UT researchers predict slow economic growth
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - University of Tennessee researchers are predicting modest economic gains for the state through the first half of 2013, but they say significant economic improvement is still a year or two away.
That's according to UT's fall 2012 Business and Economic Outlook released this week by the school's Center for Business and Economic
...Being poor costs more
Being poor costs more.
Some Mid-Southerners gave Fox 13 a look at how being financially strapped affects you in ways many people may not have thought of.
"Very stressed because you know you don't have the money at the end of the month. Like they say, "it's too much month at the end of the money." Way too much," Chris Rowell said.
Meet the Rowell's.
...US economy adds 171K jobs; rate rises to 7.9 pct.
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought. The solid job growth showed that the economy is strengthening slowly but consistently.
The unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in
...Romney, Obama each get something in jobs report
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney each got something Friday out of the final snapshot of the nation's economy heading into Election Day, with more job creation and an uptick in unemployment.
That data fresh in hand, both candidates were
...Long lines, rising tempers seen at gas stations
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Motorists fumed in long lines at gas stations around the metropolitan area and yelled at one another Friday morning as fuel shortages hindered the region's efforts to recover four days after Superstorm Sandy.
The U.S. death toll climbed past 90 in 10 states,
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