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Governor Jerry Brown announced his budget plan this morning: a proposed $12 billion in spending cuts. There will be cuts in services like welfare and health care, and it's also expected that Brown may ask voters to raise taxes.

Jeff Tyler reports.

BP is trying yet another maneuver to plug the leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. In the meantime, the government is under pressure to punish BP, but doesn't want to distract the company from the clean-up effort.

Jeff Tyler reports.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Chile and promised more aid. But coming so quickly after the quake in Haiti, will recovery efforts be hampered?

Jeff Tyler reports.

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan-Chase have gotten a lot of attention for their better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

But what about the 8,000 other banks in the U.S. that have to be working right for the economy to get better?

Jeff Tyler reports.

A new study says America's elderly are in a tough spot when it comes to finding work, and that's leaving many of them vulnerable.

Jeff Tyler reports.

Subway is about to overtake rival burger giants and become the world's most ubiquitous restaurant. Soon, the number of Subway outlets will outnumber McDonald's.

Jeff Tyler reports on what's behind the growth.

A Commerce Department report says housing construction rose in August, but the building of single-family homes fell.

Jeff Tyler reports on why anyone is building at all.

Federal contractors will soon be required to use the E-Verify system to confirm their employees' eligibility to work in the U.S.

Jeff Tyler reports.

Up til now, farmers have survived the recession relatively unscathed. But according to a forecast by the U.S.

Agriculture Department, farm profits will fall 38% this year. How will this play out at the grocery store? Jeff Tyler reports.

Procter & Gamble's $3 billion sale of its prescription drug operation to Warner Chilcott shows lenders are willing to get involved in big deals again.

Are more such deals to come? Jeff Tyler reports.