Recession - Archives
Birth Rate Is Said to Fall as
a Result of Recession
For the first time since the decade began, Americans are having fewer
babies, and some experts are blaming the economy...
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3 In 4 Americans Use Internet To Combat Recession
Adults are flocking to the Web to find job leads, investment information
and bargains, and to track down government benefits, says Pew study...
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Recession sends Americans to
the Internet
It's not just family and friends that Americans are turning to for advice
and support to cope with the prolonged recession; many have found a
counselor in the Internet. More than two-thirds of American adults -- or
88 percent of U.S. Internet users -- went online for help with
recession-induced personal economic issues and to gather information on
national economic problems, a study released on Wednesday said...
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Recession Puts Brakes on
Holiday Travel
Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Are Cutting Back Vacation Spending this
Summer...
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The 10 largest U.S.
bankruptcies
From Lehman to Texaco, the mighty have fallen, taking down billions and
billions with them...
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Recession hits Social
Security hard
The recession has taken its toll on Social Security. The officials who
oversee the program forecast Tuesday that the Social Security trust fund
will be exhausted by 2037 - four years earlier than estimated last year...
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Global Economy Contracts,
With Slow Recovery Next Year
In the most severe recession since World War II, the global economy is
projected to shrink by 1.3 percent in 2009, with a slow recovery expected
to take hold next year, according to the IMF’s April World Economic
Outlook (WEO)...
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The Fortune 500's biggest
losers
AIG led the loser board in a terrible year for onetime stars like
Citigroup, Motorola and Fannie Mae and longtime laggards like GM...
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Feds Confirm Spike in Crime
During Economic Downturn
Although violent and property crime rates are down when compared to the
recession of the 1990s, officials say recent violence is worrying and may
be an indicator of more to come...
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Recession is a dose of
reality for young workers
Many had been raised to believe they could do anything. Now as they lose
their first or second jobs because of the recession, their high
expectations are being dashed...
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Gaming continues surge in recession; is escapism
the reason?
NPD released video game software sales numbers for 2008 earlier this year,
and at the time, it was noted that the gaming industry was seeing a surge
that ran counter to the economic climate. The surge centered in the U.S.
and U.K with casual gaming titles becoming a driving force behind growing
sales numbers. In January, the trend continued, with Nintendo's Wii Fit
title leading the charge with 777,000 units sold...
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A-Z of the credit crunch
AIG effect, Bailout, Credit crunch, Derivatives, Export slumps, Fiscal
stimulus package, Great Recession, Homedulgence, Iceland, Keynesianism,
Liquidity trap, Mini-Madoff, Naked shorts, Obamamania, Paulson - John and
Henry, Quantitative easing, Recessionista, Shovel ready, Tarp, Unsecured
debt, Vacations, Write-down, Xenophobia, Yen strength, Zombie bank ...
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Scenes from the recession
The state of our global economy: foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies,
layoffs, abandoned projects, and the people and industries caught in the
middle. It can be difficult to capture financial pressures in photographs,
but here a few recent glimpses into some of the places and lives affected
by what some are calling the "Great Recession"...
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