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Retail Sales Up 1.4 Percent In October On Big Boost From Auto Sales

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Retailers, Auto Sales, U.S. Consumers, Retail Sale, Cash for Clunkers, Consumer Spending, Retail Sales October, Consumer Demand, Consumer Price Increase, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Improved retail sales gave Wall Street a boost Monday but provided little hope for a robust holiday shopping season that might invi...

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There is Only One Durable Solution to the Economic Crisis

Greg Tarpinian | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Savings Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Consumers, Consumer Demand, Recession, Business News
Greg Tarpinian

Most economists agree that until the consumer begins to "spend again," the economy is unlikely to grow at meaningful rates in the next several years. But when and how will that happen?

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Consumer Demand is the Answer

Brian Keane | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Ipod, Tax Policy 2008 Presidential Campaign, Blueprint for a Green Economy, Green Economy, Green Economics, Clean Energy Production Tax Credits, Green Products, Consumer Demand, Green News
Brian Keane

We should insist that our politicians help create a business climate in which an alternative energy industry will flourish by renewing the clean energy production tax credits.

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