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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: Petroleum Industry, Credit and Debt, Inventories, Sales, Campbell Soup Company
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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: Illnesses, Health Treatments, Productivity, Eating Disorders, 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: Petroleum Industry, Elections, National Government, Barack Obama, Medicaid
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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: Employment, Machine Manufacturing, Michael Gregory, August, Wages and Pensions
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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: Petroleum Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, Energy Resources, Energy Saving, Natural Resources
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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, Money and Monetary Policy, Yahoo! Inc., Diplomacy, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Wall Street bummer
Of The Associated PressWall Street plunged Thursday, 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...Tags: Employment, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Financial Markets, Unemployment, Corporate Officers
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Multinationals offset feeble sales at home
Dow Jones NewswiresU.S. multinationals have been raking in money from around the world lately, a welcome offset to depressed sales at home. That's why the strengthening dollar and recent news of weakening economies overseas are bad omens for the future of U.S. corporate...Tags: Annual Reports, Federal Reserve, Consumers, International Relations, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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Barack Obama, ''Not ready to lead:' RNC
The Swampby Mark Silva ST PAUL - While Republicans stage their convention here in St. Paul, the presidential campaign battle rages in states such as Michigan, where the GOP's John McCain hopes to make Democrat Barack Obama pay for a struggling......Tags: Petroleum Industry, Republican National Conventions, Barack Obama, John McCain, Plant Closings
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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: Money and Monetary Policy, Employment, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Stock Broking, 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: Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Global Expansion, Heavy Engineering, Natural Gas
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