Recession

...YORK (Fortune) -- As I write this from real estate disaster-ridden but still-glorious Los Angeles, I read much speculation that the recession is over. The stock market has rallied explosively. Foreign markets in both the developing world and...

In this article: Timothy Geithner, Unemployment, The Fed, Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Ben Stein, Financial crisis, Lehman Brothers, and Ben Bernanke

...Department Stores. But he says nothing presented the kinds of challenges that Penney's and other stores face now. He believes this recession has permanently made consumers more frugal. Always an optimist, he says this plays to Penney's...

In this article: Penney, Macy's, IBM, Manhattan, Hong Kong, University of Cincinnati, Sanger-Harris, and Liz Claiborne

...Kaiser and Nancy Waitz - Analysis The U.S. government is having a tough time guesstimating how many small businesses failed in this recession, casting doubt on the reliability of vital data on employment and economic growth. The formula...

In this article: Labor Department, Bankruptcy, Barack Obama, Culprit, Tax, Small business, and Unemployment

Singapore on Thursday declared a severe recession over as data showed its economy grew for the second straight quarter in the three months to September. Official data released Thursday showed gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 14.2...

In this article: Singapore, United States, Asia, and Ministry of Trade and Industry

...for authorizing an alliance (BA and Iberia will formally merge). Authorization by E.U. and U.S. antitrust officials--spurred by economic recession--could change the industry, speeding rationalization. Deepening the alliance between British...

In this article: Washington, U.S., Cabotage, British Airways, Atlantic, London Heathrow, and Europe

...spending too much money to help revive the economy could undermine a fragile U.S. recovery and throw the economy into a double-dip recession. That's when the economy begins to recover briefly from a recession only to be dragged back under.

In this article: Barack Obama, U.S., and Beijing

...to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession. With the U.S. unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, Obama told Fox News his administration faces a...

In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Thomson Reuters, Beijing, Tax, Small business, NYSE, Nasdaq, and Asia

* Obama warns of double-dip recession, loss of confidence * Delicate balance to expand economy and reduce debt * Obama eyes export growth to fuel job creation * Tax provisions could encourage businesses to hire sooner (Adds quotes, NBC...

In this article: Barack Obama, Tax, United States, Asia, Beijing, and NBC

The company is hoping the the World Cup will boost advertising revenue UTV, the Belfast-based media group, has said the recession is continuing to hit its business. In a statement covering the 10 months to the end of October 2009 it...

In this article: UTV, Revenue, 2010 World Cup, World Cup, Sport magazine, UTV, and Belfast

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The recession is downsizing everything - even South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree. This year's tree is about 30-feet tall and doesn't even reach the top of the Confederate soldiers' monument on the capitol's...

In this article: South Carolina and Facebook