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Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of February 2009.
Macy's Cutting 7,000 Jobs (Feb. 2): Department store Macy's announces it will be cutting…
The following table shows the poverty rate in the United States as a whole and by state for each year from 2005 to 2010. In addition, the table includes two- and three-year averages for 2002–…
Basics for bulls and bears by Holly Hartman The word stock simply refers to a supply. You may have a stock of T-shirts in your closet, or a stock of pencils in your desk. In the…
2005 rankCompany name (symbol) 2005 share volume(in millions)1.Pfizer, Inc. (PFE)2,871.02.Lucent Technologies, Inc. (LU) 2,732.13.General Electric Co. (GE) 2,045.84.Time Warner, Inc. (TWX) 1,…
2005rankIssue (symbol)2005 dollar value(in millions)1.Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)$110,500.52.Citigroup, Inc. (C) 77,714.83.Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) 76,547.14.General Electric Co. (GE) 73,185.35.…
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.Shopping for a Loan Your choice of a lender and type of loan will influence not only your settlement costs, but also the monthly cost…
(Encyclopedia) Kydland, Finn Erling, 1943–, Norwegian economist, Ph.D Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1973. He has taught at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (since 1973),…
(Encyclopedia) Gordon, Bruce S., 1946–, African-American business executive and civil-rights leader, b. Camden, N.J.; grad. Gettysburg College (B.A., 1968), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S…
(Encyclopedia) Newberry, Walter Loomis, 1804–68, American merchant and banker, b. East Windsor (in the section now South Windsor), Conn. In 1822 he entered the shipping business with his brother…
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