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World's cheapest gas: Top 10 countries
While Americans and Europeans bemoan the cost of gasoline at the pumps, people in some other parts of the world enjoy filling up their tanks cheaply thanks to subsidies provided by wealthy, oil-rich governments. Here are the 10 cheapest countries on Earth to fill a gas tank.
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Smoke and mirrors in Obama's budget? Five examples of creative accounting.
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Top 5 overlooked stories of 2010
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Home prices: New numbers raise hopes they're finally starting to stabilize
Declines in home prices may be slowing, according to one report, while another has found the first year-on-year increase in prices since July 2007.
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The New Economy Job growth slows in March. Is it payback?
The disappointing March employment report suggests job growth is coming back in sync with economic expansion after unusually strong job growth in the winter.
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Gas prices: How much will they hurt the economy? (+video)
Gas prices are slated to hit new highs within months. How might that affect the modest economic recovery? Here's a clue: Every 10-cent rise per gallon in gas prices costs the US economy $11 billion.
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World's cheapest gas: Top 10 countries
While Americans and Europeans bemoan the cost of gasoline at the pumps, people in some other parts of the world enjoy filling up their tanks cheaply thanks to subsidies provided by wealthy, oil-rich governments. Here are the 10 cheapest countries on Earth to fill a gas tank.
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Obama: No 'silver bullet' for gas price pain. GOP says drill more.
Staking his ground, and perhaps his reelection, on a 'green' ideology, President Obama said in his weekly Saturday address that high gas prices confirm the need for an “all-of-the-above” energy policy. Republicans push more domestic oil production.
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America's big wealth gap: Is it good, bad, or irrelevant?
The gap between rich and poor is at its widest since the Roaring '20s. Obama complains that it's unfair, but a growing chorus of economists and sociologists say it's worse than that.
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Obama plan to lower mortgage payments could help, but how much?
President Obama unveiled his plan to cut mortgage payments for 'responsible homeowners' in trouble. But the housing crisis is so massive that no one program can solve it, experts say.
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Monitor Breakfast Cities brace for bad news in Obama's next federal budget, top mayor says (+video)
The Obama administration is preparing its 2013 federal budget proposal and is letting some allies know how spending cuts will affect them. For Antonio Villaraigosa, president of the US Conference of Mayors, the news has not been good.
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2012 economic outlook: What's in store for next year?
With the housing market and auto sales showing some signs of life, pundits predict a better economy for 2012. But the ripple from a European downturn could erode the economic pace in the US.
12/25/2011 10:00 am -
Retailers gearing up for big pre-Christmas shopping in next two days
Fathers and other pre-Christmas procrastinators are expected to hit the stores in force on Friday, kicking off a calendar-enhanced flurry of holiday shopping that should warm retailers' hearts.
12/23/2011 10:23 am -
The New Economy Unemployment: the drip, drip, drip of good news
The latest jobs numbers are another modest boost for the US economy. The best employment trend, though, may be what you don't see.
12/03/2011 10:04 am -
So how did that happen? Unemployment rate dives to 8.6 percent.
Why did the unemployment rate drop so much? There are good reasons and bad. While the economy is in fact adding jobs, it is also true that many Americans may have given up looking.
12/02/2011 06:02 pm -
Unemployment rate falls. Job gains ease fears of new recession.
The unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent last month, down from 9 percent. It's the latest sign that the US economy is steering clear of a new recession. Still, pitfalls linger.
12/02/2011 11:33 am -
Cyber Monday deals 2011: six tips to nab them
Cyber Monday deals 2011 will come fast and furious. Here are six ways to ensure you'll get great Cyber Monday deals in 2011.
11/28/2011 12:00 am -
So far, Black Friday seems to be bustling. Is the economy improving?
Black Friday weekend may give economists a snapshot of how shoppers are feeling going into the holiday season. Even though some consumer numbers are sluggish, Americans may spend when they hit the malls.
11/25/2011 03:16 pm -
Black Friday 2011: Best deals not always at Walmart, Amazon
Black Friday 2011 is prompting other retailers to offer lower prices on some items than Walmart does. Amazon's Black Friday 2011 deals remain a mystery.
11/21/2011 05:34 pm -
Markets swoon, hit by thunderbolt news of a Greek debt referendum (video)
Stock markets in the US and Europe fell Tuesday, stunned by news that Greeks will vote in January on national austerity measures tied to resolving Greece's sovereign debt woes.
11/01/2011 01:47 pm -
US economy grew at 2.5%. Will that quiet talk of a double dip?
Growth rate for the US economy was 2.5 percent in the third quarter, the government reported. That's an improvement over the first half of 2011, when concerns escalated about a double dip recession.
10/27/2011 01:04 pm -
Annual PPI: Wholesale prices rose in September
Annual PPI – a gauge of wholesale prices – rises to 6.9 percent. But without energy and food, core annual PPI up only 2.5 percent.
10/18/2011 03:32 pm -
Herman Cain: Who came up with the 999 plan?
With Herman Cain now a GOP front-runner in some polls, DCDecoder offers a four-point primer on Cain's 999 plan.
10/14/2011 09:53 am -
Homeownership: biggest fall since Depression
Homeownership rate falls from 66.2 percent to 65.1 percent in the past decade. Homeownership gap between whites and blacks is biggest since 1960.
10/09/2011 08:39 pm -
Herman Cain's '999 plan': long overdue tax reform or job killer?
Herman Cain's political star is lately on the rise, thanks in no small part to the persistent marketing of his '9-9-9 plan' to reform the tax code. Independent economists say the plan takes us into uncharted territory.
09/30/2011 06:34 pm -
Stocks tumble as worries about global recession grow
At about noon Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 370 points, or 3.3 percent. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve said 'there are significant downside risks to the economic outlook.'
09/22/2011 01:04 pm -
Home sales jump in August: why it's not enough to revive housing market
Even as home sales increased in August, median prices fell. Experts point to a 'shadow inventory' of homes that will eventually face foreclosure and say prices won't keep up with inflation for years.
09/21/2011 03:53 pm -
Could hurricane Irene help the economy? Rebuilding as stimulus.
Money spent to rebuild after hurricane Irene may slightly stimulate the economy, especially as a result of insurance payments. But most expenditures will merely be diverted from one area to another.
08/30/2011 05:31 pm
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