Remember those complicated bonds full of home mortgages? The ones that almost brought down the economy? A team of reporters with NPR's Planet Money used $1,000 of their own cash to buy a tiny piece of one — and plan to track it until it dies.
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Economy Mutes A Longtime Louisville Record Shop
John Timmons recently closed ear X-tacy, a record store he'd owned for 26 years. "People have priorities, and music is just not a top priority right now. That's what's really taken its toll...
Economy Shows Modest Growrth
The economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter after coming to a near standstill in the first six months of the year.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us...
Hiring standstill points to growing recession risk (AP)
AP - Employers added no jobs in August — an alarming setback for the economy that renewed fears of another recession and raised pressure on Washington to end the hiring standstill.
Market Relief Maybe Temporary Despite Debt Relief
Some analysts say the U.S. and its debt is still likely to be downgraded by credit rating agencies, because of the state of the economy.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us...
Silicon Valley Job Outlook Brighter, Still Cloudy
With many companies slow to hire, it will take a long time to get back to the kind of healthy job market Silicon Valley once had. Still a lot of people are seeing new signs of life in the...
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