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  • Google announced that its revenues grew 23% in the first quarter of the year. Earnings beat Wall Street expectations, but shares still fell in after-hours trading. Bob Moon reports.

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  • American Express is offering its customers the option to pay their taxes with rewards points. But Bob Moon explains why it's impossible to completely pay off your taxes with points, and why the move could damage your credit.

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  • Thanks to what auditors call "fresh-start accounting," General Motors can adjust its debts and assets and put a positive spin on its finances to help it out of bankruptcy. The automaker releases it balance sheet today. Bob Moon reports.

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  • Money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program is starting to return to the U.S. Treasury, and the numbers aren't so bad. Bob Moon finds out more from Fortune Magazine's Allan Sloan.

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  • Employers added 162,000 workers to payrolls in March, an estimate that falls short of experts' expectations. What caused these numbers to climb? Bob Moon gets a deeper look from analyst Hugh Johnson.

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  • Today's jobs numbers have been touted as a hopeful beacon in what's become a dreary downward pattern. But Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains to Bob Moon why the figures only reflect a temporary situation in the jobs market.

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  • Chinese car maker Geely is buying Volvo for $1.8 billion, the Chinese auto industry's largest acquisition so far. Bob Moon reports what Geely is getting for its money and why Ford may have set certain limits on the sale.

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  • The S&P 500's just a couple percentage points shy of where it was back in July 2006. So is the stock market now back to where it was during more "normal times?" Bob Moon reports.

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  • A group of small businesses are banding together against Yelp, accusing the popular ratings site of emphasizing negative reviews unless the businesses agree to pay for advertising. Bob Moon reports.

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  • As President Obama put his signature on the hard-fought health reform bill, some business groups were still complaining it fails to deliver what they need. Bob Moon reports.

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