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CNN
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Here I go. I am about to walk into one of the biggest sucker's games in the whole world of economics: declaring that the U.S. consumer is tapped out, so desperately in hock and troubled about the future that he finally just can't spend like it's 1999 anym..
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BusinessWeek
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Worries over mortgages and higher gas prices are starting to show up in their spending. And from Tiffany's to Wal-Mart, retailers are feeling the pinch
At first blush, it's easy to overlook the lackluster results posted by luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co...
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Yahoo News
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Executives from Wal-Mart and three other major U.S. employers on Wednesday joined hands with union leaders in setting a goal of providing "quality, affordable" health care for every American by 2012...
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MSNBC
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This week on Wall Street, investors will find out if consumers’ worries about housing, jobs and rising prices are affecting their spending — and, in turn, posing a further threat to the economy.
The market begins Monday with the Dow Jones industria..
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MSNBC
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As consumers scale back on spending in the face of a softening U.S. economy, at least one analyst suspects that more shoppers are choosing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over rival Target Corp.
Sagging home prices, higher gas prices and job cuts have Americans p..
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BusinessWeek
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Annoyed with the ad deluge on social networks, many users are spending less time on the sites
If you want to socialize with Chris Heritage, you won't find him on Facebook. The 27-year-old Port St. Lucie (Fla.) business analyst joined the social network..
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BusinessWeek
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Consumers today are reducing their carbon footprint and their spending. The trend could offset the government's stimulus plans
Lisa Goodson, a 38-year-old mother of three children 5 and under, reuses printer paper by flipping every sheet over when she'..
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SF Gate
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Consumers increased their spending at the weakest pace in six months while applications for unemployment benefits soared last week, two more signs the economy is weakening.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending edged up just..
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BusinessWeek
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With corporate spending slowing, big tech outfits seek the smaller prey. Oracle's and Sun's deals highlight the consolidation wave
The signs should be pretty familiar by now. Looming recession. Slowing corporate tech spending. It has all the makings of..
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BusinessWeek
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Reports on October personal income and construction spending prompt Action Economics to slash its GDP forecast for the quarter to 0.5%
Perhaps it's a fitting end to a month that saw so much volatility and confusion. Two U.S. economic reports released o..
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MSNBC
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Online sales got off to a good start, according to one research firm. ComScore Networks, which tracks Internet spending, reported Sunday that online sales, excluding travel, auctions and corporate purchases, rose 22 percent to $531 million on the day afte..
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MSNBC
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Shop ‘til you drop.” “Shopaholic.” Those are just funny expressions, right? In some cases, they’re anything but.
Compulsive shopping can range from an occasionally budget-busting diversion to a drop-dead serious addiction. At its most extreme..
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MSNBC
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Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August while construction spending dropped sharply in July, indicating turmoil in the housing and financial markets could be spilling over to the broader economy.
One bright spot for the U.S. economy, howeve..
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MSNBC
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Construction activity plunged in July by the biggest amount in six months as spending on homes fell for a record 17th straight month.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that construction spending dropped 0.4 percent in July, compared with June, t..
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New York Times
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IT’S Labor Day weekend, so let’s talk about labor. (Capital absorbs our attention most of the other 364 days of the year.)
Around 140 million people are employed in the United States. They are engaged in work like governing, manufacturing, health c..
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BusinessWeek
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Despite spending lots more per capita on health care, the U.S. is often as bad or worse than other industrialized nations in wait times
Susan M., a 54-year-old human resources executive in New York City, faithfully schedules a mammogram every year, cal..
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BusinessWeek
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Rising gas prices finally are prompting some to cut spending. Could too much thrift hurt the economy?
Wal-Mart worker Jean Sartore sees the effect of rising gas prices on the sales floor at work and when she gets in her 1996 Buick Park Avenue. With loc..
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BusinessWeek
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Homeowners may well spend through the slump
With builders, lenders, and realtors slashing jobs, the housing bust is a serious drag on the economy. But there's a case to be made that despite the weakness in home prices, homeowners will keep spending eno..
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Washington Post
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Wall Street began the week with a strong start Monday as better-than-expected profits at Citigroup Inc. and a healthy increase in consumer spending renewed investors' optimism about the economy. The Dow Jones industrials rose nearly 100 points.
Earning..
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BusinessWeek
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Forget those antiquated government statistics. U.S. corporate investment is booming—just take a look overseas
When is a slowdown not a slowdown? On the face of it, the government's statistics tell a very convincing story about cautious companies and..
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