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In the rehashing of what happened on the stock market yesterday, the fight has largely come down to computers versus people.

Some are blaming so-called high-frequency trading and others take the fat-finger theory that a trader typed in too many zeroes in a sell order.

Amy Scott reports.

A bankruptcy examiner report has found that negligence and manipulation on the part of top executives at Lehman Brothers contributed to the firm's collapse.

Amy Scott reports on a piece of accounting chicanery known as "Repo 105."

A group of state governors and education officials have announced a proposal for new common K-12 academic standards.

The move could be a boon for the publishing industry. Amy Scott reports.

Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit defended his bank and listed all the ways it is turning around at a hearing before a panel overseeing the bank bailout.

Amy Scott reports on what was striking.

Citigroup lost more than $7.5 billion in the final months of 2009. Most of the losses came from paying bailout money back to the government.

Amy Scott reports.

News Corp. and Time Warner Cable aren't the only ones battling over how much to charge for television subscription fees.

Amy Scott reports the whole television business is changing, and everyone wants to set the rules.

Of the 20 cities in the Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller Index, fewer than half of them saw prices rise in October compared to a month earlier.

Why was the index basically flat after five months of gains? Amy Scott reports.

After the failed attack on a Detroit-bound airliner, people flying into the United States from other countries could face longer waits and extra security screenings at airports.

Amy Scott reports.

The Obama administration will extend TARP until October 2010. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the money is needed in case financial conditions worsen.

Does he know something we don't? Amy Scott reports.

The emirate shocked markets when it announced state-run Dubai World would delay payments on some of its debt.

Now investors are getting mixed messages about just how far the government will go to smooth things over.

Amy Scott reports.