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• Incomes plunged in July as spending slowed
WASHINGTON - Personal incomes plunged in July while consumer spending slowed significantly as the impact of billions of dollars in government rebate checks began to wane. The Commerce Department reported Friday that personal incomes fell by 0.7 ...
• Stocks stumble after record drop in incomes
NEW YORK - Stocks tumbled Friday after the government said personal incomes fell last month by the largest amount in nearly three years while consumer spending slowed. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 125 points, while a disappointing ...
• Tracing your own family roots
Last year, the site entered into an agreement with the National Archives and will be digitizing records including court, military, land and other government documents that date as early as 1754 to as late as the 1990s.
• Minnesota economy buffeted by crosscurrents
When we asked msnbc.com’s Gut Check America readers in Minnesota to tell us how the state’s economy was affecting them, they mentioned issues as diverse as the slump in housing prices, the turmoil the stock market and runaway government spending.
• Passengers stranded by budget airline collapse
Travel industry group ABTA called on the British government to require all airlines to provide financial protection for their customers. "This failure in a tough economic climate, along with numerous other airline failures this year, highlights the ...