December 27, 2011 – 4:32 am
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – It’s the economy that keeps Americans up at night, on edge and worried, revealed a new CNN/ORC International poll released Friday. Some 70 percent said that things are not going well in the United States, with just three out of 10 saying read more »
December 13, 2011 – 4:32 am
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Berlin, Germany (AHN) – German exports fell by a larger percentage than forecast for October because of lower demand from southern European markets affected by the economic crisis. Exports fell by 3.6 percent in October compared to September. It was larger than the 1 percent drop expected and the read more »
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September 6, 2011 – 4:31 am
Jupiter Kalambakal – AHN News Reporter London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Market indexes in Europe plunged on Monday and the German benchmark index deteriorated to a two-year low after German Chancellor Angela Merkel lost a regional election. Banks plunged after the United States sued 17 banks for $196 billion and sought compensation for misleading investors read more »
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August 23, 2011 – 4:31 am
Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, United Kingdom (AHN) – Retail sales, excluding gasoline, grew weakly in the United Kingdom during July rising only 0.2 percent compared to the 0.8 percent growth rate in June, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS). A drop in the sales of clothing and household goods offset the read more »
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Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The national unemployment rate for the month of July remained little unchanged at 9.1 while total nonfarm payroll employment rose by a modest 117,000, according to the monthly report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Although the 117,000 jobs created during July read more »
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Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Staff Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – Nearly half (41) of all Americans surveyed in a recent poll say they are driving less or combining trips to lighten the burden of rising gas prices. According to a Tell It Now(SM) poll released today from ComPsych Corporation another 22 percent read more »
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Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Staff Yonkers, NY, United States (AHN) – The saying “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer,” is seemingly true based on a two-year study of the groups. For American households earning less than $50,000 per year, it has been far more difficult on the economic road to read more »
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Lockheed Martin is cutting nearly 8 percent of jobs in its space systems unit, a move that will improve efficiencies but affect workers in California and Pennsylvania. Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved View full post on Economy, Business And Finance Stories
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Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Trollhattan, Sweden (AHN) – Spyker Cars, the Dutch owner of Saab, announced on Monday investments that will help it resume production and allow two Chinese firms to own more than 50 percent of the company. Pang Da Automobile and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus have agreed to invest a total of read more »
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BANGKOK, Thailand (IRIN) – The world’s oceans are rapidly losing fish, with more than 85 percent of fish populations overexploited and Asian fishing boats largely responsible, Greenpeace says. “The ocean fish populations are in a freefall due to overfishing,” Sarah Duthie, head of Greenpeace’s Global Oceans Campaign, told IRIN on 3 June in Bangkok. “Unless read more »
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