloween teeth sold by thetens of thousands since last year contain excessive amounts oflead.

  SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 31) - Google Inc.'s stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader will become even more profitable as it plants its products and services in new markets.

  Chrysler is set to eliminate three slow-selling models, including the once-popular PT Cruiser hatchback, as part of a widening shake-up since its acquisition three months ago by Cerberus Capital Management, the private equity group.

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  WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Wednesday approved arule that would ban exclusive agreements that cable televisionoperators have with apartment buildings, opening up competition forother video providers that could eventually lead to lower prices.

  TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says investors need to look at the longer time frame and see what drove rates higher to begin with -- world trade and a ship shortage.

  In what is shaping up to be the earliest holiday shopping season ever, Wal-Mart Stores says it will offer door-buster discounts this Friday, three weeks before they are traditionally unveiled on the day after Thanksgiving.

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve, confronted with surgingoil prices and a slumping housing market, on Wednesday cut a keyinterest rate by a quarter-point, the second rate reduction thisyear.