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Yahoo!News: Health News Market rout deepens global economic crisis (Reuters) Chance of U.S.recession rise to 1-in-4 (Reuters) H&R Block settles Ma*sachusetts subprime mortgage probe (Reuters) Tax Credits to Hire Vets: A Good Idea or Does it Ignore the Problem? (ContributorNetwork) 09 Aug 2011 08:49 AM PDTA trader stands outside the New York Stock Exchange following the end of the trading day, August 4, 2011.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 09 Aug 2011 06:44 AM PDTReuters - Federal Reserve policymakers began meeting on Tuesday under growing pressure to take some type of action to stem a financial market meltdown linked to fears of a new U.S.recession.

Chance of U.S.recession rise to 1-in-4 (Reuters) 08 Aug 2011 04:11 PM PDTAP - FRUSTRATING DOWNGRADE: Average investors found the U.S.debt rating downgrade by Standard & Poor's a frustrating development that fed into fear and a flight from stocks.The sell-off pushed the Dow Jones industrial average below 11,000 for the first time since November.09 Aug 2011 07:26 AM PDTOPEC headquarters in Vienna.OPEC ministers will hold consultations if the price of crude oil continues to fall but it is too soon to call for an extraordinary meeting, Iran's representative to the cartel said.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AP - Oil is rising after OPEC said global demand for oil will continue to grow this year, despite the weak economic recoveries in the U.S.and Europe.09 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDTA construction workers paints a new Beazer home early Tuesday, Aug.9, 2011 in Gilbert, Ariz.Beazer Homes USA Inc.said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the homebuilder closed on fewer homes and incurred some charges.(AP Photo/Matt York)AP - Beazer Homes USA Inc.said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the homebuilder closed on fewer homes and incurred some charges.09 Aug 2011 12:04 AM PDTPresident Barack Obama arrives to speak in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Aug.8, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The S&P downgrade was more of a statement on the toxic political landscape in Washington than a comment on the nation's ability to pay its bills.But S&P has its own checkered history.Just a few years ago, the company gave its top triple-A rating to some of the mortgage-backed securities that helped cause the Great Recession.09 Aug 2011 08:30 AM PDTOne kilogram gold bars are seen in this picture illustration taken at the Korea Gold Exchange in Seoul August 9, 2011.REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - Gold hit a record high on Tuesday in its biggest three-day rally since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008, as investor fears over the threat to the global economy from the European and U.S.debt crises hit a*sets seen as higher risk.09 Aug 2011 05:58 AM PDTWomen walk past a display of a currency exchange bureau in St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Aug.9, 2011 with an exchange rate more them 30 Russian Rubles per US Dollar.The Russian ruble on Tuesday lost nearly 3 percent against the US Dollar to a six-month low on the back of the U.S.debt downgrade and a sharp fall in oil prices.(AP Photo/ Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - The ruble lost more than 3 percent of its value against the dollar, while Russian markets fell in a frantic sell-off on Tuesday triggered by the U.S.debt downgrade and a sharp fall in oil prices.


Tax Credits to Hire Vets: A Good Idea or Does it Ignore the Problem? (ContributorNetwork) 08 Aug 2011 07:21 PM PDTContributorNetwork - President Barack Obama is proposing that a couple of tax credits to encourage companies to hire military veterans.About 1 million veterans are part of the 9.1 percent of the people who are unemployed, including 260,000 who enlisted after 9/11.09 Aug 2011 03:36 AM PDTThe General Motors logo is seen outside its headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan in this file photograph taken August 25, 2009.REUTERS/Jeff Kowalsky/FilesAP - General Motors Co.on Tuesday launched a new low-priced sedan in China as part of a push to develop new business in untapped areas of the world's largest automobile market.


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