AP – Stocks traded in a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows.

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AP – Chevron Corp. says it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and will continue reducing its work force through 2011.

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AP – Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, a sign that employers might be preparing to step up hiring.

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AP – Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.

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AP – The Kroger Co.’s profit fell 27 percent in the fourth quarter, even as sales rose with a boost from the grocer’s gasoline incentives for regular customers.

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