Updated : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:37 GMT
AP - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:08:30 GMT
AFP - US President Barack Obama will sign an executive order Thursday to put into action his ambitious strategy to double American exports to ease an unemployment crisis at home, officials said.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:34 GMT
Reuters - Exxon Mobil Corp will increase its capital spending nearly 4 percent this year to $28 billion as it evaluates new fields around the world, but it cautioned that the global economy remained unsteady.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:37 GMT
Reuters - The U.S. dollar is still the most important world currency, Standard & Poor's said on Thursday, but added that rising levels of U.S. debt and dependence on foreigners to finance much of pose risks to the currency's primacy.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:14:56 GMT
AFP - The US Senate has adopted a 140-billion-dollar raft of measures aimed at shoring up unemployment benefits and setting out tax breaks to spur job creation.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:07:44 GMT
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