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Current News (in reverse chronological order):
- Study: Workers to pay more for health care
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- Fed: Country in a slow-growth rut
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- Fed leaves rates unchanged
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- Economists should listen to consumers
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- What the Fed decision means for you
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- Millionaires going global
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- Closing the book on Countrywide
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- Firms, banks borrow more from Fed
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- Fed auctions $75 billion to banks
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- Saudi Arabia to produce more oil
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- Record corn prices mean more expensive meat, dairy
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- Zimbabwe (election and economy)
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- For Chinese, the Reality of Higher Gas Prices
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- China hikes fuel prices
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- Inflation hits hard in Hawaii
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- Did the Fed go too far?
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- High food prices caused by oil, gas prices more than ethanol, farmers say
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- Get used to high prices
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- Inflation getting 'uglier and uglier'
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- Stimulus gives a lift to consumers
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- Unemployment soars to 5.5%
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- Six fixes for pricey gasoline
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- Americans $1.7 trillion poorer
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- Game on: McCain v. Obama on economy
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- Downsizing the American home
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- Stagflation is back. Here's how to beat it
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- Economic 'misery' more widespread
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- Recession? Maybe. Depression? Get real
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- A Diploma’s Worth? Ask Her
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- What do you see for area's future?
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- It's always the economy, stupid
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- Forecasters see weak economy even if housing, credit improve
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- Diesel fuel costs, poor prices have hit shrimping industry hard
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- Higher Education Means Better Health
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- U.S. to suspend oil reserve shipments
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- Study: Mom's market value $117K
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- As fuel prices surge, bike business rolls along
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- Productivity Rises in First Quarter
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- Seeing Inflation Only in the Prices That Go Up
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- All of Inflation’s Little Parts
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- For Democrats, Instincts Differ on Economics
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- Candidates' issues: Economy/taxes
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- It's a grim economy for new grads
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- Economy still sputtering
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- Immigrants and jobs: A closer look
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- When globalizaation hits home
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- Is global inflation intractable?
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- Ready for the new global economy?
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- In praise of Wal-Mart
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- Best Jobs in America
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- U.S. gas: So cheap it hurts
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- Fed cuts rates again and hints at pause
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- Rebates might be too little, too late
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- Freer Trade Could Fill the World’s Rice Bowl
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- Wages in Nueces County mix of good and bad
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- Survey: 30 percent believe economy will shrink
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- The Wealth Trajectory: Rewards for the Few
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- Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All
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- Top jobs for the class of 2008
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- Asian inflation begin to sting U.S. shoppers
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- death and taxes 2008 poster
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- Forget subprime. In Asia, the big fear is inflation
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- The underemployment rate is rising
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- Bernanke sees recession risk
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- UTSA students plagiarize honor code
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- Key economic report shows weakness
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- Recession could be best medicine
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- Fed cuts rates by three-quarters of a point
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- Recession? Where to put your money now
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- Can U.S. carmakers ride out a recession?
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- Americans on economy: This hurts
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- Sand art event discontinued because of costs
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- Unemployed, and Skewing the Picture (NYTimes subscription)
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- Income and Happiness: An Imperfect Link
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- Sherwin Alumina prepares to reduce its work force
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- The 44th president's $4 trillion headache
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- Delay pushes construction of westside mall into 2009
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- 10 things you should know about gas prices
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- Interest rates: The new conundrum
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- Watch inflation now
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- recession watch
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- The 44th president's $4 trillion headache
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- Made in China? Maybe not
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- Companies show concern about bee health
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- 50 years of market swings
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- Survival strategies: Recession-proof your life
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- Bill would ban restaurants from serving obese customers
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- The darker side of interest rate cuts
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- State of Union: Economy is key
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- How to tell if we are in recession
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- Bush unveils $3.1 trillion budget
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- Cheap cars in Asia, expensive gas everywhere
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- Fed delivers another rate cut
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- Economy much weaker than expected
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- The economy of Britney
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- America's Lowest-Paying Jobs
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- Bush hammers home on economy
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- Recession-Proof Jobs in 2008
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- Juicing the economy will come at a cost
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- Automotive antenna is going down
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- A recession of global dimensions?
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- Fed slashes key rate to 3.5%
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- Fed to cut key interest rates by 3/4 of a percent
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- Tax rebates: Where's your check?
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- Bush, Democrats differ on stimulus
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- Free trade fears on the rise
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- Why Bernanke shouldn't cut rates
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- Americans: Recession near - or already here
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- Economic activity ticks down in December
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- Bush calls for quick, temporary tax relief to spur economy
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- Bush: Stimulus plan needed
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- Inflation pressure on consumers ease
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- U.S. sees surge in number of births
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- Weakest holiday season in years
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- High prices nice, but oil isn't Texas' lifeblood
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- Father of Bush tax cuts: Recession likely
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- Economists say odds of recession are rising
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- Fed cuts rates by a quarter point
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- What a rate cut means to homeowners
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- Bet your bottom dollar
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- City to consider $400K for APAC
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- Wind farm projects get a bit of good news
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- Income, spending gains slow
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- Economy best in four years
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- $100 oil and the 'S' word
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- Federal Reserve battles recession fears
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- Fed sees economy slowing in 2008
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- Economists: No global collapse in '08
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- Don't look now: Here comes the recession
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- What's sinking the dollar?
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- Make money in 2008: The outlook
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- Susser net income decreases by 34%
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- Officials inspect Navy property
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- Fed pushes openness, ups forecast frequency
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- Luring jobs must be group effort, official says
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- City Council nominates refineries for program
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- Shrimpy prices, costly fuel shrink industry
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- Susser to sell $150M to buy out food chain
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- Expert: Low home prices will help city
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- Plunging savings rate cause for alarm
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- Bonds rally on signs of economic weakness
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- Are you better off?
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- Fed cuts rates to 4.5%
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- Housing woes can't derail economy
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- The new math of oil
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- The $915B bomb in consumers' wallets
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- How a Fed rate cut raises oil prices
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- College costs keep rising
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- Bernanke: Uncertainty brings challenges
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- Economic indicators suggest modest growth
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- China's biggest bank to open U.S. branch
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- Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on Social Mechanisms (requires login)
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- Google skimps on its own advertising
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- Red hot global currencies
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- We built this city on dock and oil
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- Europe in tough spot on rates
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- When Fed ignorance isn't bliss
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- Recession chatter gets louder
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- Investors to Fed: Thanks for nothing
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- Chocking on growth
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- Economy shows growth, but misses forecasts
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- Oil drops below $80 as supplies grow
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- Investors eye elevated inflation signs
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- Research group says economy will lose steam
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- Did the Fed go too far?
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- Bank loans from Fed decline
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- Treasurys decline on inflation fears
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- Fed can't stop recession
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- Fed slashes rates to boost economy
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- The Fed should cut rates! No, it shouldn't!
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- EU court dismisses Microsoft appeal
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- Greenspan: Crisis 'an accident waiting to happen'
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- Microsoft's big day in court
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- Corn and milk: A 1-2 inflation combo
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- The Fed's unkindest cut?
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- Fed can't stop recession
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- Why the credit crunch may deepen
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- Bernanke: Nations need fix for global trade
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- Toy design, not production, blamed for recalls
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- China inflation surges to near 11-year high
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- China now No. 1 source of imports
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- Growth outlook worst in five years
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- Why frugality is your best investment
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- Analyst: Fed rate cut won't help markets
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- Do economic jitters mean Democratic votes?
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- Will the Fed save the day?
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- Now, it's employment that's weak
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- Greenspan: We've seen this turmoil before
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- Debugging Wall Street's funky math
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- Manufacturing slows in August
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- Recession risk up - but still not likely
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- Today's Best Entry-Level Salaries
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- Bernanke: Fed ready to act
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- Fuzzy Bush math
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- GDP growth not reaching paychecks
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- US workers among more productive
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- Acer offers $710M for Gateway
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- Panic on Wall Street: A brief history of fear
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- Fed bend rules to help two big banks
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- Are Americans too lazy?
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- Fed cuts discount rate
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- Price rockets to $4.99 for a gallon of milk at area H-E-B
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- Fed keeps rate steady
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- Fed holds rates steady despite volatile markets
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- Globalization of labor
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- Minimum wage boost first in 10 years
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- Property taxes unchanged, some fees raised
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- Cost of raising children not as high as government would have you believe
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- More sugar for Schwarzman --Blackstone
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- Harry Potter's dollar magic will live on
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- Testimony of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke
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- The greatest economic boom ever
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- Most lucrative college degrees
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- Lower budget gap seen
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- Mortgages up despite rate surge
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- How Microsoft conquered China
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- APAC reduces workers
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- Laws require flags to be born in USA
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- Who gets the most (and least) vacation
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- World's most expensive cities
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- An era of cheap money - gone
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- Despite record gas, inflation tame
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- U.S.:China not manipulating yuan
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- Is the U.S. winning back its competitive edge?
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- They work harder for the money
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- A fight about fish farms
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- Shaking off global rate worries
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- Bernanke says inflation risks remain
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- Obama flunks Econ 101
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- Buyout firms + oil riches = Perfect match
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- Tough choice: lower taxes or better streets?
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- College students fail to connect the dots
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- American idol: Competition after the finale
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- Standing in the shadow of dad's salary
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- Jobs, health top concerns
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- China grabbing $3B of Blackstone
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- My big fat American gas tax
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- Area wildlife attracts half of tourists, study says
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- Burlington Northern idles more than 400 workers
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- Rational exuberance
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- The bubbles that built America
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- Economic growth slowest in four years
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- Why the M&A boom has legs
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- Developing Corpus Christi: A game of chance
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- Economies of baseball
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- Trade-offs and global warming
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- Why aren't Americans using less gas?
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- 6 ways to lower gas prices
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- Fed leaves rates alone again
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- Bernanke: Trade shows no employment effect
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- Engineering on a decline
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- What's your bulls**t job?
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- Chavez wants out of IMF, World Bank
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- Analyst: Chavez bluffing on refinery sale
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- Venezuela pulls control from Big Oil
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- City Council debates growing labor shortage
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- $3.8M awarded to local counties to restore coast
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- And the winners are
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- The poverty/terror myth
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- Job-seeker drug use may be exaggerated
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- Yong and restless; Top 20 jobs
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- Fed holds rates steady again
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- Students say city needs more jobs
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- China to raise interest rates on saving and lending
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- Understanding the economic dimension to terrorism
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- Constructing a work force
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- Texas jobless rate decreases in January
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- Most lucrative degrees for 2007 grads
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- Mint hopes we'll flip for this $1 coin
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- Prices spike for Mexican favorite - tortillas
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- Bernanke: Economy healthy, but...
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- Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs
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- It's final: Circles are out, Stripes are in
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- Valero, Flint Hills dispute spots on top polluters list
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- Professors: Textbook bill a bad idea
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- Super Bowl, Congress provide clues to investors
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- Everybody wants in
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- Bush, Demos tell tale of two economies
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- Bush: Mind CEO pay, change how Sarbanes-Oxley works
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- Baseball ticket prices: Supply, not millionaires
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- Are Super Bowl ads worth the money?
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- In defense of $10,000 Super Bowl tickets
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- Fed holds rates steady - again
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- Economy posts surprising growth
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- Average earnings higher in 2006
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- Behind Ford's scary $12.7 billion loss
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- What Bush's health plan means to you
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- Democrats: Middle class 'losing its place at the table'
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- Bush State of the Union: Work with me
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- Dune debate about erosion - of economy, property values
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- Mexico battles tortilla hike
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- In Senate, minimum wage, execs' pay in play
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- Social security: It's back
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- Baby boomers threaten economy
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- House passes minimum wage hike bill
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