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Nearly 250,000 state and local government employees lost their jobs in 2011, with the ax falling particularly hard on public school teachers.
And the bleeding […]

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For many people whose job prospects faded most during the recession, 2011 brought a small dose of relief.
When unemployment was surging, the youngest U.S. workers, […]

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Mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures continued to creep upward in St. Louis in October, according to new data from CoreLogic.
The real estate analysis firm reported that […]

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German retail sales (GRIORTMM) unexpectedly fell for a second month in November as Europe

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Make 2012 the year to get money right.
For those who have been procrastinating or worrying, the key is to get started. Dartmouth College studies show […]

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to win passage of his anti-corruption bill as an uproar broke out in India

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Wells Fargo will pay $148.2 million to settle federal and state charges that it rigged dozens of bidding competitions to win business from cities and […]

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Premier Mario Monti briefed political leaders Saturday on his package of austerity and economic growth measures ahead of a critical week of Italian and European […]

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