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Revenues up for state, local governments

2011-12-20T13:00:11Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax revenues of U.S. state and local governments rose in the third quarter, the U.S. Census said on Tuesday, marking the eighth straight quarter of growth and heralding the promise of continued economic recovery in areas where revenues collapsed during the recent recession.

Revenues totaled $292 billion, rising 4.1 percent over the third quarter of 2010 to their highes...

GUESS WHO'S READY TO CONFISCATE YOUR MONEY

2010-11-02T23:34:20Z

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Are We In A Banking Depression Without Knowing It?

2010-10-01T22:03:54Z

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Is QE2 About to Disembark?

2010-11-02T12:07:08Z

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This Summer's Travel Tax Traps

2010-11-02T12:23:07Z

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Report finds it wasn't just a 'Mancession'

2010-05-07T13:00:27Z

Not just Dad's recession: Congressional report finds single, working moms hard hit by downturn

They've called it the "Mancession" — a recession that's affected men disproportionately, because of its brutal impact on male-dominated sectors like construction and manufacturing.

But that term rings hollow to women like Sara Wade, an Illinois schoolteacher who ...

Governments Forced to Get Creative

2010-10-25T11:23:36Z

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Roe Capital Management February 2010 Equity Market Outlook And January Performance Update

2010-10-05T23:18:13Z

The hangover of the December holidays typically lingers a few weeks into the new year and 2010 was no exception. Tight ranges in the S&P gave us very few trading setups early in the month. We spent a protracted amount of time out of the market. As the month wore on and equity prices began to deteriorate, our programs managed to find a few suitable trading situations. The late month expansion in volatility notwithstanding, opportunities remained few and far between and as such, ROE Capital tur...

Roe Capital Management March 2010 Equity Market Outlook And February Performance Update

2010-10-05T23:18:04Z

At the end of January and in our year end review, we noted that the macro conditions argued for rising volatility in the major averages with sideways to lower prices throughout February. This was indeed the case in the first week of the month as the VIX raced to new 2010 highs and the S&P to new 2010 lows. This situation gave rise to many trading opportunities for our systems early in the month. Volatility faded sharply mid-month on the back of the equity rally, reducing our opportunities and...

How to Manage Your Business in a Recession

2010-10-22T15:57:20Z

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A Booming Recession Business

2010-10-26T21:35:34Z

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Illinois Gains Ground on Georgia in Bank Closings

2010-10-22T07:16:38Z

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Can Illinois Tool Make It Work?

2010-10-26T20:40:54Z

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Can Illinois Tool Make it Work?

2010-10-26T20:40:55Z

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Stocks Climb Before Fed

2010-10-23T18:47:03Z

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Superman's Hometown Labor Strife

2010-12-20T14:01:53Z

In this Dec. 9, 2010, photo white crosses lset up by locked-out union workers at a Honeywell plant in Metropolis _ the adopted southern Illinois hometown of Superman _ represent former workers the union says died of cancer. The plant, which helps turn radioactive uranium into eventual fuel for nuclear power. lo...

Oakland Mich Illinois Basketball

2010-12-08T19:32:34Z

Illinois' guard Brandon Paul (3) loses the ball after a block by Oakland (Mich.) guard Reggie Hamilton (23) during the first half of an Mississippi River in Alton, Ill. Illinois, desperate for relief from its budget woes, is considering a massive casino expansion that experts say could leave neighboring states playing for smaller stakes and could even squeeze out some of the competition from within. Ill...

UNLV Illinois St Basketball

2010-12-01T19:33:53Z

UNLV's Derrick Jasper (5) and Tre'von Willis (33) race to a loose ball ahead of Illinois State's Tony Lewis (34) during the first half of an NCA...

Purdue Southern Illinois Basketball

2010-11-26T20:31:48Z

Southern Illinois head coach Chris Lowery, right, talks to Mamadou Seck against Purdue at the 5th annual Chicago Invitational (Basketball) Challenge in Hoffman Estates