For the third week in a row, workers transferring to Allen County’s General Motors Truck Assembly Plant are learning about their new workplace – and their new community – in a 44-hour orientation course at the factory.

CHICAGO — Staying on track to a comfortable retirement isn't only about taking care of your finances and your health. It might involve taking care of your parents, too.

Credit cardholders can circle Feb. 22 on their calendar as the day when consumer protections laid out in the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 kick in.

NEW YORK — Many people who received buyouts and severance packages last year used the money to start home-based businesses. Now they'll want to take tax deductions for their home offices.

BOSTON — It's hard to market any investment when its annual yield starts with a zero.

SAN FRANCISCO — With unemployment expected to rise above 10 percent through 2010 despite its Friday drop to 9.7 percent, more Americans whose debt has ballooned may wonder whether they should seek protection from creditors.

Free to middle- and low-income taxpayers with special attention to those age 60 and older. All Allen County Public Library branch locations and the Community Center offer free e-filing.

DETROIT — The two-story house and its boarded-up, broken windows have been covered with sheets of ice that glow in the sunlight, and icicles reach from the roof almost to the ground.

♦Huntington University, Huntington, announced changes in faculty status. Bryan Ballinger will be promoted from assistant to associate professor of digital media.

♦Search Engine Optimization Seminar, presented by Cirrus ABS, will be 9-11:30 a.m. Feb. 9 at Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, 3201 Stellhorn Road.

With their new training program for students who want to become certified nurse aides, Lucille Matthews and Deontrai Matthews will carry on a family tradition.

WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department opened an investigation Thursday into brake problems in the 2010 Prius, the latest in a series of safety troubles at Toyota that have confused drivers and strained the Japanese automaker's relationship...

The economy may have Americans itching to get their taxes done early this year. Online searches with the word “refund” were 80 percent more frequent in mid-January compared to the same period in 2009, according to data from Yahoo.

NEW YORK — The New York Attorney General's office said Thursday it filed civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch before it acquired the Wall Street bank in early 2009.

On Wednesday, Steel Dynamics Inc. announced net income of $26.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 and a net loss of $8.2 million for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31. By comparison, the 2008 fourth quarter showed a loss of $82.

Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry met with Navistar executives Tuesday for about an hour.

TOKYO — Toyota acknowledged design problems with the brakes in its prized Prius, adding to the catalog of woes for the Japanese automaker as it reels from massive gas-pedal recalls in the U.S.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — PNC Financial Services Group said Tuesday it will pay back $7.6 billion in bailout funds to the U.S. government, a sign of confidence in the financial system.

Remember Rolodexes? The contact management system was once standard issue for office workers. Ah, those were the days. These days, though, I'm more interested in the data than in the system itself. But no system is going to work without input.