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ECONOMY Sat Nov 15, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- A group of nearly two dozen world leaders on Saturday reached agreement on a wide-ranging set of proposals to better regulate financial markets. Their goal is over the next several months to put rules and early-detection systems in place to head off anoth.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Nov 10, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI - News), a leading provider of domestic and international risk mitigation and management services, today announced results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008... Read More

ECONOMY Mon Nov 10, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The majority (86 percent) of U.S. consumers believe the country is currently in a recession and more than half (54 percent) believe it will last longer than 12 months, according to a new online survey by The Nielsen Comp.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Nov 7, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- The Brazilian government says monthly inflation rose in October after four months of declines. The IPCA consumer price index jumped 0.45 percent in October. That brings the 12-month inflation total to 6.41 percent. For the.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Nov 4, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Barack Obama and John McCain have courted Lisa Hampton's vote for months, but the Kingston, Pa., resident still isn't sure which one she'll pick. What she does know is how much the rising price of soda, steaks and natural gas is squeezing her family budg.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Nov 3, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Here is a look at factors that may propel the market higher, as well as some that argue for another dive lower: BULLISH FACTORS: -- At nearly 13 months, this bear market is approaching average length but has posted worse than average losses. Previous be.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Oct 18, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Argentina is reporting that its economy expanded 6.4 percent in the twelve months ending in August. The government's official statistics institute also said Friday gross domestic product rose 0.9 percent from July. The co.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Oct 14, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- GAYS MILLS, Wis. (AP) -- Water built this southwestern Wisconsin village. Now water is draining the life out of it. Twice in 10 months driving rainstorms sent the Kickapoo River rushing over its banks, drowning the town in butterscotch-colored slime. Eac.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Oct 4, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, an urgent signal the country may be careening toward a deep and painful recession just as Americans prepa.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Aug 29, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OTTAWA (AP) -- Canada's economy grew by a weaker-than-expected 0.3 percent in the second quarter after contracting more than initially reported in the first three months of the year, the government said Friday Statistics Canada had previously reported th.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Aug 22, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Friday the economy continues to be in a recession, by his definition, and will continue to be for at least several more months. During a live appearance on CNBC, Buffett said ripples of the cre.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Aug 21, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research released by the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index last week points to a significant decline in overall well-being among all Americans over the past six months – more than 123 million Americans ar.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Aug 15, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Developers of a proposed theme park in northern Michigan were given six months to prove to the state they have money to back the project. A Rochester, Mich.-based group called Axiom Entertainment is trying to buy state land off I-7.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Aug 14, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Real estate prices continued to post steep year-over-year declines during the three months ended June 30, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Nationwide, the median existing single family home price plunged 7.6% to.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Aug 12, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth is expected to slow more sharply in the coming months than previously forecast with employers shedding staff into next year, according to a Philadelphia Federal Reserve survey released on Tuesday. Economists low.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Aug 8, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- The commodities boom that just weeks ago looked unstoppable may have finally burned itself out. Sudden plunges in the price of everything from crude to copper and cotton suggest commodities soared too high, too fast -- and analysts expec.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Aug 7, 2008 @ 12:02pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW DELHI (AP) -- Inflation in India passed 12 percent, spiraling to a thirteen-year high, despite months of tightening monetary policy, the nation's Ministry of Finance reported Thursday. The wholesale price index -- the country's most-watched inflation.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Jul 25, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods such as cars, appliances and machinery rose at the fastest pace in four months in June, a much stronger showing than had been expected. The Commerce Department reported Friday that.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Jul 20, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy needs months to recover from its slowdown, but the banking system remains sound despite a home mortgage crisis that could cause more problems, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. Paulson also said on Sunday mor.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun Jul 20, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy will need months to recover from a growth slowdown caused by a home mortgage crisis, turmoil in financial markets and high energy prices, Treasure Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday. Paulson also told CBS tele.. Read More