http://hosted.ap.org/ AP Top Business News At 1:53 a.m. EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss/ xreggregator AP Top Business News At 1:53 a.m. EDT http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_FEDERAL_RESERVE_ECONOMY?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 01:09:52 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected.... 487c8-d3a60-38156-8e6e5-9841d-44fc1-86 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WALL_STREET?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Thu, 23 May 2013 22:02:09 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.... fe1a0-c98c7-a98ac-906ee-faef7-5da79-2a http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_ECONOMY?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Thu, 23 May 2013 18:25:47 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way.... 00b1d-68b9f-e5f84-3f9e9-3cb0e-ca536-96 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EARNS_SEARS?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 01:08:58 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- It was another ugly quarter for Sears Holdings Corp.... f6f0e-04674-b91fe-8624b-ed179-8dabc-41 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_ECONOMY_MARKETS?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 05:36:38 GMT TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster.... b979e-5d0da-e6332-a1cd5-36385-2d521-8c http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_MARKETS?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 05:45:52 GMT BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.... 3cb43-444af-a5f7c-dfb9a-0180f-47616-2f http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_NUCLEAR_WORKERS?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:38 GMT TOKYO (AP) -- Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it.... 5c39e-4d0f9-9fb36-49622-0c4ee-b9356-68 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EARNS_PROCTER__GAMBLE_CEO?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Fri, 24 May 2013 01:55:59 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is bringing back its former CEO, as the world's largest consumer-products maker tries to spur global growth.... ac3c2-ae1be-6b3b7-bfa9c-a2032-ab939-9a http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EARNS_GAP?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Thu, 23 May 2013 22:40:27 GMT NEW YORK (AP) -- After years of struggle, Gap is back in style.... 36cea-ecb93-56423-db157-30ca3-5b817-df http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOBBY_LOBBY_BIRTH_CONTROL?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Business Thu, 23 May 2013 23:19:53 GMT DENVER (AP) -- In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.... 0631b-5be4a-20782-14fee-84adf-a824b-cd