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Soaring Prices Still Don't Indicate Real Inflation, Economists Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Constance Hunter, Grocery Prices, Gas Prices, Aladdin Capital, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Food Prices, BMO Capital Markets, Core Inflation, Fuel Prices, Demand Destruction, Consumer Price Index, Sal Guatieri, Business News

Despite American consumers being hard hit by rising gas and grocery prices, federal regulators continue to insist the country need not fear inflation....

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Gas Prices Drive Retail Sales Up In March

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, North Africa, Retail Sales, Retail Sales March 2011, Middle East, $4 Gas, Oil Prices, Commerce Department, BMO Capital Markets, Consumer Spending, Recession, Jennifer Lee, Business News

Higher gas prices buoyed a 0.4 percent jump in retail sales in March, according to figures released by the Commerce Department on Wednesday. Consum...

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Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Corporate Profits, IHS Global Insight, Lynn Reaser, Labor Department, Employment, Bank Profits, BMO Capital Markets, Nariman Behravesh, Loma Nazarene University, Layoffs, Increased Labour Costs, Unemployment, Gdp, Financial Firms, Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics, Hiring, Unemployment Benefits, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Sal Guatieri, Business News

NEW YORK -- Despite high unemployment and a largely languishing real estate market, U.S. businesses are more profitable than ever, according to federa...

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Barbie, American Girl Drive Mattel's Holiday Win

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, BMO Capital Markets, Barbie, Mattel Retail Sales, Mattel Holiday Sales, American Girl, Mattel, Business News

DETROIT (By Ben Klayman) - Mattel Inc, the No. 1 toy company, staked its claim as the winner of the holiday shopping season as strong demand for its ...

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New Home Construction Plunges To Lowest Level Since October

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomson Reuters, Housing, New Home Construction, Commerce Department, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Home Construction, BMO Capital Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's effort to help those at risk of losing their homes is failing to aid many and could spur a rise in forec...

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New Home Construction Takes Big Dive In December

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Home Construction, New Home Construction, New Home Sales, Recession, Housing Bubble, Housing Slump, David Crowe, National-Association-of-Home-Builders, Patrick Newport, IHS Global Insight, Sal Guatieri, BMO Capital Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — The housing market remains a significant risk to the economy, data Wednesday showed, as bad weather across much of the country hamm...

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