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March 2, 1011. Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and based on information collected on or before February 18, 2011.

Marcellus Shale gas will bring an estimated $250 billion in payments to Pennsylvania land owners and stronger economic activity, said FBR Capital Markets.

People.com is reporting that tennis star Serena Williams suffers pulmonary embolism.

Suze Rotolo, who became a 1960s icon by appearing on the cover of Bob Dylan’s classic “Freewheelin’” album, has died in New York at the age of 67.

Gold prices held just below the previous session's record high in Europe on Wednesday, as the acceleration of global inflation and the threat that violence in the Middle East and North Africa will spread supported interest in the metal as a haven from risk.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey has defeated IBM supercomputer Watson in a Jeopardy-style match held in Washington.

China is locking down droves of people it fears could spark social unrest and tightening media controls ahead of the annual session of parliament, worried that uprisings in the Middle East could encourage dissent.

Technology giant Google on Tuesday said that it is using a tricycle with a 360-degree mounted camera to get images of its least accessible places on Earth.

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director Rajat Gupta leaked secret details to Galleon Group hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam about Warren Buffett's plan to invest $5 billion in the Wall Street bank at the height of the financial crisis, a U.S. securities regulator charged.

The trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has sued Tremont Group Holdings for $2.1 billion, saying it missed warning signs the business could be a fraud.

China may have more potential than ever to influence U.S. debt prices after data showed the country owns more than a $1 trillion in Treasuries, almost a third more than previously thought.

The kick-returner and running back will received $12.5 million over four seasons

After Sunday's victory over the Heat, the Knicks travel north to play the hot Orlando Magic

James Franco and Anne Hathaway were chosen as the hosts for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards with the hope of appealing to a younger demographic. Even so, the pair failed to pull big ratings during the awards ceremony.

NFL star Tom Brady has finally sold his Time Warner Center condo in New York City this week after two-and-a-half years of being on the market.

An investigation by U.S. immigration officials into illegal unemployment at Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.N) is making some investors nervous and could have implications for the fast-food industry as a whole. Chipotle, based in Denver, is one of the highest-profile employers to come under the scrutiny of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in recent years.

World Race 2011 will have about 25 cars from different countries racing to circle the globe on the same path on which the 1908-winner drove.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will likely remain skeptical about the strength of the economic recovery in testimony on Tuesday, despite recent data pointing to improvement, signaling the central bank is unlikely to cut short its $600 billion stimulus plan.

A jailed former Societe Generale trader convicted of theft of speed-trading computer code secrets was sentenced to 36 months in prison on Monday.

The U.S. government owes nearly a third more money to China than previously thought, the Treasury Department said on Monday as it revised Beijing's December holdings of U.S. Treasury debt sharply higher to $1.160 trillion.

A U.S. regulator charged three former directors of a military contractor with involvement in a massive accounting fraud, after a jury had convicted the company's founder of orchestrating the $190 million scheme.