Economy
Despite Economy, Spending on Pets is Up
When the going gets tough, the tough have shown they become serious softies about their furry and feathered friends.
Despite the recession, this year Americans are expected to increase their spending on pets to $45.4 billion, up $2.2 billion from last year, according to the American Pet Products Association. Meanwhile, over the same period of time, retail spending on human luxuries, like those bought at department stores, are down double-digit percentages.
Fla. Population Drop Is First in 63 Years
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 17) - Florida's population has declined for the first time in 63 years, state researchers said Monday as they blamed the recession for plunging tax revenues and a steep drop in new residents.Major Cities' Plummeting Crime Rates Mystifying
Violent crime has plummeted in the Washington area and in major cities across the country, a trend criminologists describe as baffling and unexpected. The District, New York and Los Angeles are on track for fewer killings this year than in any other year in at least four decades. Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and other cities are also seeing notable reductions in homicides.College in Need Closes a Door to Needy Students
*This is the school I attend and I'm on full financial aid. College in Need Closes a Door to Needy Students by Jonathan D. Glater PORTLAND, Ore.Iacocca losing pension, car in Chrysler bankruptcy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lee Iacocca, the car executive credited with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980s, is to lose a big chunk of his pension and a guaranteed life-long company car due to the U.S. automaker's bankruptcy filing two decades later. Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli told a U.S.In Europe, social safety net softens the slump
Aid for unemployment, health care and further education cushions blow By Jennifer Carlile Reporter msnbc.com updated 10:59 a.m. ET, Thurs., May 7, 2009 EPPELHEIM, Germany — With its tidy villages, orderly cities and atmospheric scenery, there are few outward signs that the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, home to historic Heidelberg and the famed Black Forest, is a victim of the current economic crisis. But with the auto industry here hit especially hard — this is the home of Mercedes-Benz — things are tougher than they have been in decades.Getting The Pink Slip
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