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The U.S. economy continued growing this summer but "with widespread signs of deceleration," according to the Federal Reserve's "beige book." The compilation of anecdotal information from companies in the 12 Fed districts offers a portrait of an uncertain economic moment in which growth has slowed in


Federal Reserve System - Beige Book - Economic - Social Sciences - US Federal Reserve

As we continue to assign blame for the nation's economic mess, perhaps it would do us well to look in the mirror.


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Large deficits and a weakened financial system have made the United States less competitive in the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in its annual review of the competitiveness of countries.


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Facing a rising jobless rate and the possibility of a GOP blowout in the November midterm elections, President Obama sought Wednesday to convince voters that he is charting a new path to revive the American economy.


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Washington's battle for regulatory reform wasn't supposed to have this kind of collateral damage.



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Bethesda-based contracting giant Lockheed Martin announced Wednesday that more than 600 executives have taken the company up on an early-exit program that provides financial incentives in exchange for leaving.


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WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.


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Elizabeth Warren slipped quietly into Washington on Tuesday to talk with President Obama about the possibility of leading the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, according to people familiar with the meeting.


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BP released a long-awaited report Wednesday on an internal investigation into the causes of its Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout, blaming multiple failures by BP and other firms but absolving its much-criticized well design.



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The president will argue personally Wednesday against extending the Bush-era income tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest families even for a year or two, a message aimed at wavering Democrats who have been swayed by arguments that the economy is too weak to raise anyone's taxes.



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The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 legislated a reduction of energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. The law provides for phasing out today's general service incandescent light bulbs in favor of lower-wattage, energy saving bulbs. Lighting accounts for about 15 percent of the ele...


Light - Incandescent light bulb - Electrical - Shopping - Bulbs

When President Obama took office, he promised to undo eight years of what he called the weakest antitrust enforcement in half a century. A year and a half later, consumer advocates are still waiting for the crackdown.


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With the nation's bridges and highways crumbling under the weight of age, attempts to pass a new six-year transportation bill have faltered mostly because Congress can't figure out how to pay for it.



Infrastructure - Barack Obama - President - United States - Elections

An executive's sex scandal. His ouster. A bombastic billionaire competitor who redeemed him. And now a possible court battle over high-tech secrets.


HewlettPackard - Mark Hurd - Oracle - Oracle Corporation - Larry Ellison

Somewhere between the rantings of the Republican right, which is peddling the nonsense that excessive government spending is to blame for high unemployment, and the Democratic left, which clings to the false hope that another helping of fiscal stimulus is all that is needed to get millions of Ame...


Unemployment - Work - United States - Employment - Religion and Spirituality

Shubh Hotels Pittsburgh, the owner of Pittsburgh's largest hotel, has filed for bankruptcy protection days after Hilton Hotels terminated its franchise license agreement.


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SEATTLE - For the world's poorest, cellphone technology carries opportunity, aid groups say, as text messages and other mobile applications have created a new platform to reach the most remote farms and crowded urban slums of Africa, Asia and Latin America.


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World stocks rise on hopes that the U.S. economy can avoid slipping back into recession, although the International Monetary Fund's chief economist warned of weak growth in the United States and Europe.


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