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Oil rigs gird for Gustav

By admin | August 28, 2008

Oil prices rose sharply and then retreated Thursday as the industry braced for a potentially devastating blow to production as Tropical Storm Gustav swirls in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Inside the Obama Hollywood crush

By admin | August 28, 2008

You can't walk within shouting distance of the Pepsi Center here without sighting Ben Affleck, Eva Longoria, Stephen Spielberg or Melissa Etheridge.

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Economy gets big stimulus boost

By admin | August 28, 2008

A revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday showed much better U.S. economic growth than previously reported for the second quarter.

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Sick of the ‘R’ word

By admin | August 28, 2008

Are we in a recession or not? And if we are, when did it begin? I don't know about you, but I'm tired of the recession debate. Does it really matter if this current economic period ever (or never) gets labeled a recession?

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Stocks rise on GDP

By admin | August 28, 2008

Stocks rose Thursday morning, as a surprisingly strong reading on second-quarter economic growth countered higher oil prices and a weaker dollar.

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