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G7 recession to rage on: survey

The recession chokehold that is gripping the world's richest nations won't loosen until late this year, and Reuters polls show the economic outlook has dimmed for 2009 despite a vigorous global stock market rally.

Wall St halts slide as insurers, retailers rally

Stocks snapped a two- day slide on Wednesday on news the government is shoring up life insurers and optimism about consumer spending after Bed Bath & Beyond Inc reported a better-than-expected profit.

Fed sees economy sliding further

Federal Reserve policy-makers, faced with bleaker forecasts for a rapidly worsening recession, decided to buy a substantial amount of U.S. Treasury and mortgage debt to halt the slide, minutes of their most recent meeting showed on Wednesday.

Belize

Belize is a peaceful, English-speaking country just two hours away from 3 major U.S. Gateways. With a diversity of adventure opportunities unmatched by any other country, the Belizean people have protected over 40% of the country as parks and natural reserves.

Attract Employers with Your Business Card

Let's say you attend a business function. You meet a top tier prospect, and give her your card. As you are driving home, you realize that twenty other people may have approached that prospect and presented their business cards. So what will make your card stand out from the collected stack?

Wall Street split on Alcoa loss

Alcoa Inc stock see-sawed on Wednesday, with some on Wall Street seeing the aluminum producer's second consecutive quarterly loss as the glass being half full and others as half empty.

U.S. objects to involuntary bankruptcy for Madoff

U.S. authorities are opposing an effort to force Bernard Madoff into involuntary bankruptcy, a move some bilked clients contend would help ensure the confessed swindler's personal assets will be used to compensate his victims.

7 Ways to Escape from Job Captivity

Ever feel that your job holds you captive, so that you are practically imprisoned? My guess is that you can identify with this feeling of confinement quite easily.

Pulte to buy rival Centex for $1.3 billion

Pulte Homes said it would buy rival Centex Corp in a $1.3 billion all-stock deal to create the largest U.S. homebuilder, in what may be the first big merger in the consolidation of the badly beaten up sector.

Tech lifts Nasdaq, but Fed's view drags on Dow, S&P

The Nasdaq rose on Tuesday as investors bet that such bellwethers as Microsoft may be among the first sectors to see a recovery in demand, but the Dow and the S&P 500 were nearly flat on worries about the extent of the economic slump.

Has power grid been hacked? U.S. won't say

U.S. concerns about the potential for cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure extended to the American electrical power grid on Wednesday and experts pointed the finger anew at Chinese hackers, among others.

Norway

Norway is a long stretched country, reaching from an idyllic rocky coast with skerries in the south, to a wild and untamed meeting between land and sea in the north.

SEC to seek comment on short sale curbs

U.S. securities regulators will seek public comment on five proposals to curb short selling, blamed by some lawmakers and executives for deepening the financial crisis and driving down share prices.

U.S. plans new government-owned satellites

Defying congressional opposition, the U.S. government on Tuesday said it would buy expensive new spy satellites and order more imagery from two commercial providers to plug gaps in satellite coverage.

SEC seeks comment on short sale curbs

U.S. securities regulators will seek public comment on five proposals to curb short selling, blamed by some lawmakers and executives for deepening the financial crisis and driving down share prices.

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