News tagged with recessions
4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed
Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?
(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding
(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Recession May Have Longer-Term Effects on Low-Income Families, Researcher Says
(PhysOrg.com) -- The recession may be having some longer-term effects on families and children, including lower test scores and more single-parent homes, according to a Duke University professor whose research focuses on ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Netflix 3Q earnings rise 48 pct, but stock falls
(AP) -- Netflix Inc. has been doing so well during the recession that it's getting tougher for the DVD-by-mail pioneer to live up to investors' lofty expectations.
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Newsday to charge online fees for non-subscribers
(AP) -- Newsday will start charging some readers $5 per week for access to its Web site beginning next Wednesday, a move many newspapers have been contemplating but few have yet to try for fear of driving readers away.
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback
(AP) -- After bogging down in the recession, Internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Yahoo profits rise in 3Q, will revenue follow?
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services.
Oct 20, 2009 |
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What does Wall Street's recovery mean to Main Street?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, among the world?s most closely watched stock indexes, closed above the 10,000-point mark last week for the first time since October 2008, a milestone that ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Google's growth accelerates as 3Q profit rises
(AP) -- Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded its biggest profit yet.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Away from the financial bust, tech stocks boomed
(AP) -- Intel Corp. and other technology stocks helped lead the way as markets climbed out of the trough they fell into in March - even as the recession kept many big corporations and consumers sitting on their wallets instead ...
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Cisco expands again, buying Starent for $2.9B
(AP) -- Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday it had agreed to pay $2.9 billion for Starent Networks Corp., a maker of equipment for wireless ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Twitter's becoming an important tool for job seekers and employers
As the Internet's microblogging superhero Twitter continues to balloon with 40 million users worldwide and countless apps like Twhirl and TweetDeck, the Twittersphere has been overrun lately with refugees from the real world's ...
Oct 09, 2009 |
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