Yahoo! Finance: Top Stories http://biz.yahoo.com/top.html Top Stories from Yahoo! Finance en-us Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:17 GMT http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gif Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com 144 17 Apple Investors Divided on Dividends http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-investors-divided-dividends-152746218.html?l=1 Apple investors are split on what type of dividend strategy the tech giant should implement. yahoo_finance/86990680 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:17 GMT Fed's Fisher: Economy Brighter, No Need for QE3 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-fisher-says-economy-brighter-140911041.html?l=1 Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Thursday U.S. economic conditions were improving and repeated his view that further easing from the U.S. central bank was not needed. yahoo_finance/1896137922 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:16 GMT Pitchforks Will Come Out if D.C. Doesn’t Change: Author Brock http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/pitchforks-come-d-c-doesn-t-change-american-133015735.html?l=1 Lawmakers take too lightly the concept of equality of opportunity, according to "American Gridlock: Why the Left and Right Are Both Wrong" author Woody Brock. yahoo_finance/1665692046 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:15 GMT Stocks Rise at Midday, Erasing an Early Loss http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-rise-midday-erasing-early-165549064.html?l=1 U.S. stocks are up after falling in early trading, boosted by encouraging jobs data.The Dow Jones industrial average is up 46 points to 12,985 at midday. yahoo_finance/104343933 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:14 GMT Sears Quells Fears About Liquidity; Shares Soar http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sears-plans-rights-offering-shares-143416324.html?l=1 Sears Holdings Corp announced steps to reassure investors about its ability to pay down debt, sending its shares soaring 16 percent in early trading. yahoo_finance/1734004162 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:13 GMT Fear of Iran Is Inflating Gas Prices http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fear-iran-inflating-gas-prices-101100797.html?l=1 Fear of Iran is inflating gas prices yahoo_finance/1179377052 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:12 GMT S&P 500 Gets 9% Cheaper As Record Profit Restores $3.2T to Stocks http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/p-500-gets-9-cheaper-050100865.html?l=1 Profits in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index are rising faster than its price, leaving the gauge 9% cheaper than it was in April even after American equities climbed within 6 points of last year's peak. yahoo_finance/3706544967 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:11 GMT Rate on 30-Year Mortgage Rises http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rate-30-mortgage-rises-3-150048582.html?l=1 The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped after standing pat for three straight weeks at record lows. But the rate stayed below 4 percent for the 12th straight week. yahoo_finance/1979072490 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:10 GMT Ex-Lobbyist Jack Abramoff: Here’s How to Get Money Out of Politics http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/ex-lobbyist-jack-abramoff-money-politics-163526731.html?l=1 Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! The impact of money on politics in the United States is a hotly debated topic these days as tens of millions of dollars flow freely into the presidential election as a result of the Citizen United decision handed down by the Supreme Court. The high court's ruling [...] yahoo_finance/2825462896 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:09 GMT Million-Dollar Foreclosures Rise As Rich Walk Away http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topfinstories/*http://finance.yahoo.com/news/million-dollar-foreclosures-rise-rich-105400917.html?l=1 Five years after the housing bubble burst, America's wealthiest families are now losing their homes to foreclosure at a faster rate than the rest of the country. yahoo_finance/989570561 Thu, 23 Feb 12 17:15:08 GMT