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Quarterly GDP changes in past 4 years, at a glance (AP)

AP - Quarterly GDP changes in past 4 years, at a glance

Quarterly GDP changes in past 4 years, at a glance (AP)

AP - Quarterly GDP changes in past 4 years, at a glance

Summary Box: Dow slips; first losing week in 2012 (AP)

AP - STOCK SLUMP: Stocks mostly fell after the government said the U.S. economy grew more slowly than expected in the last three months of 2011. The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 each fell less than 1 percent. The biggest losers were utility stocks, down 1.3 percent.

Summary Box: Dow slips; first losing week in 2012 (AP)

AP - STOCK SLUMP: Stocks mostly fell after the government said the U.S. economy grew more slowly than expected in the last three months of 2011. The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 each fell less than 1 percent. The biggest losers were utility stocks, down 1.3 percent.

Altria 4Q profit falls 9 pct, CEO to retire (AP)

FILE - In this May 28, 2008 file photo provided by Altria Group Inc., Michael E. Szymanczyk, chairman and chief executive officer of Altria Group Inc., speaks at the company's annual shareholder meeting, in Richmond, Va. Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, its fourth-quarter profit fell about 9 percent on lease and restructuring charges. The owner of America's biggest cigarette maker, Philip Morris USA, also said Szymanczyk will retire in May following the company's annual shareholder meeting. (AP Photo/Altria Group, File)AP - Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter profit fell about 9 percent on lease, legal and restructuring charges even as higher prices and gains from its smokeless tobacco products helped bolster its sales.


As US slows, P&G turns to developing markets (AP)

This Jan. 23, 2012 photo, shows a travel-size tube of Crest toothpaste and toothbrush in a Moreland Hills, Ohio home. Procter & Gamble Co. said Friday Jan. 27, 2012 its net income fell 49 percent in the fiscal second quarter, hobbled by higher materials costs and a writedown in the value of some of its businesses. P&G also lowered its earnings predictions for the year. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Emerging markets are playing a bigger role in Procter & Gamble Co.'s growth, in another sign that U.S. companies are courting new customers overseas as American shoppers get tapped out.


As US slows, P&G turns to developing markets (AP)

This Jan. 23, 2012 photo, shows a travel-size tube of Crest toothpaste and toothbrush in a Moreland Hills, Ohio home. Procter & Gamble Co. said Friday Jan. 27, 2012 its net income fell 49 percent in the fiscal second quarter, hobbled by higher materials costs and a writedown in the value of some of its businesses. P&G also lowered its earnings predictions for the year. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Emerging markets are playing a bigger role in Procter & Gamble Co.'s growth, in another sign that U.S. companies are courting new customers overseas as American shoppers get tapped out.


After 70 years, right-to-work impact still unclear (AP)

AP - The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to adopt its law, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unresolved, as it has for 70 years.

After 70 years, right-to-work impact still unclear (AP)

AP - The battle over the right-to-work issue may be reaching a conclusion in Indiana as the state prepares to adopt its law, but the argument over exactly what the measure means for a state's economy is likely to rage on, unresolved, as it has for 70 years.

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