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Hungarian Government, Opposition Clash Over Crisis Measures - Bloomberg
oct. 18 (bloomberg) -- hungary's government and opposition failed to reach an agreement on measures to stem a crisis that battered local markets and forced the country to seek help from the international monetary fund and european central bank. in a ...
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Vols Losing Season Hurting Area Businesses
another big game for the big orange and fans aren't the only ones rooting for a big win this weekend. knoxville businesses hope ut's back-to-back home games doesn't fumble sales anymore.
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Marketing Matters: Businesses Must Better Manage Marketing Dollars
as home prices have dropped and gasoline prices have gone the other direction, many of us are pinching pennies. but in the past month, as the financial crisis worsened, consumers cut back more sharply. tough news for businesses to swallow, and it puts all the more emphasis on the marketing dollar.
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The Candidates And Their Promises - Salon
mccain: opposes scheduling a troop withdrawal from iraq, saying latest strategy is succeeding. promises to employ same strategy in afghanistan, with unspecified boost in u.s. forces there. willing to have permanent u.s. peacekeeping forces in iraq ...
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European Stocks Gain Most Since 2007 On Government Bank Rescues - Bloomberg
oct. 18 (bloomberg) -- european stocks climbed this week, sending the dow jones stoxx 600 index to its biggest gain since march 2007, after governments announced bank rescue packages to shore up the financial system and restore investor confidence ...
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Couple Who Ran Early Businesses Surprised With Home
arlyne lockwood, 91, had always thought the small building behind her daughter's thermal home was going to be a storehouse.
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Home Sweet Office: Telecommute Good For Business, Employees, And Planet
ever since opec vexed jimmy carter into wearing a cardigan, telecommuting has been touted as a fix for what ails the us office worker — the agony and expense of commuting, the drudgery of cubicles, the shortage of family time. long before the advent of the web, evangelists were confident that cordless phones and faxes had already made the office a relic. "working from home holds the promise ...
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China To Help Build 2 Pakistan Nuclear Plants - Associated Press
islamabad, pakistan (ap) -- pakistan said saturday that china will help it build two more nuclear power plants, offsetting pakistani frustration over a recent nuclear deal between archrival india and the united states. the agreement with china was ...
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Number Of Nashvillians Working From Home Soars - Nashville Tennessean
more nashville-area residents are choosing to work from home at a time when the job market is getting tighter. davidson county saw a 54 percent increase to 14,990 people working at home from 2006 to 2007, outpacing the nation's growth as well as that ...
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15,000 Contest Home's Taxation Value
st. tammany parish property owners have filed an estimated 15,000 appeals questioning the new valuations of their homes and businesses, assessor patricia schwarz core said friday.
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Residents, Businesses Cope With Tough Times
many clay county residents said they are driving less, going to fewer movies and eating at home more often.
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New Home Construction At Lowest Level Since World War Ii - Fox News
washington — the nation is on track to build fewer homes this year than at any time since the end of world war ii, adding to the woes of an economy that analysts said friday has almost certainly entered a recession. while the economic outlook ...
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God Is Not Pleased With How Some Obtain, Use Wealth - Washington Post
recently, we launched a column featuring excerpts of recent sermons by washington area clergy. this week's is from the rev. artie l. polk, assistant pastor of mount gilead baptist church in northwest. when members of our congregation are compared to ...
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Number Of Nashvillians Working From Home Soars
more nashville-area residents are choosing to work from home at a time when the job market is getting tighter. davidson county saw a 54 percent increase to 14,990 people working at home from 2006 to 2007, outpacing the nation's growth as well as that of comparable cities such as charlotte, n.c., according to u.s. census data.
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Local Funeral Home May Be Immune To Economic Crisis
while the ups and downs of wall street have many businesses cutting jobs, there's one business that always seems to be hiring.
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Economists Warn 200,000 Jobs May Go - News.com.au
economists are warning that 200,000 jobs in australia may go by the end of next year as the global financial crisis takes hold. national australia bank economists predicted growth would drop to 1.25 per cent by the middle of next year, with an ...
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Government’s Leap Into Banking Has Its Perils - The Ledger
now that the big five investment banks of america have been shut down, sold off or turned into more staid bank holding companies, there is one big risk-taking banker left: the federal government. doug mills/the new york times james lockhart, the top ...
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Hpd Recognizes Local Businesses For Ike Support
hurricane ike may have created a fuel shortage throughout the county and beyond, but at least the gas tanks of houston police kingwood officers - their tummies, that is - remained full, thanks to numerous area businesses who helped feed the officers during their long shifts.
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'market Is Still Out There' For Home Improvements
local construction of new homes has taken a hit from the sluggish housing market, but springfieldians remain enthusiastic about home improvements.
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In Defence Of 'greed' - Vancouver Sun
of course, self-interested individuals and businesses can also do harm if channelled improperly through deceit, corruption, force, fraud or theft. that is precisely why it is critical to maintain sound institutions (a sound legal system, protection ...
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