BAILOUT LENDERS GRANT PORTUGAL EASIER DEBT TARGETS
By BARRY HATTON Fernando Cruz, right, and Sandra Alves dismantle their clothes and accessories store after closing it down due to the lack of customers, in Lisbon, Monday, March 11,…
Recessions and depressions
CENSUS: RECORD 1 IN 3 US COUNTIES ARE NOW DYING
By HOPE YEN FILE – In this Feb. 9, 2011, file photo, a coal truck drives out of downtown Welch, W.Va. A record number of U.S. counties _ more than…
US ADDS 236K JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 7.7 PCT.
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER In this Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 photo, Sayed Mouawad, right, of Providence, R.I., gestures while speaking to a company representative during a job fair in Boston.…