Financial Outlook

The poor economy and high Labor Day weekend travel costs probably kept some Wisconsin fans away from the UNLV game this year, but Sam Boyd Stadium still was just about 4,000 short of a sellout, school officials said.

American has gone from being the world’s superpower, with guns and butter for all, to being the frugal superpower.

Faced with a stalled economy, the president nonetheless took to airwaves for Labor Day weekend address to tell Americans, particularly the middle class, they’d be worse off without his economic policies before sprint to midterm elections Obama: Expired Tax Cut Revenues for Business YOU DECIDE: What’s Fix? OPINION: Repeating Mistakes

Jerry Brown said Friday that if elected governor he would have to “do things that labor doesn’t like,” including cutting pension benefits for public employees and asking labor leaders to “put everything on the table” to…

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique’s economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.

Economy 101: Rising unemployment hits some workers harder as job seekers flood into the market Unemployment – Employment – Business and Economy – Job Search – Canada

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Friday: CD Release: for Arrah and the Ferns with Wissahickon Chicken Shack , Lady , and Funkslaw at the North Star Bar.

Reporter Kaylin Bettinger has spent the past week at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer. In addition to writing about people and events, she’s been making a checklist of practical tips for fairgoers.

South Korea’s economy expanded at almost the same pace in the second quarter as initially estimated, fueled by demand for the nation’s exports of semiconductors and electronic products.

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