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Construction of new homes takes a tumble in October, Hershey looks to expand its candy empire and Thanksgiving travel plans. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Nov. 18)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Kenneth Chenault, chief executive officer of American Express Co., and Ted Leonsis, chairman of Revolution Money, talk with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton about AmEx's purchase of the payments startup for $300 million. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Eisenbeis, chief monetary economist at Cumberland Advisors Inc. and a former research director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about the 11 percent decline in October U.S. housing starts. Starts plunged to an annual rate of 529,000, the lowest level since April, as sales outlook darkened with the looming expiration of a government tax credit and mounting joblessness. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Robert McKinley, chairman of CardWeb.com Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman and Mark Crumpton about the outlook for the U.S. banking industry. Senator Christopher Dodd proposed creating a single U.S. bank regulator and stripping supervision from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in legislation aimed at preventing a repeat of the credit crisis. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Dino Kos, managing director at Portales Partners LLC, talks with Bloomberg’s Margaret Brennan about the outlook for bank failures in the U.S. Kos, formerly head of markets at the New York Federal Reserve Bank, also discusses British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposal for a global Tobin tax on financial transactions. (Source: Bloomberg)

The unemployment tops 10 percent, homebuyers get tax credit extension and DVD price wars begin. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Nov. 6)

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Stuart Pearce, chief executive officer and director of the Qatar Financial Centre Authority, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about increased corporate-governance awareness in the Middle East. Pearce also discusses the appeal of investing in Qatar. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Brendler, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., comments on the outlook for MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. MasterCard, the world's second-biggest payments network, posted a third-quarter net income of $452.2 million, or $3.45 a diluted share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $193.6 million, or $1.48, that stemmed from the settlement of an antitrust lawsuit. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. home prices in the last four years have been the most volatile on record, swinging from a gain of 12 percent in 2005 to an estimated 13 percent loss this year, according to the National Association of Realtors. But in some cities the situation could be improving. Bloomberg's Monica Bertran reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Doll, chief investment officer for global equities at BlackRock Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about the outlook for the U.S. stock market. Doll also comments on financial stocks, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Google Inc. (Source: Bloomberg)

New figures indicate spending slides, Chevron pumps more oil but less profit and a new twist in the Madoff case. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Oct. 30)

New government figures show the economy growing, but jobs remain a problem, Exxon Mobil's falling profit and the latest on mortgage rates. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Oct. 29)

Analyst says China institutes a very slow deliberate tightening of the credit and monetary policy. (Asia Confidential)

Visa reports profit that top last year's earnings and beats forecasts. (Asia Confidential)

Hong Kong developers ask for cheaper land as government tries to cool property speculation; Hong Kong tightens home down payment rules, suspends mortgages insurance on rental properties. (The Trade)

Tax credit for first-time homebuyer will be extended but Senate leaders look to gradually reduce the credit to 2010. (Bloomberg News)

Wall Street reacts with skepticism and anger over the pay guidelines; the continuous debate and report, specifically about the top 25 officials at the seven companies that are still recipients of the tarp money. (Taking Stocks)