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CHELSEA, Mich. -- Nancy Paul doesn't need a Census Bureau report to know poverty is rising in Michigan. She sees it in the moms and children who show up at her small nonprofit agency seeking free back-to-school clothes. She hears it in their plaintive requests...(more)
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MOSCOW (AP) -- At the outset of this year, Russia proudly proclaimed itself an island of stability at the annual economic gathering in Davos, setting itself apart from the tumult of the global financial crisis....
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AP - The newspaper industry's downward spiral is accelerating as the weak U.S. economy depresses already-tumbling advertising revenue and forces more rounds of job cuts and other trims.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's governor and Wall Street lenders bargained on Friday ahead of the expiration of a stand-still pact in a bid to avert a bankruptcy filing on $3.2 billion of debt by the state's most populous county.
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This is how far some people will go these days to get locally grown food: In California, more than 40 residents volunteered their back yards to an aspiring young farmer who couldn't afford to buy land of his own. In exchange for a weekly supply...(more)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is seen as a strong advocate for opening new areas to oil drilling, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but has taken a hard line in negotiations with oil companies and raised taxes on the state's energy producers....(more)
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- With gas prices high, bicycles flying out of stores and a buyers' market for houses, a handful of real estate agents around the country are touting the two-wheeled appeal of their listings....
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U.S. personal income tumbled unexpectedly and spending slowed as the effects of government stimulus wore off and an inflation measure was at a 17-year high, the government reported.
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(Reuters) - Automakers deserve as much as $50 billion in government-backed loans so that they can build more fuel-efficient cars, according to a top General Motors executive, the New York Times reported.
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AFP - Japan's government announced an economic stimulus package worth more than 100 billion dollars Friday to tackle the fastest inflation in a decade and the looming threat of a recession.
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Hundreds of travellers are stranded and tens of thousands lose bookings after the budget airline Zoom collapses.
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