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Commodities slump after crude, corn turn lower »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Commodities mostly fell Tuesday as oil skidded lower and corn dropped below $6 a bushel, suggesting the commodities boom may be ...
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Paulson says financial stability is top priority »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson spent another day stumping for the U.S. banking system, declaring Tuesday that his top priority was ensuring ...
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UnitedHealth profit drops but tops estimates »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Health insurers battered by rising costs and employer benefits cuts caught a break Tuesday when UnitedHealth Group beat Wall Street expecations and saw its stock ...
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Treasurys lower on Plosser comments, drop in oil »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (AP) _ Treasury prices dropped Tuesday as Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser said the central bank will need to boost ...
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Rescue of mortgage giants could hit $25 billion »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A federal rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers $25 billion, congressional budget experts said Tuesday, as lawmakers put ...
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Bush urges Congress to OK Colombia trade pact »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Bush on Tuesday seasoned his call to Congress to pass a free trade pact with Colombia with a little Latino music ...
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Poll: Most in China expect Olympics to help image »
Posted by: ap 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Overwhelming numbers of Chinese say next month's Olympics will help their country's tattered image abroad, and they predict the Beijing ...
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Bush Drops Opposition to Housing Bill »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) --President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion ...
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OpEd: McCain's Economic Ignorance: It's the Economic Stupidity, Stupid »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Mr. McCain still doesn’t understand that we can’t send troops to Afghanistan unless they’re shifted from Iraq. But simple math, to put ...
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25815469/ »
Posted by: phipphin 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
President George W. Bush has an explanation for the housing-market meltdown that has thrown the global economy into turmoil: Wall Street got drunk.
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Posted by: soniyashrma 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion ...
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House Transportation Action Saves Jobs, State Officials Say »
Posted by: SNance 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
House approval of legislation to transfer $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to offset a projected shortfall in fiscal year 2009, is an ...
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Moron-Keynesianism from Bush »
Posted by: populist 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Our increasing economic troubles have nothing to do with his inflationary policy and the Federal Reserve, with his wars and domestic spending, with his subsidies ...
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Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are ...
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Fed Report Says Economy Continued to Slow »
Posted by: ChrisLang 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Americans are cutting back on everything from cars to food to name-brand products, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, in another sign that the economy ...



