Economy

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The Commerce Department reported today that American gross domestic product grew by an annual percentage rate of 4.2 in the first quarter of this year. Ray Suarez gets regional perspectives.

President Bush cleared the way for U.S. companies to do business with Libya by easing Reagan-era economic sanctions Friday after the North African nation gave up its weapons of mass destruction programs last year.

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, the buzz is that Internet search engine Google is soon to issue stock and go public. Spencer Michels reports.

Putnam Investments, the sixth-largest mutual fund management firm in the United States, will pay $110 million to settle improper trading allegations brought against it by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Massachusetts regulators.

The Labor Department reported Friday that employers added 308,000 new jobs in nearly all major categories last month, causing the fastest rate of U.S. job creation since April 2000. Two economics experts take a closer look at the numbers and…