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Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama unveiled a record budget of 92.3 trillion yen ($1 trillion) aimed at increasing the wealth of Japanese households and reducing […]
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today he expects a quick rebound in jobs because companies are stretched to expand production after workforce […]
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner predicted the U.S. unemployment rate probably will be lower than 10 percent in a year and said the economic recovery […]
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Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits.
One month after the House passed a bill extending unemployment benefits, the issue is still […]
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Stocks slumped Friday, at the end of an upbeat week on Wall Street, as a sour response to General Electric and Bank of America’s […]
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Disaster averted.
Philadelphia will not have to impose draconian budget cuts that would have closed its libraries, playgrounds and court system, as well as laid […]
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Employers trimmed fewer jobs in August than they did the prior month, but the unemployment rate jumped to a 26-year high, the government reported […]
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The dollar continued to lose ground Friday at the end of a week in which it became cheaper for banks to borrow in yen […]
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Airline shares have rallied ahead of Labor Day, an anticipated turning point for the troubled industry when many carriers will begin slashing seat capacity […]
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