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ECONOMY Fri Oct 24, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Existing home sales in the Northeast dipped more than 1 percent in September from last year, while the median sales price in the region sank 5.4 percent to $246,800 -- the lowest level in four years, the National Association of Realtors s.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Oct 13, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three Latin American lenders pledged Monday to supply US$9.3 billion in emergency aid to help countries across the region ease cash-supply problems amid the global credit crisis. The Washington-based Inter-American Development Bank sai.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Oct 6, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Latin American stocks plunged Monday, led by a stunning 15 percent intraday drop in Brazilian shares, on concern the world is descending into a severe economic slowdown that could devastate the region's commodities-based economie.. Read More

ECONOMY Sat Sep 6, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Throughout the past week, Americans anxiously watched weather conditions in the Gulf Coast region. The people of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas were well prepared for Hurricane Gustav -.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Aug 12, 2008 @ 9:02am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW DELHI (AP) -- Growth will slow across Asia as inflation-busting monetary policies take hold in the region, the global ratings agency Standard & Poor's said Tuesday. "With the exception of New Zealand, every country we cover has begun raising policy r.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Jul 14, 2008 @ 9:01am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ROME (AP) -- Police in the Adriatic city of Pescara say they have arrested the governor of Italy's Abruzzo region in a health care corruption investigation. The Pescara office of the national tax police say Gov. Ottaviano Del Turco was arrested early Mon.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Jul 4, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- TOKYO (AP) -- Soaring inflation is battering Asian economies and threatens to stifle growth, but the still-robust region isn't at risk of a serious downturn, said Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda Friday. Energy and food prices are hitting.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jul 3, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich resigned Thursday as governor of a remote Arctic region, a position he has held for almost eight years and long wanted to leave. His formal resignation request was denied two years ago by former Preside.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jun 26, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Floodwaters receding into the Mississippi River and its tributaries will suck billions of dollars out of the Midwest's economy, though probably not as much as the 1993 flooding that devastated the region. The impact on U.S. econom.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue May 13, 2008 @ 9:00am neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- The earthquake that devastated parts of central China's Sichuan province will likely have a limited impact on the country's booming economy, analysts said Tuesday, though repercussions were seen across the region. Authorities repo.. Read More

ECONOMY Sun May 4, 2008 @ 12:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The Asian Development Bank fended off criticism Sunday that it is neglecting the region's poorest countries by lending heavily to cash-rich emerging powerhouses like China and India. Supachai Panitchpakdi, chairman of a blue-ribbon.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The economic outlook for the Midwest and Plains region improved in March as farm income remained strong and the region experienced fewer problems in the housing market than the rest of the nation, according to a report released Tuesday.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Mar 5, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen released a German worker seized during an attack on a highway construction crew in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said Wednesday. The attack by unidentified gunmen Tuesday left one soldier dead. It marked the firs.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Mar 3, 2008 @ 3:03pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- February survey results from supply managers and business leaders in the Midwest and Plains show rock-bottom confidence in the region's economy. North Dakota, however, continues to benefit from the weak U.S. dollar, the report says... Read More

ECONOMY Tue Dec 18, 2007 @ 3:12pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- ATLANTA (AP) -- Water systems in drought-stricken northern Georgia have exceeded a state mandate to reduce the region's consumption by 10 percent, an early sign that the state's conservation efforts are working, Gov. Sonny Perdue said Tuesday. Providers.. Read More