Weak Economy

The Surprising Benefit Of A Struggling Economy

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Inrix, Traffic, Video, Economic Indicators, Weak Economy, Traffic Congestion, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Economic Recovery, Traffic Rates, Slideexpand, Traffic Accidents, Business News

The recovery isn't exactly booming, but there may be one plus side to a weak economy: Less time sitting in traffic. Traffic congestion fell 30 per...

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Executives In Rehab Won't Quit This Habit

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.27.2012

When Natalie was in rehab last year, she noticed a lot of people on the phone. Many of the other patients at Passages Malibu -- the California trea...

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Jobless Claims Rise Along With Concerns Over Recession

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Video, Wall Street, Weak Economy, Labor Department, Hurricane Irene, Jobless Benefits, Unemployment Benefits, Federal Reserve, Jobs, Jobless Claims, Labor Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week in a sign concerns about a weak economy we...

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Debt Rating Isn't What's Sending Markets Down

AP | By CHIP CUTTER and PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: US Credit Rating, Markets, Unemployment, Downgrade-US-Credit-Rating, Wall Street, Weak Economy, Economy, Standard and Poor's, Jobs, US Debt Downgrade, Poor Economy, S&P, Debt Rating, Business News

NEW YORK -- U.S. investors will have their first chance Monday to react to Standard & Poor's decision to strip the U.S. government of its top credit r...

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Obama Tapped Oil Reserves Due To Concerns About Fragile Economy

Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Energy Reserves, 2008 Financial Crisis, Third World America, Weak Economy, Opec, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Renewable Energy, Oil, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (Ayesha Rascoe, Roberta Rampton, Tom Doggett, Timothy Gardner, Jeff Mason, Tabassum Zakaria, Matt Spetalnick, and Joshua Schneyer) - Co...

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Rise In Jobless Claims Suggests Little Improvement

Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Labor Market, Unemployment, Weak Economy, Labor Department, Bond-Buying Program, The Federal Reserve, Quantitative Easing, Unemployment Benefits, Jobless, Jobs, Economic Recovery, The U.S. Central Bank, Business News

WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting little imp...

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Fed: Economy Still Weak Despite Improvements

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, Business News, Federal Reserve, Economic Recovery, Economy Improvements, Weak Economy, Business News

WASHINGTON (By Pedro da Costa and Mark Felsenthal) - Federal Reserve officials in December felt the U.S. economic recovery was still weak enough to w...

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Administration Launches China Trade Investigation

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China, Trade, Investigation, Obama Administration, United Steeleworkers, Economy, World Trade Organization, Weak Economy, Trading, Business News, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Friday it will delay a scheduled report on whether China is manipulating its currency to gain tr...

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Weak Global Economy Stokes Fears Of 'Currency Wars'

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and GREG KELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency War, Currency Wars, Global Economy, Currency, Weak Economy, Global Financial Crisis, Global Currency, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Fears of a full-blown currency war flared Thursday as the dollar fell to an eight-month low against the euro and the U.S. stepped u...

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What Obama-nomics Means for Your Wallet

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investing, Budgeting, Weak Economy, Taxes, Saving, Economic Crisis, Economic Stimulus, Recession, Personal Finance, Financial Crisis, Economy, Obama Economy, Business News

How will President Obama's short-term attempts to jumpstart the economy and his longer-term attempts to put our nation back on a path of secular growth affect your personal finances?

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Should Progressives Shun the Economic Recovery Package?

Bob Greenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Economy, Economic Stimulus Package, Weak Economy, Budget, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Economic Recovery, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Recession, Politics News

Obama's recovery package gets far higher marks on this score by putting money in the hands of people who will spend it, thereby stimulating the economy.

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Who Will Watch Government When All The Journalists Are Laid Off?

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Unemployment, Watch Dog, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Weak Economy, Journalists Government, Economy, New York Times Magazine, Jobs, Newspaper, Death of Newspapers, Labor Unions, Newspaper Industry, Media News

Reducing an experienced editorial staff is not the way to go about cutting business costs. When quality suffers, the entire industry is tarnished.

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Notes From a Yes Girl

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Tag Cloud, Republican National Committee, Easy Credit, U.S. News & World Report, Macbook, Consumerism, Apple MacBook Air, New York Times, Weak Economy, Republican Party, Pta, Happiness, MacBook Air, Healthy Living News

Until my husband pointed it out, it hadn't occurred to me that it's not just worn-down parents who give in to "yes" too often, it's all of us. We live in a Yes! culture.

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Automated Data Feeds Make Smart Regulation Possible Now

W. David Stephenson | Posted 05.25.2011

What we need isn't more regulation of banking and business in general, but "smart" regulation.

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"Too Big to Fail" Vs. "Too Big to Be Responsible"

Ryan Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

I believe in the free market economy, but once an entity becomes "too big to fail" it introduces the possibility that government intervention is a justifiable remedy.

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The Secret Shame of Going Broke

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Shame, Forget Perfect, Bankruptcy, Weak Economy, Economy, Suze Orman, Healthy Living News

There's nothing more embarrassing than money. Or rather, the lack of it. People are more willing to talk about their sex lives than they are their f...

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Let's Be Blue -- A Plea for Partisanship

Bill Folman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Bill Clinton, Democrat, Gop Brand, Economics, Economy, Ad, Obama, Democratic Party, Democrats, Politics, Weak Economy, Advertising, Republican Brand, Republican, Branding, Fdr, Party Unity, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News

Yes, yes, I know we are all a bunch of enlightened, Obama-style post-partisans, and isn't that wonderful -- but we are missing an opportunity here.

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Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Economy, Recession, Weak Economy, Jobless Rate, Unemployment Rate, Business News

WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five yea...

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Dell's Business Model Still Needs Work, Factories On The Block

Wall Street Journal | Justin Scheck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dell, Computers, Manufacturing, Weak Economy, Dell Factories, Business News

Dell Inc. is trying to sell its computer factories around the world, a move to sharply overhaul a production model that was long a hallmark of the PC ...

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Stocks plummet after retail, unemployment data

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dow Jones Industrial, Weak Economy, Recession, Economy, Stock Market, Personal Finance, Business News

NEW YORK — Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and th...

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Send This to Your Republican In-laws!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Larry M. Bartels, Barack Obama on US Economy, Weak Economy, Princeton, Economy, US Economic Policy, Post-Partisan, New York Times, Democratic Party, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republican National Convention, Business News

Over the last six decades, whether rich or poor, everyone has done better with Democrats in the White House.

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Layoffs Turn People Into Hermits

LiveScience.com | Jeanna Bryner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Business Morale, Weak Economy, Economic Downturn, Sociology, Business News

Layoffs can turn social butterflies into near hermits who shun such outlets as book clubs and even church groups, finds a new study. Workers who expe...

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Tech Spending Slows, Dell Protfits And Shares Drop

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Weak Economy, Dell, Dell Computers, Tech Spending, Consumer Spending, Weak Dollar, Economy, Recession, Business News

Slashing computer prices helped Dell Inc. boost sales in its fiscal second quarter, but the No. 2 PC maker's bottom line took a hit when efforts to cu...

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Zimbabwe Faces 50 Million Percent Inflation, Uses Gasoline Coupons For Currency

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zimbabwe, Inflation, Zimbabwe Inflation, Gas Prices, Weak Economy, Stupid News, Business News

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Reeling from the highest inflation rate in the world, barred by the government from using U.S. dollars for purchases, Zimbabw...

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The Middle Class Has Become The Class of Pain

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Weak Economy, Financial Advice, Middle Class, Business News

What is middle class anyway? Is it an income level and then you are in this club called the Middle Class? And what do you get from this club?

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