Employment Probably Cooled as U.S. Slowdown Shook Confidence - Bloomberg

Employment Probably Cooled as U.S. Slowdown Shook Confidence
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The Standard & Poor 500 Index lost 4.7 percent last month, making it the worst August since 2001, as concern grew that the world's largest economy was ...

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Wonkbook: White House considers payroll tax holiday; House libs against Social ... - Washington Post (blog)


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Wonkbook: White House considers payroll tax holiday; House libs against Social ...
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Pew's survey of re-employed workers was taken as the nation endures the longest bout of long-term unemployment since World War II. ...
Romer: We had no clue … and still don't Hot Air (blog)

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French Unemployment Rate Drops for First Time Since Recession - Bloomberg

French Unemployment Rate Drops for First Time Since Recession
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France's economic expansion accelerated to 0.6 percent in the second quarter from 0.2 percent. With growth picking up, companies such as BNP Paribas SA, ...

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How deep after Jackson Hole? - Asia Times Online

How deep after Jackson Hole?
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However, looking at the prices of gold and other commodities, inflationary expectations could be at their highest level for the post-World War II era. ...

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US On Track To Reclaim Lost Jobs ... In September 2017 - Investor's Business Daily (blog)

US On Track To Reclaim Lost Jobs ... In September 2017
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That would obliterate the prior post-World War II record of 47 months set in the wake of the 2001 recession. The current jobs slump also is the deepest of ...

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Is America Headed Toward Japanese-style Economic “Lost Decades”? - The New American

Is America Headed Toward Japanese-style Economic “Lost Decades”?
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The result was the Great Depression, which lasted until the demobilization after World War II — the longest economic recession in US history. ...

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Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash - The Associated Press


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Democrats fight to stay in office amid backlash
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... finds exiting American Legion Post No. 273 slow going. Supporters and well-wishers keep stopping him. The wife of a World War II veteran hugs him. ...
Chet Edwards Fights for His CD-17 Seat Texas Tribune

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UK's Services Companies Reduce Investment Plans as Sales Fall, CBI Says - Bloomberg

UK's Services Companies Reduce Investment Plans as Sales Fall, CBI Says
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While Britain's economy grew at the fastest pace since 2001 in the second quarter, the prospect of the biggest public- spending squeeze since World War II ...

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United States pays heavily for Iraqi (mis)adventure - Jamaica Gleaner


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United States pays heavily for Iraqi (mis)adventure
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Having emerged from the Cold War as the world's single superpower, America now finds itself with a weakened economy with infrastructure that is falling ...
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America is out… Has the Iraqi war Ended in terms of its chapters and goals? Al-Arabiya (press release) (subscription)
US Experts Reflect on Strategic Lessons from Iraq War CRIENGLISH.com
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German Exports, Investment Drove Record Second-Quarter Growth, Data Show - Bloomberg

German Exports, Investment Drove Record Second-Quarter Growth, Data Show
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... for the number of working days after rising 2 percent in the first quarter. In 2009, the economy contracted 4.7 percent, the most since World War II. ...

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This Day In History

San Marino: independent country inside Italy — arguably the world's smallest and oldest republic — was founded (301)

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"

by Leo Durocher