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MID-DAY UPDATE: Jobless claims, Suez Canal workers' strike, NYSE merger
Feb 10, 2011
The U.S. Labor Department this morning announced weekly jobless claims fell to 383,000, the lowest level in nearly three years....
MID-DAY UPDATE: Fannie and Freddie, commercial real estate, Jordanian tourism
Feb 9, 2011
The Mortgage Bankers Association this morning reported that applications for home mortgages dropped 5.5 percent last week. And the Wall Street...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Unrest in Jordan, Finding "Radio Shangi-La," McDonald's works the recession
Feb 8, 2011
Marketplace's Alisa Roth is in the Middle East covering the political unrest in Egypt and the surrounding countries. Roth spoke with Jeremy Hobson...
MID-DAY UPDATE: You've got mail, Huffington Post, tough times in Tunisia, Reaganomics and 2011
Feb 7, 2011
AOL is buying The Huffington Post for $315 million in a merger it hopes will move the company away from dial-up modems and towards new media and...
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...
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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...
MID-DAY UPDATE: U.S. economy up 3.2% , Australia, Trans-Arctic shipping
Jan 28, 2011
The U.S. economy grew by 3.2 percent last quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday, in its report on the nation's gross domestic product. Jill...