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Barred From Testing for Mad Cow, Niche Meatpacker Loses Clients His staff was trained in testing for mad cow, using a machine that gives res...

As pork prices soar, Chinese put brakes on corn for ethanol Ethanol p roduction has put the Chinese government in an unpleasant bind, as fe...

U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter was 0.6%. YoY GDP was up 1.9% Chicago purchasing managers index rose from 52.9 to 61.7 U.S. Home pric...

The Mortgage Bankers' Association’s index of mortgage applications fell 7% as interest rates reached seven-month highs. Concerns about ...

All for the fight against global warming. Unless, that is, it drives up the price of his beer. And that is exactly what is happening to Mr....

U.S. Consumer confidence increased from 106.3 to 108.0 in May, stronger than expected. South Africa's Chamber of Mines said the nation...

Short Sales Break Record on NYSE; Market Bulls Get More Bullish May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Short sellers are betting against U.S. stocks like nev...

Lower gout risk for coffee lovers Drinking four or more cups of coffee a day may cut the risk of having a painful attack of gout, say Canad...

The National Association of Realtors reports U.S. existing home sales down 2.6% from March's pace and the lowest level in over three yea...

Bernanke Warned by Real Estate Analysts: Housing Collapse Is Much Worse Than You Say "The housing market has softened much more than is...

U.S. New home sales were up 16.2% from March's pace and stronger than expected. YoY new home sales are down 20%. New homes for sale in t...

Indians offer personal maths tuition on the web With private tutors costing £25-£50 an hour in Britain, Indian-based companies are now offe...

Canada' s leading indicators was up 0.4% Reuters - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday he feared a ...

1 in 8 Iraqis dies before fifth birthday "Unfortunately, this is becoming common," said Saad Mehdi, 35, a pediatrician at Ibn Al-...

An index of investor confidence in Germany increased from 16.5 to 24.0 in May, the highest score in 11 months. The U.S. House of Represent...

The Chicago Fed index of national activity rose from -.11 to -.10 in April.

The Foreign Policy of Ron Paul Ron Paul has always believed that foreign and domestic policy should be conducted according to the same pri...

Kuwait Drops U.S. Dollar Peg in Blow to Gulf Currency Union Kuwait unshackled its dinar from the tumbling U.S. dollar on Sunday and switched...

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index rose from 87.1 to 88.7 The USDA said there were 11.297 million head of cattle on ...

U.S. Jobless claims were down 5,000 last week to 293,000, the lowest in four months. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve's index of region...

Ron Paul Said It Plenty of reasonable people can disagree about foreign policy. What's really strange is when one reasonable position i...

U.S. Housing starts were at an annual rate of 1.528 million units in April, up 2.5% MoM and better than expected. For 2007 housing starts ...

U.S. Median Home Price Tumbles to 2-Year Low in Slump The city with the biggest drop in median home price in the first quarter was Elmira, N...

U.S. consumer price index rose 0.4% in April and 2.6% YoY. Excluding food and energy costs, prices were up 0.2% in April and up 2.3% YoY. N...

Japan ese wholesale prices rose 0.8% MoM and climbed 2.2% YoY. Japan’s current account surplus rose 36.9% -- a record high. On a seasonally ...

U.S. Producer prices rose 0.7% in April and 3.2% YoY. Excluding food energy, prices were unchanged. U.S. Retail sales in April fell 0.2% Mo...

The U.S. trade shortfall rose 10.4 % to $63.9 billion in March. The Fed’s holdings of Treasury and agency debt kept for overseas central b...

The Federal Reserve kept the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25%, as expected. U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson said he feared that suppor...

American dream sours as housing market collapses Home owners' losses will total an estimated $164 billion (£82 billion), according to ...

U.S. wholesale sales were up 1.8% in March while inventories were up 0.3%. YoY wholesale sales were up 8.4%. Australian Retail sales were u...

The Federal Reserve's reported that consumer credit increased at a rapid annual rate of 6.7 percent in March. This is up from February...

Regulators Warn Against Currency Trades The regulators said trading in foreign currencies, especially outside of big exchanges such as the ...

Bush Approval at New Low, Matches Carter, Poll Says The poll also found that 71 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the way things ar...

U.S. Unemployment rate rose from 4.4% to 4.5% in April with a gain of 88,000 jobs, the weakest monthly increase in more than two years. Non...

U.S. jobless claims were down 21,000 last week to 305,000, the lowest level in three months. The Institute of Supply Management's index...

US proposes global ban on fishing aid A US proposal for a global ban on billions of dollars in subsidies that drive overfishing of the ocea...

U.S. factory orders were up 3.1% in March and more expected. The unemployment rate in the Euro area fell from 7.3% to 7.2%. The Reserve B...

The US manufacturing grew more strongly than expected. The Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index rose to 54.7 in April from M...

U.S. Personal incomes rose 0.7% in March and consumer spending was up 0.3% -- less than expected. The core personal consumption expenditure...

China Shipbuilders, Rivaling U.S. in WWII, to Cut Freight Costs April 30 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of shipping coal and iron- ore is about to...

U.S. GDP rose 1.3% in the first quarter, weaker than expected due to the slow housing sector. YoY real U.S. GDP rose 2.8%. The GDP price de...

S&P/Case-Shiller: Home Price Declines Show No Signs of Abating The S&P/Case-Shiller Index, which is one of the best gauges of the ho...

U.S. Jobless claims were down 20,000 last week to 321,000, the lowest in a month. The U.S. DOE said that underground supplies of natural g...

Are GM Crops Killing Bees? ..But that could soon change. Since last November, the US has seen a decline in bee populations so dramatic that...

Studies show it's a gold mine at the top ..If you didn't make at least $240 million last year, you didn't make the list.

U.S. durable goods orders rose 3.4% in March. U.S. new home sales were at an annual rate of 858,000 in March up 2.6% MoM, but weaker than e...

The National Association of Realtors said that U.S. existing home sales were at an annual rate of 6.12 million units in March, down 8.4% fro...

Yen Climbs After Standard & Poor's Raises Japan's Debt Rating ``This is a sign the economy has returned to normal, following a...

U.K. Retail sales increased 0.3% MoM and 4.5% YoY. Canadian retail sales rose 0.1% MoM and up 5.2% YoY. The USDA said there were 11.644 ...

House OKs Bill to Give Investors Say on Executive Pay Bloomberg -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure to give shareholder...