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Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive and co-founder of Yelp.com, defends his Web site as it deals with transparency issues. Some business owners and consumers are struggling to understand how user-generated sites, such as Yelp.com, operate. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Van Jones focused on green jobs, enterprise and innovation as a special adviser on the Council on Environmental Quality.
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D.L. Hughley (Courtesy of cnn.com)
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** FILE ** In this Feb. 23, 2009, photo, a foreclosure sign blows in the wind in front of a house in Antioch, Calif.
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Associated press General Motors posted a $9.6 billion fourth-quarter loss and said Thursday that it burned through $6.2 billion in the last three months of 2008 as it fought the worst U.S. auto sales climate since 1982 and sought government loans to keep the company running.
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** FILE ** Kathleen Hanover, a business owner in Dayton, Ohio, works on her personal dating Web site. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference in East Rutherford, N.J., to discuss ticket sales for entertainment events by Ticketmaster. Milgram announced a settlement with Ticketmaster that changes the way the company sells tickets nationwide over the Internet. David Szuchman, left, director of the state Division of Consumer Affairs, looks on. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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**FILE** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens during remarks of the Fiscal Responsibility Summit, hosted by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Associated Press.
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**FILE** The Treasury Department announced Friday, July 23, 2010, It was selling 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup stock.
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**FILE** Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue magazine, watches the fall 2009 collection of Thakoon during Fashion Week in New York on Feb. 16, 2009. (Associated Press)
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Kevin Payne is stepping down as D.C. United's president and CEO. He'll reportedly join Toronto FC as team president. (D.C. United)
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In this file photo from 2007, the oil tanker MS Simon enters Boston Harbor on Dec. 10, 2007, carrying low-cost heating oil from Venezuela, to be distributed to low-income households in the United States at a 40 percent discount. (Getty Images photographs)
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TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES Broccoli tastes especially good when cooked briefly and made crisp-tender or braised so that it absorbs spices.
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David M. Walker, president and chief executive officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, says proposed legislation doesn't meet the standards for stimulus spending. (Barbara l. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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We're making it needlessly difficult for Americans to save and invest. That hurts job growth and depresses wages. (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
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**FILE** Jim R. Fouts, the mayor of Warren, Mich., Detroit's largest suburb and home to more than 30,000 auto workers and thousands more retirees, says the nation must do some patriotic purchasing to salvage a great industry - and honor its manufacturing tradition. "People have no appreciation for the what the auto industry has done for the country," he says. "If stereotypes continue, that will be the end of the auto industry and one of the last great manufacturing sectors of the United States because of the whims of the consumers. I want to save the automobile manufacturing companies because I think they are worth saving." (John Tully/Special to The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** A customer prepares to pay in a poultry market in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. (Associated Press)
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An illuminated Citgo sign sits in the Kenmore Square section of Boston, where the headquarters of Citizens Energy Corp. is located. Last year, Citgo donated 100 million gallons of oil to the U.S. charity organization, which distributes it to low-income households.
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Blackwater Chief Executive Officer Erik Prince defends his company's performance in Iraq before the House oversight committee in 2007. (Associated Press)
