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Exxon's growing reliance on expensive oil
March 16, 2010Exxon Mobil outlined plans Thursday that rely heavily on oil from tough to reach places, extracting it from the depths of the ocean, the frozen Arctic and the tar sands in Canada's frozen tundra.
Give money to a jobless friend?
March 16, 2010Dear Annie: I have a very close friend who's been out of work for almost a year now. He was my college roommate: I've known him for almost 20 years and, for about half that time, we worked at the same company. Then he got laid off. Last week one of my kids told me that my friend's youngest son missed out on a ski trip with the rest of his class because of the expense, even though the cost was minimal (to those of us with jobs).
Retail Sales
March 16, 2010April 14
Job Growth
March 16, 2010April 2
Manufacturing (ISM)
March 16, 2010April 1
GDP
March 16, 2010March 26
Consumer Confidence
March 16, 2010March 30
Home Prices
March 16, 2010March 30
Inflation (CPI)
March 16, 2010March 18
Dodd: Time to reform Wall Street is now
March 16, 2010The head of a key banking panel on Monday released a draft bill of sweeping regulatory changes aimed at warding off future collapses in the financial system.
