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Thursday, August 28th, 2008Oil 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.
Inside the Obama Hollywood crush
Thursday, August 28th, 2008You can’t walk within shouting distance of the Pepsi Center here without sighting Ben Affleck, Eva Longoria, Stephen Spielberg or Melissa Etheridge.
Economy gets big stimulus boost
Thursday, August 28th, 2008A revised reading on gross domestic product announced Thursday showed much better U.S. economic growth than previously reported for the second quarter.
Sick of the ‘R’ word
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Are 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?
Stocks rise on GDP
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Stocks rose Thursday morning, as a surprisingly strong reading on second-quarter economic growth countered higher oil prices and a weaker dollar.