Topic: The Associated Press
Job gains in Midwest ease economic stress to lowest level in 5 months, AP stress map showsManufacturing job gains in the Midwest helped lower the nation's economic stress in April to its lowest point in five months, according to The Associated Press' ...
Recession has scholars renewing their debate about whether bad economy helps or hinders healthDuring recessions, idled factories spew less pollution and fewer people commuting to jobs means fewer traffic deaths. Laid-off workers have more time to exercise and cook for themselves and ...
Not just Dad's recession: Congressional report finds single, working moms hard hit by downturnThey'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 ...
Economic stress declines in three-quarters of nation's counties in March, AP stress map showsEconomic stress declined in March in nearly three-quarters of the nation's 3,141 counties, according to The Associated Press' monthly analysis of conditions around the country. The gains were due ...
A new frugality among consumers whose wealth has shrunk is outliving the recessionEven as the economic recovery plods ahead, many American consumers are refusing to come along. They're not spending freely — and they have no plans to. Many of them have ...
Business HighlightsHigher consumer spending in Q1 still lacks vigor WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers spent more and helped lift the economy last quarter but not enough to ignite the recovery and drive down unemployment. Spending by consumers rose by the fastest pace in ...
New CEO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac earned $800,000 last yearThe chief executive of Freddie Mac earned nearly $800,000 last year after being hired in late summer to run the government controlled mortgage finance company. Charles Haldeman, 61, who started as CEO ...
Caterpillar CEO took 54 percent cut in compensation as equipment maker weathered the recessionLast year, Caterpillar Inc. gave Chairman and CEO Jim Owens less than half the $14.6 million compensation he received in 2008 as the world's biggest maker of mining and ...
AP Analysis: Baseball salaries up slightly despite recession and a slow free-agent marketOpening-day baseball salaries grew despite the recession, although at a slower rate than in recent years. The average salary went up 1.8 percent to $3.3 million at the start of ...
Average county was stressed in Jan. as joblessness spread to more states, AP analysis showsWorsening economic conditions caused the nation to reach a bleak milestone in January: For the first time since The Associated Press began analyzing conditions in more than 3,100 ...
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