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Source: ThinkstockThe U.S. unemployment rate continues to tick down, hitting a more than four-year low of just 7.6% in March. In much of Europe, however, the situation is very different. If the...
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The U.S. unemployment rate fell 0.6 percentage points between February 2012 and February 2013, from 8.3% to 7.7% — the lowest it had been since 2008 based on seasonally adjusted figures.Meanwhile,...
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Source: ThinkstockFollowing the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December, a heated debate has raged over gun laws in the country. Supporters of gun control measures argue that more...
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Source: ThinkstockMore money has been printed around the world for national bailouts and economic stimulus than can easily be counted. It is no secret that the populations of developed nations are...
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Source: ThinkstockInternational aid to developing countries fell for the second year in a row, as the European debt crisis continued to weigh heavily on the wealthiest nations. Grants and loans...
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Source: courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Brand reputations are among the most prized assets major corporations have. A look at relevant surveys shows that brand valuations are often so high that they...
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Source: ThinkstockAccording to polling service Gallup, 72% of Americans surveyed in 2012 said they felt safe walking home at night. This is a slight uptick from 2011, when 71% of respondents said...
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Source: ThinkstockThe wage gap between men and women will not close for 45 years, according to new research from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. The group found that the wage gap will...
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsAfter years of flourishing, some of America’s largest public corporations have stopped growing. In several cases, this trend began years ago.The companies that cannot grow...
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Source: ThinkstockMarch gasoline prices fell for the first time in 10 years. As of April 1, the price of gas had fallen in 29 of the previous 33 days. Nationally, gas costs 30 cents a gallon less...
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Source: ThinkstockRoughly 138 million people worldwide, or about 2% of the world’s adult population, want to immigrate to the United States. In China, as many as 19 million adults would like to...
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Source: ThinkstockThe housing market is showing signs of significant recovery. In January, home prices rose 8.1% from the year before — the most since the recession, according to the...
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Source: ThinkstockMost states rely on a relatively small number of industries for much their employment and economic activity. The industries that come to mind are auto manufacturing, defense,...
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The economy is in the midst of a strange and slow recovery. This week, the S&P broke through its 2007 pre-recession high, and yet, only 14 major metropolitan areas have regained the jobs they lost...
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Source: ThinkstockAmericans are more confident in the economy than they were last year, a recent Gallup poll reveals. And optimism about the national economy, it appears, is largely driven by...
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