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Talks to end the NFL lockout will resume with the court-appointed mediator in New York on Monday and could continue through Thursday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

When human resources professionals lose sleep at night, it’s often over employees’ everyday personal problems.

Significant progress on a major sticking point in the NFL labor impasse — soaring rookie salaries — during marathon talks Thursday raised hopes that a tentative agreement in principle could perhaps come within 24 hours, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.

Congressional Republicans are rallying behind a long-shot bid for a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.

Though sweeping regulations helped to clarify many points about the framework needed for state-based health insurance exchanges, experts at actuarial and consulting firm Milliman say there are important questions that still need answers.

United Continental Holdings Inc. said on Thursday that it will issue notes to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. under a series of payouts that could eventually total $500 million.

Until recently, the Minneapolis-based discounter largely had avoided the labor disputes and public relations challenges that have plagued Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. But now Target could face the same union opposition as its much bigger rival.

With time running short to keep the NFL's preseason completely intact, owners and player representatives met Thursday at a Manhattan law firm to try and overcome the remaining obstacles to ending the fourth-month-long lockout.