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By Associated Press Thursday, December 4, 2008 - Added 2m ago COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oil tumbled below $44 a barrel today and average gasoline prices slipped under $1.80 a gallon, both four year lows, as unemployment benefit claims...
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A sudden drop this week in the value of the Chinese yuan could reignite political tensions over the huge U.S. trade deficit with China, U.S. business groups said on Thursday.
NEW YORK -- Wall Street showed relative signs of stability Thursday as investors calmly took in a flurry of downbeat economic and corporate data and largely held on to the gains they've made for more than a week.
Published: Dec. 4, 2008 at 2:14 PM BEIJING, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The United States must get its economic house in order, boost savings rates and protect Chinese investments, Chinese officials said Thursday. The comments by senior...
The Associated Press Thursday, December 4, 2008; 4:50 PM NEW YORK -- A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety about the government's...
Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Frank, who has been dealing with both the bailout of the financial industry and...
Countries around the world are looking to the new U.S. administration for leadership in reaching a global climate treaty next year but no nation will be able to singlehandedly deliver a final agreement, a senior U.N. official...
AFP/File – The London Stock Exchange logo. The FTSE 100 index of shares closed flat on Thursday as investors took … LONDON (AFP) – The FTSE 100 index of shares closed flat on Thursday as investors took stock after the Bank of...
