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  • Stocks plunge on economic news, slumping oil price ('Bull(y) Market' Day? - March 10, 2011)

    03/10/2011 11:50:05 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 3/10/11 | Francesca Levy - AP
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Weak economic news from China, the U.S. and Spain combined with a slump in oil companies sent stocks sharply lower Thursday. Investors were jarred when China reported a surprise trade deficit in February. China's exports fell as businesses closed for the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday, but imports of higher-priced oil and other goods jumped, widening the country's deficit to $7.3 billion. Meanwhile Moody's downgraded Spain's debt, re-igniting fears about the European debt crisis. The downgrade also sent the dollar higher against the euro.
  • Slumping economy rough on day laborers

    03/17/2008 10:05:52 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 38 replies · 1,133+ views
    It's tough out there for day laborers as jobs dwindle with the slumping economy. The workers outside a Home Depot in north San Bernardino say fewer contractors and homeowners have been driving up looking for gardeners, plumbers, painters and carpenters. Salvadoran illegal immigrant Juan Rosales says he's lucky now to earn $150 a week doing construction work, about half what he was making. Mexico immigrant Roberto Panuco, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, says, "We're becoming desperate." He's traveled back to his hometown in northern Mexico to do some farming a few months a year because of the grim job...
  • PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

    08/16/2002 7:39:49 AM PDT · by Merchant Seaman · 754 replies · 30,137+ views
    Annoyed Reader
    The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!