The unemployment rate is at a 26-year high, but a leading outplacement firm reported today that layoffs from the nation's employers continue to...
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
A leading real estate industry group reported today that pending home sales, which is designed to forecast existing home sales, increased for the...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
No one said it was going to be easy and after judging the results from the traditional start to the Christmas shopping season, retailers are breathing...
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
Last week's surprise news that Dubai World may default on $60 billion in debt sent shock waves through financial capitals around the world. Most...
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Christmas shoppers today are hitting malls around the US seeking out bargains, but financial markets ignored Black Friday and focused almost solely on...
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The economy just registered its first increase in GDP in over a year, but mortgage rates have been in a downward trend over the past five months, with...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Consumer confidence inched ahead in the latest month, but the monthly sample of 5,000 U.S. households shows no signs of breaking out of the narrow...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Existing home sales roared ahead to the highest level in almost three years on concerns last month that Congress might not extend the tax credit for...
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The latest reading on the economy from an index designed to forecast growth suggests that the fragile economic recovery that likely began during the...
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Consumer prices posted a gain in the latest month as oil continued to push higher, but a broad measure of prices that excludes energy suggests pricing...
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