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U.S. trade deficit jumps to seven-month high
WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday. One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big...Tags: Consumers, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012), China, Globalization
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China, U.S., Europe battling over a shrinking global-trade pie
World NowGlobal Focus: In polite, diplomatic language, China this week accused Eurozone leaders of piling up debts that threaten global economic stability and the Europeans countered with complaints that Beijing manipulates its currency to unfairly skew trade in... -
Steering away from the fiscal cliff — and into a ditch
Efforts to avert the "fiscal cliff" offer great drama, but they won't solve Washington's budget woes and could precipitate another recession — or worse. The Budget Act of 2011 requires the president and Congress to agree on a nine-year, $1.2...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform (2009), Petroleum Industry, Politics
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There's a reason the economy isn't generating jobs
The economy added 96,000 jobs in August, down from 141,000 in July and not nearly enough to keep pace with population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent only because 581,000 workers quit looking for work and are no longer counted in the...Tags: Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve
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FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Iran, Financially Distressed Companies, Bashar Assad, Politics
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The euro has failed
Europe's single currency is a bust. With unemployment reaching depression levels in the Mediterranean states, time has long passed to negotiate an orderly return to national currencies. Euro advocates argue a single currency is essential for creating a...
Tags: Financial Markets, Antitrust Issues, Politics, Federal Reserve, Spain
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Morici: 8.5 percent unemployment may be as good as it gets
The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, and unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent. Going forward, unemployment is not likely to fall much further and may rise again.
Fourth quarter growth was exceptionally strong as the global economy recovered...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Local Government, Career and Workplace, Health
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Germany's plan will make euro crisis worse
European leaders are working feverishly to create what German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling a "fiscal union" to restore private investor confidence in Europe and rekindle growth. Unfortunately, what she advocates will thrust Europe into a deeper...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Investments, Angela Merkel, European Union, Credit and Debt
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Obama should focus on trade, energy, deregulation
America is in crisis.
The new normal is not good enough. The unemployed can't find jobs, the old can't retire and those in between live in constant fear of being tapped on the shoulder and thrust into the abyss.
Property values are lower than a snake'...Tags: Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry, Democratic Party, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Ripley's opens Odditorium at Harborplace
Ripley's Believe It or Not, one of the first of several new tenants opening for the summer tourist season at Harborplace in downtown Baltimore, will open Saturday in the Light Street Pavilion. Ripley Entertainment Inc. said exhibits at the Inner Harbor...Tags: Science and Technology, Financially Distressed Companies, Inner Harbor, Justice System, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Cheating by China threatens Maryland jobs
They still don't get it. Every four years, presidential candidates pledge allegiance to American manufacturing and profess a love for "Made in America." But when the going gets tough, no presidential candidate can match this rhetoric with action. In a...
Tags: Barack Obama, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Benjamin L. Cardin, Politics, Donna F. Edwards
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