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Recession
MID-DAY UPDATE: Oil prices concern consumers, HBO taps job-strapped market
Mar 3, 2011
Unrest in Libya continues, and as stranded workers wait to return to their countries, Britain and France have volunteered aircraft to evacuate...
Report: More Americans are worried about their personal finances
Feb 22, 2011
More Americans are worried about recession impacts on their personal finances than they were a year ago, according to an annual survey that asses...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Jordan, Finding "Radio Shangi-La," McDonald's works the recession
Feb 8, 2011
Marketplace's Alisa Roth is in the Middle East covering the political unrest in Egypt and the surrounding countries. Roth spoke with Jeremy Hobson...
Spotting a double-dip recession
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Paddy Hirsch
Jan 18, 2011
While fears of a double-dip recession have receded in the U.S. for now, there's still some talk about a double-dip recession striking other markets around the world. Paddy Hirsch explains what a double dip is, and what it might look like.
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MIDDAY UPDATE: BP oil spill, toning shoes, and the Recession Generation
Jan 6, 2011
A series of cost cutting tactics and management failures by BP and other companies, including Halliburton, are to blame for the Gulf oil spill...
To rent or not to rent -- that is the question
Dec 23, 2010
Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics has released a list of 55 U.S. cities organized according to how cost effective it is to rent a home, rather than...
Apparently, Americans are getting wealthier
Dec 9, 2010
And this final note, one that is hard to imagine for millions of Americans still looking for jobs....
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Shipping threats and TSA regulations
Nov 1, 2010
Following Friday's mail-bomb scare in London, shipping and cargo industries respond to the idea of new threats. How will these changes affect...
A chic memento of the Great Recession
Sep 21, 2010
One shopper gives new meaning to the term "recessionista."
According to fashion website Refinery29, one lucky shopper found a stash of Lehman Br...