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Weak data, strong dollar hurt stocks
NEW YORK – Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets such as the dollar. Major indexes tumbled about 1 percent, including t...
November 20, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stimulus watch
WASHINGTON – The government watchdog overseeing economic stimulus spending said Thursday that, in its rush to take credit for saving hundreds of thousands of jobs, the Obama administration...
November 20, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A traveler uses a Delta Airlines credit card to buy an airline e-ticket at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. American Express Co. is sending notices to customers who hold its cobranded cards with Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., Hilton Hotels Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. that beginning in January your rewards won’t be transferred to your loyalty account with those partners if you are late paying your bill. Easy come, easy go
ATLANTA - Another fee is coming in the new year for airline and hotel customers – this time from your credit card company. The message: Pay your bill on time or forfeit the miles or points ...
November 19, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Delta offers $1B to Japan Airlines
TOKYO – Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion dollar offer to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its affiliation with American Airlines. Delt...
November 19, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Still under stress
WASHINGTON – A decline in factory production in October signals that consumers and businesses remain cautious in their spending, with the economic recovery likely to be sluggish. At the sa...
November 18, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Report: 10 states face looming disasters
SACRAMENTO , Calif. – In Arizona, the budget has grown so gloomy that lawmakers are considering mortgaging Capitol buildings. In Michigan, state officials dealing with the nation’s hi...
November 12, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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From left, Specialists Scott Wetzel, Michael Bonnano, Peter Gaicchi, and Gennaro Saporito work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. Stock volatility may indicate end of months-long upswing
Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 p...
November 09, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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A lone house sits among empty, unsold lots in a subdivision in Tavares, Fla.. This Lake County city was in one of the fastest-growing counties of this decade until the recession hit. As a whole, it has fared worse than the national average since the start of the recession. Southeast among areas hit hardest, recovering slowest
The economic recovery is proceeding unevenly in its early stages, with areas hurt most by the housing slump still lagging behind other regions, according to a monthly analysis of economic stress i...
November 03, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio stands behind a copy of the Democrat’s version of the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner, in his Saturday radio and Internet address, argues that the Democrats’ proposal to overhaul health care is too complicated, too intrusive and too expensive, and Republicans are urging several steps they claim would bring down costs while not greatly expanding government. Boehner: GOP has right answers on health care
WASHINGTON – Republicans have the answers to lower health costs and expanded coverage, not the Democrats who hold power in Washington and are creating more problems as they “reckless...
November 01, 2009 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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The sale price for the top 10 books appears on Walmart.com. An online book special offered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is turning into a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Wal-Mart engaged in book price war
CHICAGO – Taking a page from its original playbook, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a full-fledged price war with Amazon.com Inc. and a nation of book retailers, lowering online prices on ce...
October 17, 2009 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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