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Wisconsin's new governor, Republican Scott Walker, may void a new law tougher on payday-loan companies and auto lenders. (Associated Press)
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An "open house" sign is seen on the front lawn of a home for sale in Los Angeles. Home prices are dropping in the nation's largest cities and are expected to fall through next year, with the worst declines coming in areas with high numbers of foreclosures. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin's new governor, Republican Scott Walker, may void a new law tougher on payday-loan companies and auto lenders. (Associated Press)
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Jack Acree, executive vice president with American Halal Co. Inc. (left), and Adnan Durrani, his chief halal officer, display their products at a Whole Foods store in Darien, Conn. The company helped Whole Foods develop its first nationally distributed halal food product, called Saffron Road entrees. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Iraqis work at the Rumaila oil refinery near the city of Basra. The province, located on the Persian Gulf bordering Kuwait and Iran, is Iraq's only outlet to the sea and is the hub for most of Iraq's oil exports of nearly 1.9 million barrels a day to the international market. (Associated Press)
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The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to adopt a new rule that could put 70 percent of payday lenders out of business. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)
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FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, file)
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A shopper eyes cookingware gift sets at the J.C. Penney store at Herald Square in New York on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. A new survey shows consumer confidence dipped in December, even after other reports suggest people increased their holiday spending at the biggest rate in four years. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this Nov. 4, 2010, photo, an open house sign is seen on the front lawn of a home for sale in Los Angeles. Home prices are dropping in the nation's largest cities and are expected to fall through next year, with the worst declines coming in areas with high numbers of foreclosures.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Rep.-elect Allen West, Florida Republican, is a retired Army officer who hopes to bring more discipline to the spending ways of his new colleagues on Capitol Hill beginning in January. (Associated Press)
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wanted to "end the crazy deficit spending," but the deficit is as high as ever and has plagued Mr. Schwarzenegger. (Associated Press)
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"The Monster," a gravel truck the Zetas converted into a steel-clad tank but the Gulf Cartel destroyed, sits outside Ciudad Mier.
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Associated Press A student leader speaks from steps of the Harvard administration building at Cambridge, Mass., in April 1969, as part of a protest against the Reserve Officers Training Corps program at the university. More than 40 years later, will ROTC now be welcomed back at Harvard?
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** FILE ** Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, became the city's longest-serving chief executive as he surpassed his legendary father's tenure. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
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British shoppers get a head start on their American cousins at Selfridges department store in London on the first day of post-Christmas sales on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Retailers are hoping for a Boxing Day bonanza as they slash prices in a bid to entice prospective customers into their stores. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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President Obama travels in a motorcade through the neighborhood where he is spending his holiday vacation in Kailua, Hawaii, on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Hank Ritchie of San Francisco waits for his family to arrive at Denver International Airport in Denver on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Craig F. Walker)
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Maria Johnson Bethune (center) of the Bronx gives a thumbs up after the cashier tells her how much she has saved with coupons and discounts while shopping at the J.C. Penny store at the Manhattan Mall in New York on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 11, 2010, photo, dock clerk Charles Salvi labels boxes as they arrive at an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Phoenix. The economy grew at a moderate pace last summer, reflecting stronger spending by businesses to replenish stockpiles. More recent barometers suggest the economy is gaining momentum in the final months of the year. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
