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Half of America's Baby Boomers Think Government is Doing Too Much to Solve the Wall Street Crisis
added: 18-10-2008

Fifty percent of American adults age 40-59 - The Baby Boomers - feel that the government is doing too much to solve Wall Street's problems, according to a new poll by TV Land.
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Half of Americans Plan to Shop "Green" This Holiday Season
added: 18-10-2008

Call it a "Green Christmas". A recent national survey commissioned by Plow & Hearth, one of the country’s leading retailers, found that half of Americans plan to purchase an environmentally friendly gift this holiday season.
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EU to Restore Import Customs Duties on Cereals
added: 18-10-2008

Mariann Fischer Boel, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, announced that customs duties on cereals imports will be reintroduced as a reaction to the price decrease on the cereals market.
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Euro Area External Trade Deficit 9.3 bn euro in August 2008
added: 17-10-2008

The first estimate for the euro area (EA15) trade balance with the rest of the world in August 2008 gave a 9.3 bn euro deficit, compared with +1.5 bn in August 2007. The July 2008 balance was -2.0 bn, compared with +5.3 bn in July 2007. In August 2008 compared with July 2008, seasonally adjusted exports fell by 0.6% and imports by 1.0%.
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Denmark, Sweden Still the Highest-Tax OECD Countries
added: 17-10-2008

Denmark is confirmed as the OECD’s highest-tax country, followed by Sweden, while Mexico and Turkey remain the lowest-taxing countries, according to figures in the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication.
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Construction Output up by 0.1% in the Euro Area in August 2008
added: 17-10-2008

In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production increased by 0.1% in the euro area (EA15) but decreased by 0.2% in the EU27 in August 2008, compared with the previous month. In July, production grew by 0.1% and fell by 0.8% respectively.
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CEOs Still Lacking Confidence, The Conference Board Reports
added: 17-10-2008

The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence posted a reading of 40 in the third quarter, virtually unchanged from 39 in the second quarter (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses).
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US Real Earnings in September 2008
added: 17-10-2008

Real average weekly earnings were unchanged from August to September after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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US Consumer Price Index in September 2008
added: 17-10-2008

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The September level of 218.783 (1982-84=100) was 4.9 percent higher than in September 2007.
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Fitch Sees Mounting Pressure on Insurance Ratings Globally
added: 17-10-2008

Fitch Ratings said that balance sheet pressures for insurance and reinsurance companies globally are becoming more severe as insurers experience greater unrealized market value losses, and take impairments, on their investment portfolios. As such, Fitch expects a noteworthy ramp up in such losses to be reported by many insurers in the third quarter.
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