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ECONOMY Tue Nov 18, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Gov. Haley Barbour, who has blocked efforts to increase tobacco taxes over the past few years, now proposes paying for part of the Mississippi budget next year with a two-tiered increase in the cigarette tax -- adding 24 cents a pac.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 30, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

finance.yahoo.com -- With sources of credit still largely frozen, banks borrowed a record amount from the Federal Reserve in the past week, according to Fed data released Thursday. The Fed reported that commercial banks borrowed a record $111.9 billion a day, on average, fro.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Sep 12, 2008 @ 3:05pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NICE, France (AP) -- Ireland warned Friday that its budget deficit may surge past the European Union limit this year as the economy brakes on a strong euro and falling house prices. This would see Ireland face the threat of EU sanctions for breaking rule.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Sep 10, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--When asked to compare the current economy to similar situations in the past, 53% of Americans over the age of 60 said today’s economic conditions are worse than those they have experienced in the past, even though unemp.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Aug 18, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- A rebounding dollar, sinking commodity prices and a seasonal jewelry sales lull have sent gold prices into a virtual nosedive in the past month. The precious metal - the go-to commodity when investors fear that the sky is falling - has dropped $190, or 2.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jul 15, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soaring costs for gasoline and food pushed inflation at the wholesale level up by a larger-than-expected amount in June, leaving inflation rising over the past year at the fastest pace in more than a quarter-century. The Labor Departme.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jun 24, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- After the prices of wheat and eggs soared during the past year, supermarket shoppers now find they're spending an extra quarter for each pound of pasta. Four sticks of margarine cost an extra 60%. Even the cold glass at the frozen food section has become.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jun 19, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors will be watching Friday to see if the corn crop moves closer to a record $8 per bushel. The grain has been nearing that milestone over the past week due to concerns the crop will be destroyed by heavy rains and flooding in the.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri May 9, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Big corporations give him money. Presidential candidates seek his endorsement. He has influential friends in Congress and the governor's mansion. The Rev. Al Sharpton has emerged over the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominen.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue May 6, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil shot to a record price over $122 a barrel on Tuesday on supply worries and the weak dollar, extending a rally that has doubled prices over the past year and has some experts forecasting a potential spike to $200. U.S. crude surg.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Mar 15, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- Both StreetTracks Gold Shares (NYSE:GLD - News) and iShares Comex Gold Trust (AMEX:IAU - News) climbed almost 3% to all-time highs last week in heavy volume as gold reached the symbolic $1,000 an ounce. The two ETFs vaulted 53% in the past 12 months and 2.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Dec 8, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- State treasurers from Florida to Maine to Montana have found themselves in the awkward position this past week of having to explain why they parked taxpayer money in some of the most opaque investments on Wall Street. More than a dozen s.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Dec 7, 2007 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- State treasurers from Florida to Maine to Montana have found themselves in the awkward position this past week of having to explain why they parked taxpayer money in some of the most opaque investments on Wall Street. More than a dozen s.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com --  Economic data has continued Thursday, albeit on a smaller scale than the past few sessions. Data on jobless claims was released this morning, as was the leading indicators report and the Philly Fed Survey. Another event garnering attention was speeches.. Read More