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Consumer Confidence Rises to 3-Month High
Consumer confidence improved more than projected in August as merchant discounts and record-low interest rates help U.S. households bolster finances. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final...
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U.S. Payroll Count: More Jobs Created Than Lost Under Pres. Obama
More jobs have now been created than lost since President Barack Obama took office, preliminary revisions to the U.S. payroll count showed. The number of jobs created in the year ended in March was...
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Ghana’s Economy Remains Strong Despite Global Economy Setbacks
Despite setbacks in the global economy and continuing market instability stemming from the Euro zone crisis and the occurrence of economic slow down in some of the largest developing countries, such...
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Africa Continues Growth Despite Global Economic Woes
World Bank’s semiannual Africa’s Pulse report on the African economy projects 4.8 percent growth during 2012 for Sub-Saharan Africa, consistent with last year’s 4.9 percent growth rate. The positive...
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Real Estate Investor Confidence Growing in Atlanta
Buckhead looking north toward Perimeter Center As leasing velocity slowed in other U.S. cities, Atlanta’s picked up during the third quarter, boosting investor confidence in the metro area, according...
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Warren Buffett Betting Big on U.S. Housing Market
Perhaps the most bullish indicator for U.S. housing is Warren Buffett. The legendary investor has been buying up real-estate brokerages around the country as he bets on a housing turnaround. Now, he is...
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Home Depot Looks to Fill 80,000 Jobs (Video)
Home Depot is preparing to fill 80,000 positions for the busy spring season. The Atlanta-based home improvement giant said Wednesday it plans to hire 10,000 more workers than in 2012. Home Depot also...
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Bank of America Plaza: A Towering Testament to Atlanta’s Ailing Economy
Bank of America Plaza is Atlanta’s tallest skyscraper — and these days one of its loneliest. Though the 55-story tower’s soaring gold-leaf spire still glitters from afar, the building is nearly half...
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President Obama Set to Deliver His fifth State of the Union Address
While President Obama is set to deliver his fifth State of the Union address tonight, it is the dreadful state of the economy that continues to dominate the minds of Americans — and is still a measure...
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Black Unemployment Nearly Doubles National Rate in February
America’s unemployment rate dropped to 7.7 percent in February, the lowest mark in four years. Some 236,000 jobs were created during the month, according a report from the Labor Department Friday....
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Obama Blasted Over Trayvon Speech From the Left and the Right
As expected, President Obama weathered a vicious firestorm of attacks over the weekend on his speech on race and Trayvon Martin, this time from the left and the right—but the president is moving on...
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Obama Charms Leno, Talks About Trayvon, Snowden and The Economy
In what commentators are calling an effort by the White House to reach out to Middle America, President Obama went on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno to talk about a wide range of topics, including...
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Pres. Obama Says ‘Economy is Bigger Than an Election’
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are “bigger than an election.” In his weekly radio...
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Economists: Obama and Congress Deserve Failing Grade on Economy
Both President Obama and Congress got a D average in a CNN survey of 20 economists, but Obama got many more B’s than Congress did. Some economists felt that Obama and Congress should share the blame...
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Conservative Analyst: Mitt Romney Should be Worried about Election
Bill Kristol, one of the more thoughtful and calm members of the right-wing establishment, delivered a surprising hammer to Mitt Romney on Fox News Sunday when he implied that Romney can’t beat...
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Democratic Governors Urge Obama to Improve His Messaging
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin In anticipation of the National Governors Association gathering this weekend, Politico went to the 20 Democratic governors still in office and asked them how they would...
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Mobile Phone Market Shrank Due to Economy, iPhone 5 Anticipation
The worldwide mobile phone market shrank in the second quarter of this year, with sales falling by 2.3 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to research company Gartner. The reason...
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Professor Robert McElvaine Makes Case That Obama Has Improved Economy
Has President Obama made the nation’s job situation worse, as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan repeatedly claim in their campaign speeches? Robert S. McElvaine, a history professor at Millsaps College and...
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Consumer Confidence Rises to 3-Month High
Consumer confidence improved more than projected in August as merchant discounts and record-low interest rates help U.S. households bolster finances. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final...
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U.S. Payroll Count: More Jobs Created Than Lost Under Pres. Obama
More jobs have now been created than lost since President Barack Obama took office, preliminary revisions to the U.S. payroll count showed. The number of jobs created in the year ended in March was...
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