By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO / AP Business Writer Q: What type of services and resources are out there to create a winning resume for someone who is a recent college graduate? A: A strong resume doesn’t get you the job, but it definitely helps in landing an interview. And at a time when employers are being…

NEW YORK (AP) — What would you do if all your financial records suddenly disappeared? That’s what happened to thousands of families when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast last week. Some of the more fortunate ones may have had backup documents stashed with relatives or friends outside the area. Or their safe deposits boxes…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rates on 30-year mortgages, after declining for three weeks, were unchanged this week while other types of mortgages dipped lower on expectations of slower economic growth in coming months. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the nationwide average for rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages remained frozen at 5.71 percent this week,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. made its latest acquisition in the Internet sector Thursday, agreeing to pay $650 million in cash for online video-game company IGN Entertainment Inc. The purchase comes on the heels of News Corp.’s $580 million cash deal to acquire Intermix Media Inc., owner of the popular social networking…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An estimated 10,000 workers who lost their jobs because of Hurricane Katrina filed for unemployment benefits last week, the first wave of what is expected to be hundreds of thousands of displaced workers seeking benefits. The Labor Department said Thursday the 10,000 figure was an estimate of the number of disaster-related claims…

By CHRISTY LEMIRE / AP Movie Critic Autumn is on the horizon, with its tantalizing promise of quality films following the pitiful offerings of summer. Until then, “The Man” is keeping us down. Just to give you an idea of how egregiously this buddy-cop comedy squanders the unique talents of its stars, Samuel L. Jackson…

By CHRISTY LEMIRE / AP Movie Critic It may aspire to be a highbrow horror movie, but deep down, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” is more like a two-hour, sweeps-period “Law & Order” episode, complete with special guest stars and a shocking story that’s been ripped from the headlines. Director Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Break out your iPods: Harry Potter is going digital. J.K. Rowling, once publishing’s greatest holdout against the computer age, has made all six Potter novels available for audio downloads. In a message posted Wednesday on her Web site, Rowling said she was concerned about online piracy, included bootleg editions for which…

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Richard Hatch, who won $1 million on the first season of the reality show “Survivor,” was indicted Thursday for failing to pay taxes on his winnings from the CBS show. Hatch faces 10 charges, including tax evasion, filing a false tax return, wire fraud, bank fraud and mail fraud. U.S. Attorney…

By The Associated Press The government’s $5 billion effort to help small businesses recover from the Sept. 11 attacks was so loosely managed that it gave low-interest loans to companies that didn’t need terrorism relief — or even know they were getting it, The Associated Press has found. And while some at New York’s Ground…