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The week ahead
Monday Reports July consumer credit Tuesday Reports July wholesale inventories July pending home sales Earnings Korn/Ferry International Wednesday Earnings Stewart Enterprises Inc. Thursday Reports July trade balance Weekly initial jobless...Tags: Credit and Debt, Inventories, Stewart Enterprises Incorporated, Sales, Economic Indicator
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Malnutrition: an old stain on the new India
Los Angeles TimesSitting in the basket of a hanging scale, 20-month-old Deep Kumar epitomizes the silent but monumental crisis gripping this country: The needle stops at 14 pounds. A healthy child his age ought to weigh nearly twice as much. But very little about Deep...Tags: Productivity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Manmohan Singh, Dietary Supplements, Famines
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Palin is going to have to essentially take a crash course in foreign affairs before the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate against Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Her best hope may be that Biden says something condescending...Tags: Joe Biden
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The 'real' campaign is starting now
The national conventions are over, so the stage is set for serious politics. The parties have defined their messages, but the conversation now changes. Instead of party members talking to each other, they now must address ''outsiders.'' For...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Petroleum Industry, Economic Policy
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Jobless rate up, signals 'R' word
Chicago Tribune reporterThe nation's jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August—its highest level in five years—as U.S. employers accelerated workforce cuts in response to weakening economic conditions. The Labor Department reported Friday that employers chopped...Tags: Michael Gregory, Employment, Labor Markets, Business, Employers
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Crude Prices Lowest In 5 Months
Associated PressOil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring their energy use to save money. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate spiked to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent...Tags: Natural Resources, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving, Foreign Exchange Market
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Dow drops more than 340 on retail sales reports, jobless data
The Associated PressWall Street plunged today, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' hopes for a late-year recovery. The market was...Tags: Toll Brothers Inc, Commodity Markets, Hovnanian Enterprises Incorporated, Fannie Mae, Financial Markets
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As Gustav passes, oil drops to five-month low
Associated PressOil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months yesterday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel on signs that Hurricane Gustav only grazed U.S. energy infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell $5.75 to...Tags: Natural Resources, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Disasters, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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SIU-Carbondale enrollment slips; economy blamed
Southern Illinois University says fall enrollment at its flagship Carbondale campus is down and the struggling economy may be to blame for some of it. Interim Chancellor Samuel Goldman says enrollment is down 1.5 percent to 20,673. That's a decrease... -
Oil Prices Inch Lower Despite Inactivity In Gulf
Oil prices inched lower Wednesday as a stronger dollar and slowing demand for crude overshadowed an almost total shutdown of energy output in the Gulf of Mexico after the passage of Hurricane Gustav. Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell 36 cents,...Tags: Hurricane Gustav, New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving
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Business Briefing - September 5, 2008
DOLLAR HITS YEARLY HIGH AGAINST THE EURO NEW YORK | The dollar rose to a 2008 high against the euro and a fresh 28-month high against the pound Thursday after the European Central Bank held its interest rate steady and cut growth forecasts for the euro...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Diplomacy, Market and Exchange, Microsoft Corp., Central Bank
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Immigrants squeezed as Spain's boom turns to bust
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLured by the promise of wealth in a booming economy, immigrants from North Africa, Latin America and other regions flocked to Spain in the last decade, quickly becoming Exhibit A in the Mediterranean nation's remarkable success story. But the surging...Tags: Mortgages, Immigration, Migration, Demographics, Homes
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