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AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EDT

Threat of default overtakes government shutdown as center of attention for Obama, Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — A market-rattling federal default loomed and the partial government shutdown lingered on Monday, but a gridlocked Congress betrayed little or no urgency toward resolving either of the nation's most challenging short-term economic disputes. Stocks ...

  • Updated: 6:00 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Stocks fall as government shutdown drags on

Investors sent the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its lowest close in a month Monday as few signs emerged of a deal to end the U.S. government shutdown and raise the nation's borrowing limit. Senate Democrats moved to introduce legislation to raise the nation's debt limit without the unrelated ...

  • Updated: 4:34 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
FILE - In this June 17, 2005 file photo, Mark McClellan is seen in Maple Grove, Minn. The glitch-ridden rollout of President Barack Obama's health care law has opponents crowing: "Told you so!" and insisting it should be paused, if not scrapped. But others, including insurance companies, say there's still enough time to fix the online enrollment system before uninsured Americans start getting coverage on Jan. 1. McClellan, who ran Medicare during the prescription program rollout in 2006, said that during that time he had detailed daily tracking stats, and he’s sure the Obama administration must have at least the same level of information. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Health law glitches: fatal or fleeting?

The glitch-ridden rollout of President Barack Obama's health care law has opponents crowing: "Told you so!" and insisting it should be paused, if not scrapped. But others, including insurance companies, say there's still enough time to fix the online enrollment system before uninsured Americans start getting coverage on Jan. 1. ...

  • Updated: 4:27 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
FILE - This Sept. 24, 2013 file photo shows a sheet of uncut $100 bills as they make their way through the printing process at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The new $100 bill, with a number of an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will finally get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not. The Federal Reserve, which has not been affected by the shutdown, will have armored trucks rolling from its regional banks around the country headed to banks, savings and loans and other financial institutions with the new C-notes. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

New $100 bills start circulating Tuesday

The new $100 bill, with an array of high-tech features designed to thwart counterfeiters, will get its coming out party on Tuesday, partial government shutdown or not. The Federal Reserve, which has not been affected by the shutdown, will have armored trucks rolling from its regional banks around the country ...

  • Updated: 3:07 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Court considers ending Stanford Ponzi scheme suits

The Supreme Court on Monday debated whether to allow continued class-action lawsuits from investors who lost billions in former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford's massive Ponzi scheme. Justices listened to lawyers argue over whether lawsuits should proceed against individuals, law firms and investment companies that allegedly aided Stanford's fraud. Stanford ...

  • Updated: 3:07 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Shutdown impact: Defense workers return to work

A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail is being delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits continue to flow. But vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums, and that's having a ripple effect on those businesses and communities that ...

  • Updated: 2:54 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Iraqi Kurds OK Abu Dhabi's Taqa plans to pump oil

Iraq's northern self-ruled Kurdish region has given the green light to a consortium led by a United Arab Emirates state-run energy investment company to pump oil, a statement said Monday, in a latest move shows the Kurds' determination to pursue ambitious oil plans despite central government objections. Ethnic Kurds and ...

  • Updated: 12:02 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013

Blackberry shares up on report of buyout interest

Shares of BlackBerry Ltd. rose more than 4 percent Monday on a report that the company is in sale talks with a handful of companies. Reuters reported Friday that the struggling smartphone maker was holding discussions with Cisco, Google and SAP about a possible sale of all or part of ...

  • Updated: 11:17 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
Specialist Jason Hardzewicz, left, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The stock market is opening sharply lower as the U.S. government heads into a second week of a partial shutdown with no signs of a budget agreement in sight. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US budget showdown weighs on markets

The mood in financial markets was cautious on Monday as the partial shutdown of the U.S. government entered a seventh day and lawmakers appeared to be making little headway in raising the country's debt ceiling. Stocks drifted lower and the price of oil dropped sharply as traders became nervous about ...

  • Updated: 11:06 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, OCT. 6, 2013- This combination of Associated Press file photos from 2012-2013 shows from top left, a vegetable vendor counting rupees at a market in Allahabad, India, a shopper standing by a sale sign in London, a woman carrying bags with food in Barcelona, and a shopper browsing at a Sears store in Henderson, Nevada. An Associated Press analysis of households in the 10 biggest economies released on Oct. 6, 2013, shows that families continue to spend cautiously in the five years since the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis. (AP Photo/File)

Families hoard cash 5 yrs after crisis

They speak different languages, live in countries rich and poor, face horrible job markets and healthy ones. When it comes to money, though, they act as one: They're holding tight to their cash, driven more by a fear of losing what they have than a desire to add to it. ...

  • Updated: 10:50 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 2013
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