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Monthly Archive September, 2011

A summer many investors would rather forget

September 30, 2011

It was a stomach-churning summer that most investors would like to forget.
The United States lost its top-of-the-line credit rating for the first time. The financial […]

online, technology - Comments closed

GM contract clears national union vote; local vote next

September 29, 2011

United Auto Workers nationwide approved a new four-year contract with General Motors on Wednesday, putting the Wentzville GM assembly plant a step closer to adding […]

Business, Lenders - Comments closed

Fed dissenter says latest step won’t help economy

September 27, 2011

The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas says he opposed the Fed’s latest attempt to boost economic growth because it probably won’t work […]

USA, Uncategorized - Comments closed

Report: Americans fail to appreciate local papers

September 25, 2011

A majority of Americans don’t seem to recognize the value of their local newspaper.
According to a survey from the Pew Research Center, most people say […]

Personal Finance, term - Comments closed

How not to lose your shirt in the market

September 24, 2011

It would be easy to look at what’s happening on the markets and a have a full-scale meltdown worrying about your own portfolio.
(In fact, judging […]

management, term - Comments closed

US stocks fall as recession fears fuel global rout

September 23, 2011

U.S. stocks are falling as recession fears and global selling take them to new yearly lows.
Shares were on track for their fifth straight day of […]

UK, technology - Comments closed

TS Ophelia moving west while new depression forms

September 21, 2011

Tropical Storm Ophelia is moving west over the Atlantic, while a new tropical depression has formed in the Pacific south of Mexico.
Ophelia has maximum sustained […]

legal, money - Comments closed

S. California grocery union makes tentative deal

September 20, 2011

Negotiators for workers at Southern California’s largest grocery chains reached a deal Monday to avoid a repeat of a four-month strike eight years ago that […]

Finance, term - Comments closed

Strauss-Kahn acknowledges moral failings with maid

September 18, 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, acknowledged Sunday his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid was a “moral failing” […]

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Obama signs first major U.S. patent law change since 1952

September 17, 2011

ALEXANDRIA, VA.

Uncategorized, economics - Comments closed