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Many questions remain for cable TV viewers nationwide even after Fox and Time Warner Cable settled their noisy spat with a New Year's Day agreement.

The deal was good news for more than 6 million Time Warner customers in the short term: College bowl and National Football League games, "American Idol" and a host of other popular Fox programs in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Orlando, Fla., and other markets are appearing on their screens as usual.

The results of a new study from Dice Holdings Inc. are not earth-shattering, but they offer one more glimmer of hope for some good economic news during the upcoming calendar year. In short, although Dice's study produced mixed results, it sees an increasing number of companies that are upping their hiring plans in the immediate future.

Consumers are expected to further improve their credit management in 2010, but unemployment will hamper the efforts of many Americans to make their credit card payments on time.