Jul 04, 2009 12:56PM

Wall Street's reality check

A dismal jobs report has set the stage for what could be a month of reality checks on Wall Street as the spring stock rally hits a wall.

Jul 02, 2009 03:00PM

Small business lending falls sharply

Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration's flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.

Jul 02, 2009 08:03AM

Job market takes turn for worse

The battered U.S. labor market took a step backwards last month as employers trimmed more jobs from their payrolls in June, according to a government report Thursday.

Jul 03, 2009 07:45AM

Japan backs dollar as reserve currency

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Jul 02, 2009 02:54PM

Health care: Will 'pay or play' chase employers away?

It is one of the touchiest issues in the health care debate: Would a government-run health plan upend the employer-based health insurance system used by 160 million Americans?

Jul 03, 2009 10:46AM

Oil below $66

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Jul 02, 2009 08:55AM

The last thing consumers need

In his latest astutely staged gesture as grand economic reformer, President Obama this week directed his Treasury Department to deliver to Congress a 153-page bill creating a new agency to protect unwitting consumers against devious lenders.

Jul 02, 2009 11:45AM

FDIC's tough terms for buyers of failed banks

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Jul 02, 2009 03:07PM

Cash-poor California turns to IOUs

Here come the California IOUs.

Jul 02, 2009 09:54AM

Money train: The cost of high-speed rail

President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.

Jul 02, 2009 08:57AM

Electronic health records: A checkup

Getting an electronic health record system in place by 2014? Tough.

Jul 02, 2009 02:25PM

Wesley Clark: Ethanol's field general

If ever there were an industry in need of a general, it's the ethanol industry. Already under siege from food companies blaming biofuels for rising grocery prices, ethanol companies are now seeing their profit margins crushed by falling prices for their product. Compounding the problem, many environmentalists -- who five minutes ago seemed to be in ethanol's corner -- have turned against the corn-based fuel.

Jul 02, 2009 03:27AM

Optimism about the economy stalls - poll

A new national poll indicates that nearly half of all Americans think the economy has stabilized, but only one in eight believes that a recovery has started.

Jun 26, 2009 05:04AM

Industrial Production

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Jun 17, 2009 03:36PM

Inflation (CPI)

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