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Windows 7 Can't Shake Macs off their Throne

Windows 7 might very well have been a long awaited and necessary improvement on Vista, but it doesn't make a difference in the popularity Apple's ...
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American's Collective Net Worth Slides by $1.3 Trillion

The economic struggle Americans have been experiencing since last year has been felt in the form of declining stock portfolio values, lost jobs,...
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Interest rates are low, let's spend!

Interest rates have been falling steadily, and sometimes abruptly, over the past year. The Fed has tried to encourage spending, lending, and other...
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Stocks on their third day rally

I lost count of the many mini-explosions the stock market has had ever since plunging down into deep losses before the start of the recession. This...
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Consumers try to sweeten the bitter taste of the recession

During the great depression the sale of lipstick exploded. As it has in every other recession since. This phenomenon is so well known now, that it...
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The Fed shops for treasuries

The end of the recession is not yet near, and with the credit markets still experiencing serious difficulty, the Federal Reserve has made a few...
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