Recession? UPS Laughs at Your Recession

Greenspan Says Recession Cheap Price to Fix Fiscal Policy
Bloomberg
Allowing taxes to rise would be a small price to pay to get U.S. lawmakers to accept spending cuts on entitlement programs, even if it leads to a “moderate recession,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today during an interview on ...
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EU dips into recession. Is the US next?
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Yesterday, EuroStat, the European Union's statistics office, released their Q3 2012 read on the 17-nation combine GDP showing a quarter-to-quarter decline of 0.1%, tipping the group squarely (though possibly temporarily due to future revisions) into ...
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Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Recession? UPS Laughs at Your Recession
Motley Fool
For all the talk that the U.S. is in a recession, or even just a slow growth recovery, there's at least one segment of the business world that seems totally unfazed, and happy to raise its prices year-in and year-out: the shipping business. In ...
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PRECIOUS-Gold down for week on recession, fiscal crisis fears
Reuters
News that the euro zone swung into a recession, disappointing U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's negative outlook on the housing recovery all kept pressure on gold. Gold sagged as the S&P 500 equities index was on track ...
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Looming Fiscal Cliff, European Recession & Mideast Violence Pull Stocks Lower
Forbes
Fears surrounding the Fiscal Cliff, official recession in Europe, and violence in the Middle East pulled stocks down for a second straight week. Apple, which plays a critical role in the performance and sentiment of so many fund managers and individual ...
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Recession-hit EU faces conflicting choices
UPI.com
Latest data showing the EU has slipped back into recession reinforced pro-spending politicians' argument the austerity regime isn't working and, instead, it is inhibiting whatever growth is possible in Europe's challenging circumstances. Thousands of ...
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Japan seen in mild recession, recovery expected in Q1
Reuters
TOKYO | Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:16am EST. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export-reliant economy is probably in recession due to faltering global demand and a diplomatic row with China, but a recovery is likely in the first quarter of next year, a Reuters poll ...
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Will The Recession Blight Spread To England Next?
Seeking Alpha
Had it not been for the London Summer Olympics, which provided a spurt of summer economic activity, Britain might be on the cusp of another recession. Still with the EU debt issues not going away, and the U.S. only commencing to negotiate the ...
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World stocks flat on Europe, US woes; Japan gains
San Francisco Chronicle
BANGKOK (AP) — Trading on world stock markets was lethargic Friday after data showed Europe slipped back into recession and several big U.S. retailers disappointed investors with weak forecasts. The European Union's statistics agency said Thursday ...
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