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McCain 2008.
(photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Economists: McCain would be better for stock markets than Obama
The Business Review
| Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is touting a new survey of economists who predict he would have a more positive impact on stock markets than Illinois Democrat Barack Obama. | The Reuters news service asked 29 economic firms which presidential candidate would be better for stoc...
Corn Crop
(photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Midwest floods spur record rise in corn prices
AOL
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst flooding in the Midwest for 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers on Monday as corn prices hit record highs on fears of crop losses in the heart of the world's top grain exporter. | Corn prices at the Chicago Board of Trade soared above $8 a bushel ...
Stocks slide on GDP, jobless reports
Lexington Herald-Leader
| NEW YORK -- | Stocks mostly declined Thursday after a weaker-than-expected reading on the nation's economy and troubling news on jobs touched off renewed concerns about businesses and consumers. | But a $4.5 billion cash offer from Bristol-Myers Sq...
Stocks slide on GDP, jobless reports
The Press Democrat
| But a $4.5 billion cash offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. for its cancer drug partner ImClone Systems Inc. buoyed the biotechnology sector and the Nasdaq composite index. | The Commerce Department's report that gross domestic product grew at a 1....
Stocks slide on GDP, jobless reports
Philadelphia Daily News
| TIM PARADIS | The Associated Press | NEW YORK - Stocks mostly declined Thursday after a weaker-than-expected reading on the nation's economy and troubling news on jobs touched off renewed concerns about businesses and consumers. | But a $4.5 billio...
Stocks slide on GDP, jobless reports
The Examiner
NEW YORK (Map, News) - Stocks mostly declined Thursday after a weaker-than-expected reading on the nation's economy and troubling news on jobs touched off renewed concerns about businesses and consumers. | But a $4.5 billion cash offer from Bristol-M...
Many economists see McCain better for stocks: poll
Reuters
Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:22am ET | | By Emily Kaiser | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market would fare better in the first year after a victory by Republican presidential candidate John McCain than by his Democratic rival Barack Obama, according t...
Majority of economists see McCain better for stocks
Reuters
Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:36am ET | | By Emily Kaiser | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market would fare better in the first year after a victory by Republican presidential candidate John McCain than by his Democratic rival Barack Obama, according to...
Economists: McCain would be better for stock markets than Obama
The Business Review
| Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is touting a new survey of economists who predict he would have a more positive impact on stock markets than Illinois Democrat Barack Obama. | The Reuters news service asked 29 economic firms whi...
Stock Market
Refrigerator
(photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Experts offer tips to help college students save
Chicago Sun-Times
We gathered savings tips from a number of experts: | Choose your dorm meal plan wisely. Unlimited meal plans are costlier. If you'd be satisfied with lighter fare, choose a limited plan, but if you're a big eater, choosing the unlimited plan may be a better choice. | Snacks can be a budget buster. Avoid buying them from vending machines or convenie...
Derivatives
Duisburg murders Mafia boss Paolo Nirta arrested in dawn raid
(photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Duisburg murders Mafia boss Paolo Nirta arrested in dawn raid
The Times
| In a dramatic dawn raid today Italian police and soldiers arrested the boss of a Calabrian Mafia clan whose feud with a rival Mafia family led to the deaths a year ago of six Italians at a pizzeria at Duisburg in Germany. | Paolo Nirta, 31, was caught in a joint police-military operation as he tried to escape by vaulting over the balcony of his h...
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