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D.C. Reports Growth In Local Tourism Jobs, Spending

Posted 05.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The amount of tourism spending in the nation's capital grew in 2011, according to numbers released Tuesday by Destination DC, the city's...

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Eurozone Hits Awful Record

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 05.01.2012

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LONDON — Mass unemployment in Greece and Spain, where nearly half of those under 25 are out of work, sent the jobless rate across the 17-nation ...

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Index: Detroit, D.C. Home Prices Rose Last Year, Slumped In 18 Other Cities

AP | DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — The depressed housing market flashed a positive signal in July, with home prices in most major U.S. cities rising for the fourth straig...

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Libyan Rebels' Allies, Now Financial Backers, Poised For Payday

AP | By BRIAN MURPHY and ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 10.24.2011

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- When Libyan rebels first called out for international aid, the wealthy Gulf was quick to answer: Warplanes from Qatar a...

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U.S. Economy Slows To A Crawl -- At Least For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 06.28.2011

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NEW YORK -- At least temporarily, the U.S. economy has slowed to a crawl. U.S. gross domestic product -- one of the key gauges of overall economic...

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Consumer Spending Up -- Thanks To Higher Gas And Food Prices

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.28.2011

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Consumer spending increased in February for the eighth straight month, but much of the gain came from steadily rising gas prices and higher grocery bi...

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Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Credit Card Debt Is Falling, But Only Because Of Defaults, Report Says

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Credit card debt fell last year only because of consumer defaults and bank write-offs, a new study argues. In 2010, U.S. credit card debt dropped ...

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Japan Grabbed More U.S. Debt Prior To Earthquake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Japan increased its holdings of U.S. government debt for an eighth straight month in January. But the second-largest holder of U.S. Trea...

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China Edges Ahead Of U.S. In Manufacturing, Report Says

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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After over a century of dominance, U.S. manufacturing has dropped into second place behind China, according to estimates released Monday by IHS Global...

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Americans See Their Wealth Increase -- Thanks To Stocks, Not Real Estate

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to a rebounding stock market, Americans' household wealth increased by $2.1 trillion last year, even as high unemployment and a sagging real es...

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Consumer Confidence Hits 3-Year High

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. consumers are more confident than they've been in three years, according to the data released today by the Conference Board. The organization's ...

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Retail Sales Rise For The Sixth Month In A Row

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's expectations of only moderate economic growth this year, Americans are less worried about losing their...

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Home Rise In May For Second Straight Month

AP | J.W. ELPHINSTONE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — If you bought a home in San Francisco in the past year, it might feel like the housing slump is over. Bay area home prices have shot ...

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Number Of Long-Term Unemployed Continues To Rise, Sets Another All-Time High

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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While the increase in jobs over the past month provides hope that the economy's nascent recovery will continue to blossom, one troubling trend in Frid...

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Consumer Spending Up Again, But Incomes Stagnant In February

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Confidence is growing that the economic recovery won't fizzle out. Consumers kept cash registers humming last month at a decent pac...

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Housing Woes To Continue, More Losses Coming

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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The nation's second-largest bank expects the number of delinquent home loans to skyrocket over the next year, echoing analysts' expectations of a gloo...

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New Home Construction Takes Big Dive In December

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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