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DETROIT BLAME GAME
| Published 11/21/08
Governmental policy restrictions and regulations hindered and undermined the automakers for decades.
TODAY'S NEWS
Last month retail prices for apparel were lower than the prices in 1989, without adjusting for inflation. |
Dell Struggling in Difficult Economy
| 11/21/08
Dell posted quarterly earnings of $15.2 billion, well below expert predictions of $16.2 billion and 3 percent lower than at this time last year. |
Lame-Duck Session Leaves Much to be Desired
| 11/21/08
With the country still mired in recession, the auto industry on the brink of failure, unemployment mounting and a high level of consumer anxiety gripping shoppers going into the holiday shopping season, the most recent Congressional session could most aptly be described as an utter failure. |
Weekly Economic Wrap-Up
| 11/21/08
The consumer price index plunged 1 percent last month, the most since records began in 1947. |
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Foreign Ownership of U.S. Industries
| Sound recording industries | 97% | |
| Commodity contracts dealing | 79% | |
| Motion picture and sound recording industries | 75% | |
| Metal ore mining | 65% | |
| Motion picture and video industries | 64% | |
| Wineries and distilleries | 64% | |
| Database, directory, and other publishers | 63% | |
| Book publishers | 63% | |
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Foreign Financing of U.S. Government Debt
| Japan | $593.4 Bn | |
| China | $518.7 Bn | |
| United Kingdom | $290.8 Bn | |
| Oil Exporters | $173.9 Bn | |
| Brazil | $148.4 Bn | |
| Carib Bnkng Cntrs | $133.5 Bn | |
| Luxembourg | $75.8 Bn | |
| View Full List of Debtholders | ||
U.S. Consumption Spent On Foreign Goods
| Footwear | 90% | |
| Audio & Video Equipment | 87% | |
| Other Leather Products | 86% | |
| Leather and Hide Tanning | 75% | |
| Apparel Accessories | 67% | |
| Apparel | 67% | |
| Computer Equipment | 59% | |
| View Full List of Products | ||
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