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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: Stewart Enterprises Incorporated, Inventories, Sales, Credit and Debt, Campbell Soup Company
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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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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: Employers, Wages and Pensions, Machine Manufacturing, Employees, August
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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: New York Mercantile Exchange, Energy Resources, Energy Saving, Natural Resources, Commodity Markets
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Dow drops more than 340 on retail sales reports, jobless data
The Associated PressWall Street plunged today, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' hopes for a late-year recovery. The market was...Tags: Stocks, Money and Monetary Policy, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Freddie Mac, Stock Activities
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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... -
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: Microsoft Corp., Diplomacy, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy, Internet
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Wall Street bummer
Of The Associated PressWall Street plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' hopes for a late-year recovery. The market...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Stocks, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Freddie Mac, Stock Activities
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Multinationals offset feeble sales at home
Dow Jones NewswiresU.S. multinationals have been raking in money from around the world lately, a welcome offset to depressed sales at home. That's why the strengthening dollar and recent news of weakening economies overseas are bad omens for the future of U.S. corporate...Tags: Annual Reports, Diplomacy, Consumers, Sales, Personal Finance
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Barack Obama, ''Not ready to lead:' RNC
The Swampby Mark Silva ST PAUL - While Republicans stage their convention here in St. Paul, the presidential campaign battle rages in states such as Michigan, where the GOP's John McCain hopes to make Democrat Barack Obama pay for a struggling......Tags: Republican National Conventions, Barack Obama, John McCain, Plant Closings, Petroleum Industry
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As Gustav passes, oil drops to five-month low
Associated PressOil prices plunged to the lowest level in five months yesterday, 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: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, New York Mercantile Exchange, Disasters, Energy Resources, Natural Disasters
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Dear Recession: You're not so bad
Dear Recession, There has been quite a bit of commentary about you recently, nearly all of it bad. Just about everyone wants to see you gone. But I believe that where the business cycle is concerned, if you cannot be with the one you love, you should...Tags: Society, Imports, Illnesses, Studs Terkel, Tourism and Leisure
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