Topic: Economic Issues
Brooklyn Residents Protest Start Of Massive Atlantic Yards Project
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Two months after Haiti quake, aid groups still scrambling
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Two months after Haiti's January 12 earthquake, aids groups were still scrambling Friday to provide for the 1.3 million people left homeless amid growing insecurity in Port-au-Prince. The kidnapping of two female aid workers, a Belgian and a Czech, cast a shadow over the relief operations carried out ...
S&P raises Ukraine ratings on new-found stability
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Standard and Poor's on Friday lifted Ukraine's debt ratings from a level deemed vulnerable to default, citing newly-found political stability after the formation of a government coalition. Standard and Poor's said it was raising its foreign-currency sovereign credit rating on Ukraine to 'B-/C' from 'CCC+/C ...
US retail sales rise unexpectedly despite blizzards
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The storied American consumer braved blizzards and economic headwinds to shop in February, unexpectedly pushing up retail sales for the second straight month, official data showed Friday. The Commerce Department said that retail and food service sales rose 0.3 percent from January to 355.5 billion dollars, while most ...
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