The Obama administration is drawing up plans to disclose the financial condition of the 19 biggest banks in the country, the New York Times said, citing senior administration officials.
The administration has decided to reveal some sensitive details of the “stress tests” now being completed after concluding that keeping many of the findings secret could send [...]
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The number of U.S. workers drawing state unemployment benefits hit another record high early this month and factory activity in the Mid-Atlantic region shrank again as the economy battles a severe downturn.
The Labor Department said on Thursday that 5.47 million people stayed on the benefit rolls in the week ended March 7, up from [...]
Source: Reuters
The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless aid jumped to record high in mid-February, while the recession undercut demand for manufactured goods last month and sent new homes sales to their lowest since at least 1963.
The worsening global economic slump pushed new orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods to a six-year low in [...]
Source: money.cnn.com
The number of jobless American workers receiving unemployment checks rose to the highest level since the government began keeping records in 1967.
A Labor Department spokesman said the number of Americans drawing jobless benefits for a week or longer rose to 4,776,000 in the week ended Jan. 17, the latest data available.
The number [...]
Source: Jerusalem Post
The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
While its preference is to coordinate with the US, defense officials have said Israel is preparing a wide range of options for such an operation.
“It [...]
