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Foreign firms, hungry to cash in on the American energy boom, have invested nearly $6 billion in U.S. gas and oil drilling in the last few weeks.

The auto industry will produce a jobs boom in the battered Midwest over the next four years, according to a new forecast.

Texas has created a lot of jobs over the 10 years that Rick Perry's been governor -- there's no doubt about it.

After three years of economic pain, a growing number of economists think 2011 will finally bring what everyone's been hoping for: More jobs and a self-sustaining recovery.

There's a boom under way among intriguing companies new to the market -- including the one that makes those glasses we couldn't see 'Avatar' in 3-D without.

Many fallen stars have haunted the market since the boom went bust a decade ago, but a few seem to be on their way back.

Builders may not be putting up as many houses as they did during the boom, but what they are building, they're building better.

Growth investors usually look for surging stocks, but those have become scarce. These 'should grow' stocks seem likely to move up fast when better times roll in.

China is in the middle of a huge boom in consumer spending, which would seem to be good news for credit card companies.

But the Chinese haven't warmed to the idea of buying with plastic. Lisa Chow reports.

China is in the middle of a huge boom in consumer spending, which would seem to be good news for credit card companies.

But the Chinese haven't warmed to the idea of paying with plastic. Lisa Chow reports.