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The unemployment rate stayed flat at 9.6 percent in September, but the drop in employment was far worse than expected.

While sales were up, overall demand continued to be lower than automakers had expected it to be at this point in the economic recovery.

Consumer sentiment improved a bit in late September but remained weak as a mixed bag of economic reports added up to a picture of sluggish growth.

Consumer sentiment unexpectedly worsened in early September to its weakest level in more than a year, as distress over jobs and finances intensified among upper-income families.

Blockbuster Inc. will file bankruptcy next month, people familiar with the matter have told the Los Angeles Times.

Oprah Winfrey's coming cable channel, OWN, will announce Thursday that the queen of talk will host an evening interview show. The show, called "Oprah's Next Chapter," will place Ms. Winfrey in prime time when it begins after her current talk show ends in September 2011.

Oprah Winfrey will announce Friday that she is ending her talk show, said a spokesman for Harpo Productions. The final show will air in September 2011.

A lower dollar appears to be boosting the U.S. economy only gradually, with higher prices on imported oil helping outweigh the benefit of cheaper American exports....

Chrysler broke even in September and finished the month with more cash than it had at the end of June, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Orders to U.S. factories rebounded in September, helped by strength in autos, heavy machinery and military aircraft....