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Economic Downturn

It's the Bedroom, Not the Boardroom

Dan Dorfman | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style

Read More: U.S. Economy, Infrequent Sex, Problems in the Bedroom, Economic Downturn, Sexual Disorders, Economy, Sex, Economy Crisis, Sexual Appetite, Love, Sexual Problems, Intimacy, Style News
Dan Dorfman

The sexual appetite of many financially-strapped couples seems to be going the way of the hula hoop.

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Darkening Clouds... Silver Lining?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Foreclosures, Serve America Act, Job Losses, Economic Downturn, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Charity, Service, Economy, Donations, Americorps, Giving, Recession, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

While we are trying to move the economy to full capacity, we also need to make sure that our communities are operating at full capacity. Our full capacity of giving. Our full capacity of service. Our full capacity of compassion. As America's Misery Index soars, so must our Empathy Index.

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The 'Suze Ormans' are Wrong!

Grant Cardone | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Economic Downturn, Saving Money, Bailout, Suze Orman, Recession, Economy, Grant Cardone, Business News
Grant Cardone

The 'Suze Ormans' are Wrong! by Grant Cardone With all the 'Suze Orman' frantic shouting of, "save every penny", Americans are being made to believe ...

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Harvard Business School, NYU Stern, Cornell... What Are They Teaching At These Places?!

wowOwow | Deborah Barrow | Posted 04.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Cornell Business School, New York University Stern, NYU Stern, Economic Downturn, Masters of Business Administration, Recession, Economic Crisis, Mbas, Business News

Here's a question, fellow 401K-robbed victims of the meltdown: Exactly where did this toxic batch of bankers and businesspeople -- who engineered the ...

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Teach Your Children Well

Stephen Josephson | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: U.S. Economy, Parenting, Psychology, Children, Economy, Economic Downturn, Parenting Tips, Economic Crisis, Recession, Living News
Stephen Josephson

We need to train our kids to be producers not consumers by reminding them the difference between who you are and what you have.

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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion Dollars? (LISTEN)

Roy Zimmerman | Posted 03.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Job Losses, Economic Downturn, Bailout, Satire, Recession, Eonomy, Recession Music, Comedy News
Roy Zimmerman

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Five Things Nobody Wants to Hear on the Road to Great Depression 2.0

Patrick Sauer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Recession, Taxes, Economic Downturn, Economy, Denny's, Slumdog Millionaire, Stimulus Package, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Patrick Sauer

In the least shocking development since your child barfed up the salmonella-and-jelly sandwich served at school lunch, the Republican leadership is calling for more tax cuts.

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Where the Devil is Dr. Dean?

Pia Sawhney | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health, Recession 2008, U.S. Economy, Small Business, Economic Downturn, Economic Stimulus Package, Job Cuts, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Recession Fears, Howard Dean, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Washington DC, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, Netroots, Breaking Politics News, Paul Krugman, Presidential Election, Tom Daschle Hhs, Tom Daschle Health Care, Senate, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Financial Crisis, Obama Cabinet, Rahm Emanuel, Oregon, Politics News
Pia Sawhney

After learning more about Daschle's decision to pull out, I posted an OpEd, published weeks earlier in The Nation, to my Facebook page. It was titled, "Missing Howard Dean."

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After The Plunge: Corporate Logos For A New Era

Business Pundit | Ryan | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Corporate Failure, Economic Downturn, Fail, Apple, Finance, Corporations, Lg, Economy, Citi Bank, Business Fail, Business, Recession, Comedy News

The 2008 crash is probably the most serious economic crisis we have faced after the Great Depression. Stock markets from around the world fell as much...

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Diplomas for the New Economy

Carolita Johnson | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Recession, Economy, HuffPost Comics, Business News
Carolita Johnson

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SEC Rules Don't Go Far Enough

Neil Baron | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Stocks, Money, Stock Market, Economic Reform, Economy, Home Values, Economic Crisis, Credit Crisis, Subprime Mortage Crisis, Capitalism, Securities and Exchange Commission, Subprime Loans, Business News
Neil Baron

Credit ratings have an extraordinarily broad effect on our financial system -- witness their role in the subprime crisis.

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A Credit Crunch Christmas: Lessons for Next Year

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Christmas Shopping Season, Economic Downturn, Economy, Credit Crunch, Christmas Shopping, Recession, Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Unemployment, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

I wondered how the six kiddies in my family would take their first - but certainly not last - credit crunch Christmas.

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And You Thought Wal-Mart Employees Had it Bad

Gina Nahai | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Health and Retirement Benefits, Faculty, Exploitation, Recession, Universities, Unions, Wallmart, Business News
Gina Nahai

At the same time universities claim to be the guardians of knowledge, they treat their faculty to the legal and financial equivalent of what migrant day laborers earn by standing outside Home Depot.

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Let Big Oil Bail Out the Auto Industry

Robbie Gennet | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Congress, California, Bailout, Ford, Auto Industry, Economy, Economic Downturn, Big Three Automakers, Economic Crisis, Detroit Three, Consumer Spending, Consumer Confidence, Business News, Automaker Bailout, Recession Watch, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robbie Gennet

Seems like such a simple solution, doesn't it? After all, who has influenced the US Auto Industry (USAI) to keep MPG low and fight CAFE standards? Why...

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We're in a "Repression": The Economics of Shame

James Rotondi | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Unemployment Rate, Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Detroit Three, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Reserve, Consumer Spending, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Subprime Mortgages, Bailout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Sex, Henry Paulson, Obama Transition, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Recession Watch, Treasury Secretary, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sexuality, Satire, Political Satire, Living, Bailout Outrage, Business News
James Rotondi

Perhaps we're better off thinking of our current state of economic ennui not as a recession or a depression, but as a "repression."

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Military Enrollment Increases In Economic Downturn

washingtonpost.com | Christian Davenport | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Downturn, US Military, Warwire, US Economy, Military Recruiting, Politics News

Some of the largest investment firms on Wall Street are gone. The country's auto industry is on the verge of collapse. Banks are shedding jobs. But in...

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Black Friday Chopping Block: If The Shopping Is Weak, These 10 Companies Won't Survive

247wallst.com | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Black Friday Shopping, Economy, Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Financial Crisis, Black Friday Sales, Business News

A year ago, not many people would have thought Circuit City would be in bankruptcy now. Linens 'n Things, Mervyn's, Whitehall Jewelers and Steve & Bar...

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Free Fall

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Economic Downturn, Big Three Automakers, Bailout, Economy, Paulson, Economic Crisis, Detroit, Financial Crisis, Republican Obstruction, Obama, Auto Industry, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The US has joined Germany and Japan in what is becoming a global recession. The era of big government is over is over. In the crisis, we are, as Richard Nixon once said, "all Keynesians now."

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Suicides Accompany Downturn Around The World

NY Times | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Bailout, Economic Downturn, Global Economy, Economic Crisis, Economy, Suicide, Wall Street Crisis, Business News

Walter Buczynski was a top executive at a Maryland mortgage lender before he killed his wife and jumped off a bridge last January. Karthik Rajaram, 4...

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Yahoo firing 1,500 workers; 3Q profit falls 64 pct

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Yahoo, Layoffs, Economy, Jobs, Economic Downturn, Internet, Yahoo Google, Yahoogle, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Inc. will fire at least 1,500 workers to cope with a crumbling economy that dented its third-quarter profit and turned up ...

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Gunning For iTunes: New Site Offers Songs For 10 Cents Each

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Digital Music, Economic Downturn, lala.com, Music Downloads, Cheap Music Downloads, Recession, Business News

The music junkie has to face the souring economy, too, and it may come to a point where 99 cents for a song on iTunes is too much to pay. For these re...

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Did The Recession Just Have A Birthday?

New York Times | Floyd Norris | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Finance, Economy, Bear Market, When Did the Recession Start, Personal Finance, Recession, Business News

The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, declined today to say whether we are in a recession. The only reason to avoid doing so is that it would...

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What If The Downturn Is Long And Shallow?

Economix | David Leonhardt | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Finance, Economy, Federal Reserve, Personal Finance, Ben Bernanke, Business News

Today is a good day to consider the possibility that the economic downturn will not end up being nearly as deep as feared -- but will end up lasting f...

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Economist: Bush Administration Needs A 180 On Unemployment Policy

Economix | Alan B. Krueger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Economic Downturn, Unemployment, Economic Policy, Economy, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Recession, Business News

Public labor exchange offices were established in the early days of the New Deal to help the unemployed find jobs. This function is now done in One-S...

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Industrial Production Still Feeling Wrath Of Hurricanes

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Industrial Production, Economy, Economic Downturn, Recession, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Big industry production plunged in September by the most since late 1974, largely reflecting fallout from hurricanes Gustav and Ike...

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