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Politics Buzz Finally, something the left and the right can agree on! Fox Business anchor Liz Claman echoes Rachel Maddow's call for the government to get back into the business of creating huge public works projects like the Hoover Dam.
See if you can follow along with this design disaster. (via manboobz.com)
Less than 30% of Americans graduate from college. That means most of the workforce is trying to compete in a modern economy without a college education. Makes 10% unemployment seem low, doesn't it?
I am so in the tank for Obama, it's sickening. Still, I thought this chart showing the rate of jobs lost under Bush and then Obama was both interesting and pretty.
This economie is no fun for poor ol' Timothy Geithner. It just won't fly!
The perfect accessory to your tears, this hanky illustrates exactly why you might be crying.
Right-wing blogs and news sites are talking about about “the economy.” We’re tracking the latest headlines on this topic and update this page with links as they come in.
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Brace yourself: The recession is projected to worsen this year. The country stands to lose a sizable chunk of economic activity in 2009 as consumers at home and abroad retrench in the face of persistent economic troubles.
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The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday.
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Looks like Google's been trying to keep their layoffs on the DL. Up to 10,000 people could be affected.
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Oil prices jumped 9 percent Monday, pulled along by a surging Wall Street that reacted to news of a U.S. government bailout for Citigroup.
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Eager to calm economic anxieties, President-elect Barack Obama is rolling out an economic vision that will require congressional cooperation even before he settles into his new desk in the White House's Oval Office.
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Citigroup Inc. is shedding approximately 53,000 more employees in the coming quarters as the banking giant struggles to steady itself after suffering massive losses from deteriorating debt.
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Iceland may be looking a lot like Russia. Russia is giving Iceland a $6 billion loan. Critics are worried that Russia may use this to their advantage by exercising power and influence over them.
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Home values in the United States posted their seventh consecutive quarterly decline, with nearly one-third of Americans who sold in the past year losing money, real estate website Zillow.com said on Wednesday.
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The latest U.S. economic report to suggest the nation has fallen into recession pushed oil prices lower on a strengthening conviction that the rest of the globe will follow.
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The Federal Reserve has slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point as it seeks to revive an economy hit by a long list of maladies stemming from the most severe financial crisis in decades.
Business Buzz The maker of Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles announced an offer that caps the price of gasoline at $2.99 a gallon for three years for people who buy or lease new vehicles from Wednesday through June 2. It doesn’t take a math expert to figure out that more fuel-efficient cars will save you more money in the long-run. However, a pair of blue plastic TruckNutz really only look good on a pick-up truck - so you’ve got a tough decision to make.
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