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IPN Spotlight: The Economy

 

 

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Stock market falls as home construction slows

US housing concerns weigh on world markets

Weak home building a drag on economic recovery

The worst is yet to come: Unemployed Americans should hunker down for more job losses

The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It

Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession

Who is he talking to? Obama has been spending money like he can print it up in the basement.

Gulf single currency not imminent: Kuwait minister

California budget shortfall to top $21 billion

Improper US Government Payments Hit $98 Billion

Dollar falls, sending gold to record high

Regulators shut 2 banks in Fla., 1 in Calif.

U.S. Treasury Confident Congress Will Increase Debt Ceiling

 

Obama wants domestic spending cuts in next budget

Weak dollar no quick fix for narrowing trade gap

Poorest Town In Illinois Suffers In Recession

How Struggling Homeowners Can Stay in Their Homes as Renters

Headline should be Homeowners trade deed for government housing. It is not a coincidence that the government now holds the mortgages to half of the homes in the U.S., private property will soon be a memory.

Fed’s Plosser says no inflation threat for now: report

Inflation is never immediate, it takes about 2 years. They know it is coming but will not admit it.

Rates on 30-year loans remain below 5 percent

US banks prepaying $45B in insurance fees

Forced prepayments.

Jobless claims fall, but hiring gains seem far off

Drop in energy use upends early advance in stocks

Gold hits record high above $1,123Home-Purchase Index in U.S. Plunges to Lowest Level Since 2000

Wal-Mart posts 3 percent rise in profit for 3Q

Jobless claims fall more than expected to 502K

how can they paint half a million people loosing their jobs as somehow not that bad?

Americans may be settling into spending less

Foreclosures dip 3 pct. in October from September

Booming precious metal prices drive gold rush

 

Oil falls below $79 ahead of US supply report

 

 

Unions prod Obama to fix ailing airline industry

 

 

Obama’s pay czar concerned firms could lose talent

 

 

Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs out

 

S&P 500 Climbs to 13-Month High as Commodities Rally on China

 

 

 

 

 

China Signals That It May Allow Currency to Rise Against Dollar

 

 

Oil up to near $80 as the dollar weakens

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report: AIG CEO ready to quit over pay constraints

 

 

World Bank warns unemployment threatens US economy

 

 

Dow jumps 204 to high for year as dollar slumps

 

 

Freddie Posts $5B Loss

 

Fannie Mae, which announced an $18.9 billion net loss during the same time frame and requested a $15 billion injection from the Treasury,

 

 

Geithner: need stimulus, not financial transactions tax

 

 

Dollar slides after G-20 stimulus pledge

 

 

Fed: GMAC to receive more bailout money

 

 


 

Gold price hits record high as dollar wanes

 

 

I’m doing ‘God’s work’. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs

 

The Sunday Times gains unprecedented access to the world’s most powerful, and most secretive, investment bank

 

 

GE, Comcast agree on NBC Universal valuation: source

 

 

Sun, Nov. 8 2009

 

Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull?

 

GE, Comcast agree on NBC Universal valuation: source

 

House Democrats pass health-care bill
One Republican votes for plan Senate will act next on legislation

 

 

 

Sat, Nov. 7 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geithner, Other G-20 Finance Officials Vow to Maintain Stimulus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Advances to Record in New York, London After Jobs Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mac loses $6.3B in 3Q

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama’s new world

Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be

What recovery? Unemployment shoots past 10 percent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless

Jobless in RI can now get benefits up to 99 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Relief from the Christmas Gloom for Retailers

 

 

 

Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus

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