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U.S. consumer sentiment slips in April

WASHINGTON – American consumers were a bit more downbeat in April. The University of Michigan said Friday that its index of consumer sentiment slid to 89 in April from 91 in March...

DATE: Apr 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. industrial production registers worst month since 2012

WASHINGTON – U.S. industrial output fell for the third straight month in November, another sign that American manufacturers are under stress. American industrial production droppe...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

University of Michigan: Consumer sentiment dips in July

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer sentiment slipped this month but remains at healthy levels, the University of Michigan said Friday. Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment fell to 93.1 ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Consumer sentiment level rises in May

WASHINGTON – Consumer sentiment rose this month to the highest level since January, suggesting that spending will strengthen this year. The University of Michigan says its consume...

DATE: Jun 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More retired Americans are being buried by housing debt

WASHINGTON – Al and Saundra Karp have found an unconventional way to raise money and help save their Miami-area home from foreclosure: They’re lining up gigs for their family jazz band. ...

DATE: Jun 6, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. consumer sentiment rises on optimism over job market

WASHINGTON – Optimism about the job market lifted U.S. consumer sentiment in April to its second-highest level since 2007. The University of Michigan’s sentiment index rose to 95....

DATE: May 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Construction spending falls

U.S. home building slips in February

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. consumer sentiment slips in February on icy weather

WASHINGTON – Harsh winter weather left U.S. consumers feeling a bit less confident this month, the University of Michigan says. But confidence levels still remain at the highest level in eig...

DATE: Feb 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. ready to do business with Cuba

U.S. exports could top $4 billion a year

DATE: Dec 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Virus starting to take economic toll in region

WASHINGTON – Caterpillar has evacuated a handful of employees from Liberia. Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd. has suspended a drilling project. British Airways has canceled flights to the reg...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Most states remain at a loss for jobs

WASHINGTON – Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven’t regained all the jobs they lost, even though the nation as a whole has. In May, the o...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. manufacturers regaining strength

WASHINGTON – U.S. manufacturers have grown more competitive over the past decade compared with factories in China, Brazil and most of the world’s other major economies. So says a ...

DATE: Apr 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World