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Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets Wednesday as much of the country went on a 24-hour strike against government austerity measures.
Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in Athens on Wednesday. Greece ground to a halt as unions staged a one-day general strike and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets [...]
Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets Wednesday as much of the country went on a 24-hour strike against government austerity measures.
Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration in Athens on Wednesday. Greece ground to a halt as unions staged a one-day general strike and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets [...]
The federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of IRS employees said it has seen an uptick in the past several years in threats against agency personnel.
In the past four years, there appears to have been a “steady, upward trend” in the number of threats against IRS employees, said an official with the Treasury Department’s [...]
But as tuitions rise, many people are borrowing heavily to pay their bills. Some no doubt view it as “good debt,” because an education can lead to a higher salary. But in practice, student loans are one of the most toxic debts, requiring extreme consumer caution and, as Dr. Bisutti learned, responsibility.
Unlike other kinds of [...]
President Hugo Chavez ordered Sunday the seizure of a French-owned retail chain on accusations that it raised prices after Venezuela devalued the currency by half.
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Almacenes Exito SA is a Colombian company that, along with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is engaged in the retail sector. The Company’s business is structured in four [...]
State and federal banking regulators seized three small lenders on Friday, lifting the total number of bank failures this year to 133.
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The worsening U.S. economy prompted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Friday to double its projected U.S. bank failure costs [...]
U.S. counterterrorism officials say 2009 has turned into the year of homegrown jihad, with the unmasking of the most serious suspected terror plots involving Americans in about five years.
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… a growing number of new shoplifters are outwardly reputable, middle-class people who are walking off with French cheeses, quality meats, cosmetics, mobile phones, clothing and other goodies that they feel they need to maintain a quality of life they can no longer afford.
Source/Full Story: Recession Retail Theft: Middle-Class Shoplifters on Rise – [...]
The federal government kicked off fiscal year 2010 by posting its widest-ever October budget deficit, the Treasury Department said Thursday.
The $176.36 billion gap is more than $20 billion wider than the shortfall recorded in October 2008, driven up by lower tax receipts, stimulus-related revenue reductions and consistently high government outlays.
Treasury’s monthly budget statement shows receipts [...]
The International Monetary Fund pitched its case Friday for becoming a global central bank, a function that would require a hefty capital injection but could help even out imbalanced and unsustainable growth patterns.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF’s managing director, said the organization has been given a “new mandate” to serve as global lender of last resort [...]
The International Monetary Fund pitched its case Friday for becoming a global central bank, a function that would require a hefty capital injection but could help even out imbalanced and unsustainable growth patterns.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF’s managing director, said the organization has been given a “new mandate” to serve as global lender of last resort [...]
When major ice sheets thaw, they release enough fresh water to disrupt ocean currents world-wide and make the planet wobble with the uneven weight of so much meltwater on the move. Studying these effects more closely, scientists are discovering local variations in rising sea levels — and some signs pointing to higher seas around metropolitan [...]
Airlines this week will begin requiring some people making reservations for domestic flights to submit their dates of birth and genders as part of a screening process aimed at keeping boarding passes out of the hands of suspected terrorists, the Transportation Security Administration said.
The agency said the screening would all play out behind the scenes, [...]
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Last week, consumer lender Capital One Financial increased its unemployment forecast to 8.7% by the end of 2009, from its previous expectation of 7% by midyear. And Capital One added that it is building more-severe unemployment scenarios into lending decisions.
Also last week, Kelly King, chief executive of regional bank BB&T, said unemployment of 8% [...]
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Barack Obama has spoken often of sacrifice. And as recently as a week ago, he said that to stave off the deepening recession Americans should be prepared to face “trillion dollar deficits for years to come.”
But apart from a stirring call for volunteerism in his inaugural address, the only specific sacrifices the president [...]
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Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Source: clusterstock.alleyinsider.com
Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Source: clusterstock.alleyinsider.com
Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Source: clusterstock.alleyinsider.com
Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Source: clusterstock.alleyinsider.com
Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Source: clusterstock.alleyinsider.com
Retailing has always been a tough business. Now it’s a brutal business. Some observers now predict that more than 25% of retailers may go bust in the the next two years.
Paul Kedrosky:
A great WSJ quote driving home how this truly is retail’s Schumpeterian moment:
Analysts estimate that from about 10% to 26% [...]
Apparently, Mr. Good did not see any significant improvements on the horizon for the real estate market.
Source: WSJ.com
Real-estate executive Steven L. Good was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in his Jaguar in a forest preserve outside Chicago, said the Kane County Sheriff’s Department.
Mr. Good, 52 years old, was chief executive of [...]
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Acknowledging that earlier cost-cutting moves are insufficient due to the sustained economic downturn, aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. announced deeper work-force cuts, more plant closures and a 50% reduction in capital expenditures.
By the end of this year, there will be 15,000 fewer positions at the company, or roughly 14.5% of its current employees and contractors, [...]
Source: WSJ.com
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A polite and cheerful man with a buzz cut, Mr. Panarin insists he does not dislike Americans. But he warns that the outlook for them is dire.
“There’s a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur,” he says. “One could rejoice in that process,” he adds, poker-faced. “But if we’re talking reasonably, it’s not [...]
Source: WSJ.com
The number of consumers with delinquent mortgages is poised to almost double by the end of next year, hitting its highest level in at least 16 years, according to a leading credit bureau.
TransUnion LLC, which analyzed about 27 million consumer records in its database, predicted that the proportion of consumers with mortgages that are [...]
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