Manufacturing conditions in the mid-Atlantic region were negative for the ninth straight month, although there was some improvement in August, according to a report issued Thursday.
Bond prices were mixed Tuesday as investors appeared torn between inflation concerns and fresh signs of economic weakness stemming from the ailing housing market.
A key measure of the nation's manufacturing activity rose unexpectedly in June, reaching a level that indicated expansion in the sector for the first time since January.
Sales of existing homes rose slightly more than expected in May as home buyers responded to plummeting home prices, according to an industry trade group.
The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday at 2%, marking the first time in the nine months that it did not cut rates.
It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.
Manufacturing conditions in the mid-Atlantic region were negative for the ninth straight month, although there was some improvement in August, according to a report issued Thursday.
Bond prices were mixed Tuesday as investors appeared torn between inflation concerns and fresh signs of economic weakness stemming from the ailing housing market.
A key measure of the nation's manufacturing activity rose unexpectedly in June, reaching a level that indicated expansion in the sector for the first time since January.
Sales of existing homes rose slightly more than expected in May as home buyers responded to plummeting home prices, according to an industry trade group.
The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged Wednesday at 2%, marking the first time in the nine months that it did not cut rates.
It wasn't so long ago that biofuels were being heralded as the savior of the planet and a thoroughly green solution to our climate woes. But fair winds have been replaced by persistent storms of criticism. But is it justified? Principal Voices has spoken to three people -- an economist, a scientist and an environmental campaigner -- at the heart of the biofuels debate. Here, they have their say on biofuels. Have yours at bottom of the page.
Industrial production fell in April, matching the largest decline since the one following Hurricane Katrina, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.
The United Nations is establishing a task force to address the global food crisis, which is "increasingly resulting in social tension," the world body said Tuesday.
The leaders of Japan and the European Union expressed their "strong concern" Wednesday over high food and oil prices and highlighted the "urgent need" to address it.
In a surprising flash of good news for the U.S. economy, businesses added jobs in March, according to a survey of private sector employers released Wednesday.
Two United Nations contract workers, a Briton and a Kenyan, were kidnapped Tuesday in southern Somalia, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Ever felt guilty about the food or the old television you chucked out? Perhaps you are a freegan at heart. Ever seen a group of healthy-looking young people going through the garbage and wondered what they are up to? Perhaps you have had a rare sighting of a freegan.
The bird flu virus could become endemic in Turkey and poses a serious risk to neighboring countries, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says.
While health officials have serious concerns about the H5N1 bird flu virus becoming a pandemic, they say it won't be a worldwide threat until the virus is able to spread easily between people.
Small-scale farmers across Asia will need to modify their animal husbandry practices if a bird-flu pandemic is to be avoided, world health experts have been told.
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