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Restaurants in China, U.S., Europe reflect global economy
Looking for evidence of China’s economic prowess, Europe’s malaise and consumer ennui in the U.S.? Use the international restaurant industry as a barometer, according to a report this week. China’s economy, coming off a period of...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Spain, Japan, Consumers, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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GDP is revised higher, but large risks threaten outlook
WASHINGTON -- The government revised sharply higher its figures on the nation's economic growth for the third quarter, saying that businesses exported and stockpiled more goods than previously thought. Corporate profits also strengthened in the quarter....Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Consumers, Consumer Confidence, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Economic Indicator
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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: 'I'd be the first person to fire myself'
On Thursday, Groupon Inc.’s board members will reportedly debate the fate of Andrew Mason, the chief executive of the struggling daily deals site. But then again, “it would be weird” if they didn’t, he said. “It’s...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Corporate Officers, Andrew Mason, Groupon, Inc., Companies and Corporations
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Investors say U.S. fiscal woes pose biggest risk to global economy
WASHINGTON -- Investors around the world say the fiscal woes of the U.S. -- highlighted by the ongoing fight over the debt limit -- pose the biggest risk to the global economy this year, according to poll results released Wednesday. More than a third of...
Tags: John Boehner, Google+, White House, Polls, Globalization
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Stock markets in Europe and Canada edge higher
Stock and bond markets in the U.S. were closed Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, but trading took place in the rest of the world. European stocks rose while German bonds declined as European finance ministers met for the first time this...
Tags: Brazil, Japan, Bonds, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Finance
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UCF forecast says economy will improve … slowly
Blog-o-nomics - Orlando SentinelUCF is out with its last economic forecast of 2012, and the projections paint a decidedly uninspiring picture. Reduced to its simplest terms, the forecast says things are slowly getting better — the keyword here is slowly — but they could... -
Why holding Gov. Rick Scott to creating 1.7 million jobs is silly talk
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE – This month, we started a series of reports attempting to evaluate Gov. Rick Scott on the ‘7-7-7′ economic plan that was the political mantelpiece of his 2010 campaign. It's a good... -
MarksJarvis: Investors singing a new tune in the new year
The stock market has surprised investors with an unusually strong surge, even enticing individuals to throw billions into the stock funds they've feared for years. But is the enthusiasm for stocks due to an economy that is greatly stronger? Actually,...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Japan, Stock Market
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'Gasified windbag'
Whenever you read this, be it in the fading embers of 2012 or the new dawn of 2013, please know that I did not write it; you, the readers, did. Yep, it's that time of year (this year, last year, next yearÉ) for you to have your say on what I've said...Tags: White House, Newspapers, Fox News Channel (tv network), Newspaper and Magazine, Washington, DC
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'Fiscal cliff' will dampen economic growth, Chapman forecast says
The threat of the looming “fiscal cliff” is expected to temper economic growth in the U.S., according to a report released by Chapman University economists Wednesday. In its quarterly forecast, Chapman economists set out a moderate view of...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Markets, Politics, Career and Workplace, Public Finance
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OECD's global outlook dimmed by Eurozone crisis, U.S. 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- Saying that the global recovery hangs in the balance, a leading international economic group called for "decisive policy action" to ensure that the fiscal risks in the U.S. and the ongoing debt crisis in Europe do not plunge the world back...
Tags: Elisse Walter, China, Gross Domestic Product, Labor Markets, Europe
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European Central Bank to buy bonds of several troubled nations
World NowThe European Central Bank announced Thursday that it would buy the bonds of financially flailing countries such as Spain and Italy in unlimited quantities if necessary to keep their borrowing costs down, in an unprecedented move to keep a lid on the...
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