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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- July consumer credit Tuesday: -- July wholesale inventories -- July pending home sales -- Earnings: Korn/Ferry International Wednesday: -- Earnings: Stewart Enterprises Inc. Thursday: -- July trade balance -- Weekly initial jobless claims --...Tags: Inventories, Economic Indicator, Credit and Debt, Stewart Enterprises Incorporated, Campbell Soup Company
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Malnutrition: an old stain on the new India
Los Angeles TimesSitting in the basket of a hanging scale, 20-month-old Deep Kumar epitomizes the silent but monumental crisis gripping this country: The needle stops at 14 pounds. A healthy child his age ought to weigh nearly twice as much. But very little about Deep...Tags: Illnesses, United Nations, Productivity, Dietary Supplements, Eating Disorders
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Palin is going to have to essentially take a crash course in foreign affairs before the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate against Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Her best hope may be that Biden says something condescending...Tags: Joe Biden
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The 'real' campaign is starting now
The national conventions are over, so the stage is set for serious politics. The parties have defined their messages, but the conversation now changes. Instead of party members talking to each other, they now must address ''outsiders.'' For...Tags: Economic Policy, Republican Party, Elections, Medical Services, Medicaid
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Jobless rate up, signals 'R' word
Chicago Tribune reporterThe nation's jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August—its highest level in five years—as U.S. employers accelerated workforce cuts in response to weakening economic conditions. The Labor Department reported Friday that employers chopped...Tags: Business, Employers, Unemployment, Machine Manufacturing, Wages and Pensions
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Crude Prices Lowest In 5 Months
Associated PressOil prices sank to a five-month low Friday as a jump in the U.S. unemployment rate signaled to traders that Americans might keep paring their energy use to save money. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate spiked to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent...Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Energy Resources, Commodity Markets, Energy Saving
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SIU-Carbondale enrollment slips; economy blamed
Southern Illinois University says fall enrollment at its flagship Carbondale campus is down and the struggling economy may be to blame for some of it. Interim Chancellor Samuel Goldman says enrollment is down 1.5 percent to 20,673. That's a decrease... -
Oil Prices Inch Lower Despite Inactivity In Gulf
Oil prices inched lower Wednesday as a stronger dollar and slowing demand for crude overshadowed an almost total shutdown of energy output in the Gulf of Mexico after the passage of Hurricane Gustav. Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell 36 cents,...Tags: Hurricane Gustav, Energy Saving, New York Mercantile Exchange, Petroleum Industry, Commodity Markets
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Prices drop to 5-month low as Hurricane Gustav dissipates
Oil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months Tuesday, falling to within sight of $100 a barrel on signs that Hurricane Gustav only grazed U.S. energy infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. Light, sweet crude for October delivery fell $5.75 to...Tags: Natural Disasters, Hurricane Gustav, Disasters, New York Mercantile Exchange, Petroleum Industry
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Business Briefing - September 5, 2008
DOLLAR HITS YEARLY HIGH AGAINST THE EURO NEW YORK | The dollar rose to a 2008 high against the euro and a fresh 28-month high against the pound Thursday after the European Central Bank held its interest rate steady and cut growth forecasts for the euro...Tags: Central Bank, Yahoo! Inc., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Diplomacy, Market and Exchange
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Immigrants squeezed as Spain's boom turns to bust
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLured by the promise of wealth in a booming economy, immigrants from North Africa, Latin America and other regions flocked to Spain in the last decade, quickly becoming Exhibit A in the Mediterranean nation's remarkable success story. But the surging...Tags: Business, Demographics, Economic Indicator, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Unemployment
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Investors troubled despite upbeat data
Wall Street finished mixed, with investors still unsettled about the economy ahead of Friday's employment report and only somewhat relieved about sliding commodities prices. Better-than-expected data about factory orders was offset by automakers...Tags: Federal Reserve, Stocks, Employment, Ryan Beck & Company Incorporated
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