AP – A survey says the average U.S.

Coupled with public holidays, the average German has 40 days of holiday a year — tied with the Danes for the most in Europe.

By Rita Nazareth and Lu Wang – Mon Jul 11 07:37:19 GMT 2011 Earnings growth in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is climbing back to the average rate since the 1960s as the U.S. economy recovers, even with equity valuations stuck near credit-crisis levels. Companies in the S&P 500 are poised to …

ContributorNetwork – COMMENTARY | I have the misfortune to live in Connecticut, one of the five states with gas prices currently over $4 a gallon.

U.S. News & World Report – Good news for fund investors: Annual fees for stock funds are falling, according to a new study from the Investment Company Institute (ICI)

Call the average woman a “bitch” and she’ll be offended. But Tabatha Coffey, star of Bravo’s “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover,” is not your average woman

U.S. News & World Report – At the moment, adjustable-rate mortgage rates are being offered for roughly one-and-a-half percentage points below fixed-rate mortgage rates, which makes them tempting. Zillow’s Mortgage Marketplace, which tracks real mortgage rates offered to consumers, reports that the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.72 percent last week, while 5/1 ARMs were going for 3.22 percent.

Linebacker David Harris signed his franchise tender with the New York Jets on Wednesday, NFL Network insider Jason La Canfora reported, citing a league source. The one-year tag will be worth in the neighborhood of $10 million, which was the average of the five highest-paid linebackers from the 2010 season.

WASHINGTON – Mississippi governor and potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Haley Barbour argued at the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday that the conservative agenda “is America’s agenda,” telling an audience of conservative activists, “the average American agrees with us …

AP – The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage edged up this week as bond yields increased.