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CANNES, France — Leaders of the worlds most industrialized nations scrambled Thursday to rescue a European Union deal to restructure Greek debts and prevent a regional financial crisis from spreading and creating further global economic disruption. President Barack Obama
Their chief target is Wall Street, but many of the demonstrators in New York and across the U.S. also are thoroughly disgusted with Washington, blaming politicians of both major parties for policies they say protect corporate America at the expense of the middle class."At this point I don't see any difference between George Bush and Obama. The middle class is a lot worse than when Obama was electe...
- Mercantilism (Category: Business)
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- Budget Gap (Category: Business)
- Brink (Category: Business)
As Bank of America Corp.’s stock has tumbled and clawed back in recent days, city leaders, business owners and others with a stake in the company are waiting to see what happens next.The stock market swings have delivered a familiar feeling of anxiety to a city pummeled by the financial
Investors seeking reason for optimism after the worst stock-market sell-off since the 2008 financial crisis probably won't find it in Friday's July jobs report.Economists forecast that employers added only 90,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.2 percent, according
- Farms Losing Workers To Immigrant Crackdown (Category: USA, Georgia)
- Jobs push tops priorities (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- City of Albuquerque to host virtual job fair for youth (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- City of Albuquerque to host virtual job fair for youth (Category: USA, New Mexico)
Bank of America Corp. is settling some buyback claims on bad home loans sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as it attempts to separate itself further from one of the housing downturn’s biggest headaches. The nation’s largest bank also said Monday that the Federal Reserve has confirmed it no longer has any obligations under the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, as it m...
- How hot is it, really? It’s a matter of location (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- CommUnity opens second Iowa City food pantry (Category: USA, Iowa)
- Arrests made in a pair of armed robberies (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Man sentenced to 40 years in 2010 bar shooting (Category: USA, South Carolina)
Most U.S. homeowners should get some relief on their heating bills this winter. The price of natural gas, the fuel that supplies 70 percent of the nation’s heat, is relatively low for the second year in a row, and falling. Also, forecasters predict a warmer winter across much of the country – especially in the Southeast, which suffered through a historically cold winter last year. Bu...
- With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertainty (Category: USA, Iowa)
- With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertainty (Category: USA, Iowa)
- With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertainty (Category: USA, Iowa)
- With winter at hand, the virus whips up winds of uncertainty (Category: USA, Iowa)
The nation faces a long road to get back to good economic health, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.Bernanke said progress is being made after the deepest recession since the 1930s. The worst of the financial crisis is behind the nation and the economy is growing
Now the crisis is reaching the children.In Arizona, a program that helped blind high school students care for themselves and find jobs is suspended. In South Carolina, all five state-run group homes for kids closed and a program that helped paroled youths get jobs is shuttered. And in Hawaii, a program to reduce child abuse and neglect was cut so much that two years after serving 4,000 families, i...
- Nissan to roll out its Nissan@home online buying experience nationwide - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- Nissan to roll out its Nissan@home online buying experience nationwide - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- Nissan to roll out its Nissan@home online buying experience nationwide - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
- Nissan to roll out its Nissan@home online buying experience nationwide - Roadshow (Category: Technology)
The Associated Press plans to stream live coverage of several events today:At 10 a.m., the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will hear testimony about Wall Street and the financial crisis, including from Goldman Sachs executives.At 2 p.m., the Health
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