September 27th, 2011
Home prices rose for a fourth straight month in most major U.S. cities in July, buoyed by the peak buying season. But the housing market […]
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September 9th, 2011
Fears about Europe’s debt crisis are pushing the yield on the 10-year Treasury note to its lowest point on records dating back nearly 50 years […]
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August 29th, 2011
Kate and Arthur Ruff spent some 60 hours combing census data, scouring school scores and searching the Internet from Massachusetts, keen to make sure their […]
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August 11th, 2011
While the Bank of Canada had long been expected to start raising interest rates from their historic lows, experts say the bank is now under […]
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August 5th, 2011
North American stock markets took a hammering Thursday as investors grew ever more pessimistic about the economy with evidence mounting that a serious slowdown may […]
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July 31st, 2011
Tens of thousands of ultraconservative Muslims in long beards, robes and prayer caps thronged Cairo’s central Tahrir Square in a massive show of force Friday, […]
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June 23rd, 2011
Fewer people bought new homes last month, the latest sign that the struggling housing market won’t rebound this year.
New-home sales fell 2.1 percent in May […]
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June 2nd, 2011
Republican lawmakers pressed President Barack Obama Wednesday for a detailed plan on spending cuts, with one leading House member accusing him of thinking about his […]
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May 8th, 2011
Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said there will be “substantial” savings in the coming budget after revenue was crimped by a record exchange rate, the nation’s […]
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April 30th, 2011
Argentina’s economy may expand by 6.5 percent or more this year, and unemployment may hover at the lowest level in two decades, the central bank […]
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