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Tuesday, 2 December 2008
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Consumer cut in spending the most since 1980
Scared and out of money, Americans stopped buying everything from cars to corn flakes in the July-September quarter, ratcheting back spending by the largest amount in 28 years and jolting the national economy into what could be the most painful recession in decades.
31 Oct 2008 |
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American Airlines to buy Boeing 787s
American Airlines, suffering through one of the worst slumps to hit the aviation industry, is splurging on 42 new jets that have never flown a single paying passenger yet and come with a total sticker price of about $8 billion.
16 Oct 2008 |
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Americans eye bailout, and continue cutting back
Relief on Wall Street over the hard-won passage of a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system apparently hasn't yet trickled down to the pubs, storefronts, car lots and malls of Main Street.
06 Oct 2008 |
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Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
The nation's unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five years — and it's likely to go even higher in the months ahead, possibly throwing the economy into a tailspin as Americans pick a new president.
06 Sep 2008 |
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American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes
One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights.
21 Aug 2008 |
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China confiscates Bibles from American Christians
A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave the airport until they get the books back, their leader said Monday.
18 Aug 2008 |
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