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Wall Street completes solid week of gains
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:35:54 GMT
 Stocks ended a three-week losing streak after an encouraging employment report lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.
 
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Employers hire more workers than expected
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:20:46 GMT
Private employers hired more workers than expected in August, lifting hopes for the weak U.S. economy, but the nation’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months.
Employment - Unemployment - United States - Recreation - Picture Ratings
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Experts see trouble ahead for developed world
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 19:10:44 GMT
 Experts gathered in Italy Friday offered a generally gloomy outlook — especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.
United States - Developed country - Italy - Economic - Nouriel Roubini
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Life Inc.: Government cuts weigh on job market
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:59:32 GMT
Employment - United States - Business - Canada - Business and Economy
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Strength in temporary jobs a welcome sign
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:08:11 GMT
Analysis: Growing demand for temporary help in the U.S. suggests stronger full-time hiring ahead, and executives say they are seeing a need for staffing greater than reflected in official figures.
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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:08:11 GMT
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Service sector grows for eighth straight month
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:09:31 GMT
The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey.
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Great Recession was emotional ‘roller coaster’
Fri, 3 Sep 2010 14:41:24 GMT
More than a quarter of employed U.S. workers suffered a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession that took many of them on an emotional roller coaster ride.
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Economic data show recovery still kicking, a bit
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:34:19 GMT
It was a glass-half-full day for economic data on Thursday ... sort of. The upbeat news was tempered by worries about what Friday's unemployment report will say about the state of the labor market.
Unemployment benefits - Jobless claims - Unemployment - Business - Work
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Life Inc.: Proof that we can't work any harder
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 21:00:09 GMT
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Mariner may be facing BP-style crisis
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:53:16 GMT
Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than 4 percent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
BP - Gulf of Mexico - Energy - Mexico - Mariner Energy
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Bernanke: Shut banks if threat to system
Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:21:59 GMT
 Fed chief Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis Thursday that regulators must be ready to shut large institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system.
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Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:21:59 GMT
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Manufacturing sector expanded in August
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 14:43:46 GMT
The Institute for Supply Management, or ISM, said Wednesday its monthly manufacturing report showed a stronger-than-expected reading in August.
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CEOs lay off thousands, rake in millions
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:00:53 GMT
 CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis in 2008 took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers, a new report finds.
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Private employers cut 10,000 jobs in August
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:42:53 GMT
The U.S. manufacturing sector grew faster than expected in August but private employers unexpectedly cut jobs, showing the economic recovery still faces headwinds.
Employment - Business - United States - Job Search - Business and Economy
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White House economist calls for more stimulus
Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:35:04 GMT
 Departing White House economist calls for further steps to stimulate the U.S. economy, saying high budget deficits should not be an excuse for allowing the unemployed to suffer.
White House - Economy of the United States - Deficit - United States - President
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Investors brace for dreaded 'September effect'
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:35:22 GMT
 The economy is weakening, home sales are plunging and stocks are on a long slide. Now comes something even scarier for investors.
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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:35:22 GMT
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At meeting Fed discussed using more stimulus
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:14:55 GMT
Federal Reserve officials signaled at their August meeting that they would consider going beyond a modest program to purchase government debt if necessary to boost the economy.
Federal Reserve System - Government - Economic - Government debt - Finance
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Surprise rise in August consumer confidence
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:22:08 GMT
Americans'confidence in the economy improved slightly in August, but the mood is still gloomy amid job worries, according to a monthly survey.
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Consumer spending edged higher in July
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:32:35 GMT
 Americans spent last month at the fastest pace in four months, helped by a jump in demand for automobiles.
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Obama: Too many Americans still out of work
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:14:48 GMT
 President Barack Obama acknowledged Monday that the economy continues to struggle and too many Americans are still struggling to find jobs.
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Life Inc.: Celebrating Buffett's b-day with his wisdom
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:22:55 GMT
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Key gauge says that stocks are dirt cheap now
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:49:01 GMT
With the market down three weeks in a row, investors are understandably grim. But there is a silver lining.
Silver - Business - Investing - Precious metal - United States
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Economists divided over Fed's next direction
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:17:28 GMT
Economists are satisfied with the Fed's current interest rate policy, but they're divided over how the central bank should proceed over the next 12 months, a new survey finds.
Central bank - Federal Reserve System - Interest rate - Government - Finance
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In weak economy, some work two jobs
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:44 GMT
 Even as nearly 15 million Americans are looking for just one job these days, around 6.5 million people, are working two jobs — or more — to make ends meet.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:32:44 GMT
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Economic downturn defying solutions
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:23:41 GMT
Forget about a “double dip” recession; the economy may still be in “one long dip.” That could mean textbook policies to restore growth aren’t working – because this recession is different.
Recession - Economy - Economic - Social Sciences - Business
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Latest growth data show recovery losing steam
Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:16:30 GMT
 The U.S. economy grew at a slower pace this spring than previously estimated, mostly due to the largest surge in imports in 26 years and a slowdown in companies' restocking of goods.
Economy of the United States - Business - United States - Federal Reserve System - Dow Jones Industrial Average
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