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The euro has failed
Europe's single currency is a bust. With unemployment reaching depression levels in the Mediterranean states, time has long passed to negotiate an orderly return to national currencies. Euro advocates argue a single currency is essential for creating a...
Tags: Europe, Rome (Italy), Foreign Exchange Market, Unemployment, Antitrust Issues
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Drew Nicholas: 10 years after Maryland's national title
The Baltimore SunIt was a departure met with major media coverage and ample blog and message-board discussion. Typically the parting of ways between a pro basketball team and a player scoring seven points a game wouldn’t be dissected at such an intense level. Drew...Tags: Comcast Center (arena), Maryland Terrapins, Foreign Exchange Market, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball
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Gas prices stretching toward $4 a gallon
"Gas prices are outrageous."
Catherine Bell, a 66-year-old Social Security Administration retiree, was not happy Tuesday as she filled up her Chrysler at a Howard Street BP Amoco gas station in Baltimore. "You'll see when you get to retirement and you're...Tags: Passenger Cars, Chrysler Group LLC, Ford, Catherine Bell, Small Businesses
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Germany's plan will make euro crisis worse
European leaders are working feverishly to create what German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling a "fiscal union" to restore private investor confidence in Europe and rekindle growth. Unfortunately, what she advocates will thrust Europe into a deeper...Tags: Europe, Money and Monetary Policy, Credit and Debt, European Union, Foreign Exchange Market
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Europe's problems hit home for some in Maryland
Kirk-Habicht Co. in Essex doesn't do much business in Europe, but problems on the continent are buffeting the manufacturer all the same.
Its employees rely on a heavy wire to make springs tough enough for trucks, and the only plant they know of that...Tags: Europe, European Union, FTI Consulting Inc., Foreign Exchange Market, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Constellation to lay off more than 800 workers
Constellation Energy Group Inc. will lay off as much as 8 percent of its work force, or more than 800 people, mostly from the commodities trading division that propelled the company to the brink of bankruptcy this year and forced it into a proposed...Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Shareholders, Finance
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Macroeconomist on high gas costs
Editor's note: Assistant professor Dr. Kevin McIntyre teaches macroeconomics at McDaniel College. He specializes in gas prices, financial markets and monetary policy. Michele, Columbia: I read that we may have already used up half of the oil that...Tags: Annapolis, Sykesville, Passenger Cars, Consumers, Technology
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Oil in N.Y. falls to $49.72, ends week down $5
Associated PressIn a move that could lead to lower gasoline prices, crude oil closed below $50 a barrel for the first time in more than two months yesterday after declining by more than $5 a barrel in the past week on rising U.S. supplies and slower economic growth....Tags: Trade Policy, Consumers, Saudi Arabia, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy
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Travelers are still pumped to gas up and go
Sun StaffConsumers might complain about hefty prices at the gas pump, but they're not letting the cost get in the way of going on vacation. Though gasoline prices are expected to be the highest ever for a Memorial Day holiday, the official start to the summer...Tags: AAA, Consumers, Cornell University, Transportation Industry, Trips and Vacations
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Tokyo, London said most expensive cities
Associated Press WriterThe weak American dollar and strong European and Asian currencies helped make Tokyo and London the most expensive cities in the world, according to a survey released Monday. American cities were absent from the top 10, with the most expensive U.S. city,...Tags: San Francisco, Employees, Foreign Exchange Market, Tokyo (Japan), New Zealand
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Storm tightens U.S. oil supply
Sun StaffThe record high gasoline prices reached just a week ago in Maryland and much of the nation might seem like a bargain compared with what many experts say could occur at the pump once the effects of Hurricane Katrina are felt in the coming days. The...Tags: Natural Gas, Meteorological Disasters, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy, Disasters
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Hurricane washes over U.S. economy
Sun StaffThe port of New Orleans, the Mississippi River and critical railroads and highways that fan out from the Gulf Coast are the arteries of the U.S. economy, maintaining the flow of Midwest grain to the world and supplying raw materials that find their way...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Disasters, Plant Openings, Hurricanes, Lehigh University
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