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  • "The couple that pays together, stays together." Or at least that appears to be the case in South Florida, where the number of divorces has dropped…

  • A nice enterprise piece from the Associated Press:…

  • Oil prices fell as much as $6 a barrel Tuesday, bringing crude down $10 this week and hurling prices back to levels not seen since June 26. Trad…

  • Apple is replacing its much-maligned .Mac service with its new MobileMe later this week, part of the service package tied to its new 3G iPhone. The…

  • Working parents who have struggled with daycare options had reason to be jealous of Google's in-house services. But now even the company whose…

  • General Motors is in the midst of a solar-powered makeover. The company is harnessing the power of the sun at its largest plant in Europe with the…

  • Welcome to "The Marketplace Reader," our new news blog. We'll be posting all sorts of items here Monday through Friday. Some of it will be…