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U.S. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment in August 2009
added: 22-09-2009

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed in August. Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia reported over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 16 states registered rate decreases, and 7 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The national unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in August, up 0.3 percentage point from July and 3.5 points from August 2008.
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Investors Brushing off Key Lessons from Financial Crisis
added: 22-09-2009

Despite the most tumultuous year for investors since the Great Depression, Americans appear unfazed and continue to have high hopes for retirement, according to the results of research released by Allianz Global Investors, a leading global investment management firm.
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Milk Prices: More Needs to Be Done, Say MEPs
added: 22-09-2009

Existing aid to dairy farmers will continue until at least next February, MEPs agreed. But they also warned that measures taken by the European Commission so far were not enough.
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Foreclosure Home Prices Still Dropping in Several States
added: 22-09-2009

According to ForeclosureDataOnline.com, many states are still seeing a drop in foreclosure housing prices despite improvements in many parts of the United States. These statistics suggest investors and home buyers might want to hold out just a bit longer when buying foreclosure property in some states.
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Online Ad Spending Slows but Grabs Market Share
added: 22-09-2009

Print will lose even more US ad spending share than previously forecast but remain on top, while online is set to grab the second-largest slice of the ad spending pie this year, according to estimates by Myers Publishing.
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Many People Are Confused or Misinformed on What is, and is Not, in Health Reform Proposals
added: 22-09-2009

A new Harris Poll finds that large numbers of people either believe damaging misinformation about the health care proposals being discussed in Washington or are not sure what to believe. The polls also shows that almost half of all adults continue to support what they see as President Obama’s health care reform proposals, significantly but not substantially more than oppose them. And, more people like the president’s proposals than like what they think the Democrats in Congress are proposing, and much more than what they think Republicans in Congress want.
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Americans Still Confused by President Obama's Health Care Plan
added: 21-09-2009

As President Obama prepares to make back-to-back appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows and David Letterman in an effort to garner support for his proposed health care plan, his primary challenge will be in helping his audience to understand what the plan entails.
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China's August Oil Consumption Drops 5.4% from July - First Decline in 6 Months
added: 21-09-2009

Chinese oil demand in August slid 5.4% from July, arresting a month-on-month climb seen since March this year, as the world's second largest oil consumer reined in oil imports as well as crude throughput rates at domestic refineries, according to a data analysis just released by Platts.
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Little Help for Taxpayers Next Year From Inflation Adjustments, CCH Says
added: 21-09-2009

Taxpayers will reap little benefit next year from the indexing of many features of the tax code, according to CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and a leading provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, which today released estimated income ranges for each 2010 tax bracket. CCH also projects the personal exemption to show no increase and the standard deduction to remain constant for all but those filing as heads of households.
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Consumers to Retailers: Don't Make Us Pay Your Business Costs
added: 20-09-2009

Consumers believe retailers benefit far more from accepting credit and debit cards than they pay in costs, according to a new survey released by Visa Inc. The survey also finds that consumers believe merchants see card cost acceptance as a part of doing business, much like paying for utilities such as electricity.
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