Macroeconomics
Mexico's president opposes marijuana legalization
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sat, 10/09/2010 - 00:57.Prop. 19, the California measure to legalize pot, would undercut Mexico's fight against drug cartels, President Felipe Calderon says. He calls on the Obama administration to oppose the measure. read more »
U.S. recession declared over, but do Americans know it?
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 10:27.U.S. recession declared over read more »
Obama vows 'much tougher' stance on US-China trade
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 01:40.President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its markets to trade with the US. read more »
Malawi windmill boy with big fans
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 21:27.The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. read more »
NewsHour Extra Video: Young and Uninsured
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 08:38.French, German publishers step up campaign against Google Books
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 19:37.The internet giant’s project to digitize millions of books is up and running, but some in Europe’s book industry are still hoping to cut a better deal. read more »
FDA Warns On Circumventing Flavored-Cigarette Ban
Submitted by Newsbyte on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 13:42.WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. read more »
Obama: Put Detroit on track for high-speed rail
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 13:07.Federal grants may help provide more transportation option read more »
Twitter race between Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrows
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 11:02.The online popularity contest between celebrity Ashton Kutcher and CNN narrowed Thursday, with Kutcher's Twitter following growing considerably overnight. read more »
Opinion: Why South Carolina Doesn't Want 'Stimulus'
Submitted by Newsbyte on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 08:40.America's states are laboratories of democracy. They are both affected by, and relevant to, the larger national debate. read more »
Obama's $1 Trillion Plan to End Bank Crisis
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 10:03.The Treasury Secretary Hopes to Attract Private Investors to Buy Toxic Assets read more »
Obama: 150,000 road jobs: 'Shovel ready'
Submitted by Newsbyte on Tue, 03/03/2009 - 12:01.President Barack Obama claimed today that 150,000 jobs will be created or saved by the end of next year with the road-building provisions of the $787-billion economic stimulus that he signed. read more »
NewsHour Extra Video: Can 'Savings Man' Save the Economy?
Submitted by Newsbyte on Tue, 02/24/2009 - 19:39.Economic stimulus bill passes Senate test vote amid GOP opposition
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 21:22.WASHINGTON – The Senate held a key procedural vote this evening on the $838-billion stimulus bill, setting up Tuesday’s passage and then a conference committee with the House to determine what the read more »
Obama Said to Push for Tax Cuts in U.S. Stimulus Plan
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 22:26.Jan. read more »
GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies Would Hit Confidence, Deepen Slump
Submitted by Newsbyte on Sun, 12/14/2008 - 22:36.Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- A bankruptcy filing by General Motors Corp. or Chrysler LLC would worsen the longest recession since the early 1980s if it led to a shutdown at the companies. read more »
NewsHour Extra Video: Economic Woes: the Autoworkers' Perspective"
Submitted by Newsbyte on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 22:51.VIDEO: Financial Crisis: How did we get here?
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Carl Azuz talks with CNNMoney.com's Paul LaMonica about how we arrived at the current U.S. financial crisis read more »
Bailout: Will it work?
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 09:09.Experts differ on whether the $700 billion bailout plan will prompt banks to lend and help the economy. But even if it does, it will take time.
By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer read more »
Chinese ordered cover-up of tainted milk scandal
Submitted by Newsbyte on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 20:14.Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has le read more »
Democrats in Congress add restrictions to $700 billion bailout bill
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 19:06.Congressional Democrats inched close to agreement Monday on the terms of a $700 billion rescue package to stabilize shaky financial markets, but continued to encounter White House resistance to key po read more »
What's so scary about the credit crunch? (MIDDLE SCHOOL)
Submitted by newscaster on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 21:10.There's a scary monster hanging over the country at the moment, and it's called the CREDIT CRUNCH.
You've probably heard people talking about it like it's a Really Bad Thing. read more »
How we got here: It's housing, stupid
Submitted by newscaster on Thu, 09/18/2008 - 20:58.The Wall Street crisis has been caused by plunging housing prices. So despite the billions of dollars being thrown at the problem, experts say more trouble lies ahead. read more »
Economists warn of risk of long-term damage [Bangkok]
Submitted by Newsbyte on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 21:05.Experts fear lasting drop in investment read more »
Fannie, Freddie Woes Vex Experts
Submitted by newscaster on Mon, 08/25/2008 - 04:42.Fannie, Freddie Woes Vex Experts
And Leave U.S. Hard Choices read more »
