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The foreclosure crisis intensified across a majority of large U.S. metropolitan areas this summer, with Chicago and Seattle — cities outside of the states that have shouldered the worst of the housing downturn — seeing a sharp increase in foreclosure warnings.

While a Verizon iPhone isA widely anticipated A for early 2011, the question remains: will it support 4G? On Verizon this would mean LTE, and Verizon is set toA roll that out A to 38 metropolitan areas and 62 airports by the end of 2010.

Foreclosure activity fell in 14 of the top 20 U.S. metropolitan areas in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, even though total U.S. foreclosures rose, RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve announced it is sponsoring 45-second advertisements in movie theaters with tips to help shoppers avoid unnecessary credit card charges and fees.

The PSAs already have begun appearing before movie previews at 12 highly attended theaters in major metropolitan areas during the holidays.

The jobless rate rose in most Illinois metropolitan areas in October.

Bigger is almost always better when it comes to a safety net for retirement. But when it comes to figuring out a place to retire, it's clear that bigger isn't always better, at least in terms of cost of living.

The graphic below compares the cost of living in 40 of the most populous metropolitan areas that were included in Kiplinger's List of..

Citigroup Inc., one of the biggest recipients of government bailout funds, is looking to scale back its U.S. retail footprint to just six major metropolitan areas and limit most lending to wealthy customers, according to a published report.

Citigroup Inc., one of the biggest recipients of government bailout funds, is looking to scale back its U.S. retail footprint to just six major metropolitan areas and limit most lending to wealthy customers, according to a published report.

In a sharp improvement, the largest U.S. metropolitan areas were evenly split in July between those where unemployment rates rose from June and those where rates fell.

Unemployment rates rose in all the largest U.S. metropolitan areas for the fifth straight month in May.