Katharine Crnko
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MID-DAY UPDATE: January job numbers, German stock market, and banana wars
Feb 4, 2011
Big news from the U.S. Labor Department today. The unemployment rate is down to 9 percent -- the lowest it's been in almost two years. At the same...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Ben Bernanke, health care law, Energy Star
Feb 3, 2011
In a rare press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will answer questions from reporters today at the National Press Club in...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Egypt, Australia , and job numbers
Feb 2, 2011
Egyptian protesters in Cairo -- both opponents and supporters of President Mubarak's leadership -- are clashing today after the leader conceded to...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Global wheat supply, the Suez Canal, and Atlanta's grease goldmine
Feb 1, 2011
As protests continue today in Egypt, the global business community focuses on spikes in oil and wheat prices. The World Bank says 30 million...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Protests in Egypt, and the new iPad newspaper
Jan 31, 2011
The ongoing protests in Egypt have raised economic concerns worldwide. Moody's Investors Service has cut Egypt's credit rating and revised its...