economic slowdown

Credit agency expected to downgrade 6 nations; Greece again teeters on brink. US already is feeling the effects of Europe's economic slowdown.

The leaders of Germany and France are discussing Tuesday how to get the eurozone's 17 countries to work closer together to address Europe's debt crisis as further evidence emerged of a marked economic slowdown.

Analysts said an economic slowdown last month was a return to normal, sustainable growth, but soaring food and property prices remain a challenge.

(University of Chicago) The United States workforce, battered by an economic slowdown, now includes a record number of workers who are involuntarily working part-time due to reduced hours or the inability to find a full-time job.

Hourly workers -- the majority of the wage and salary workforce -- are especially susceptible to reduced, irregular and fluctuating hours, and the myriad of challenges associated with them.

Pity that this new nervousness about Europe, to which we can add concern that the Chinese regime is engineering an economic slowdown to head off the bursting of a credit bubble, is taking some of the shine off the recovery now clearly underway in the U.S.

The jobs situation has turned around.

The year 2009 was not a very promising one as the global recession wounded the financial conditions of the world.

The economic slowdown of the advanced countries that began as a result of sub-prime crisis in U.S.A., soon spread over across the globe.

Charlotte, N.C. (PRESS RELEASE – December 16, 2009) — Bank of America today announced that it has pledged to increase lending to small- and medium-sized businesses by at least $5 billion in 2010 over 2009’s results.

The pledge was made to President Obama by Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Kenneth D.

Lewis at a meeting of key bankers at the White House today.

Oct. 30 -- Stacy Smith, chief financial officer of Intel Corp., talks with Bloomberg's Pimm Fox about the recovery of the technology industry since the financial crisis and economic slowdown.

Vivendi SA said Tuesday its net profit slipped 3 percent in the first half as the economic slowdown hit earnings at its core music and mobile telecommunications businesses.

Vivendi SA said Tuesday its net profit slipped 3 percent in the first half as the economic slowdown hit earnings at its core music and mobile telecommunications businesses.