Posts Tagged ‘2008’

Dow approaches highest level since 2008 crisis (AP)

In this Jan. 25, 2012 photo, traders Thomas Kay, left, Marshall Ryan, center, and Robert McQuade work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stock markets rose on Thursday, Jan. 26, after the U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates low until late 2014 to nurture the country's stubbornly slow economic recovery. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average was trading near its highest close since the 2008 financial crisis Thursday after solid news on factory orders and strong earnings from U.S. manufacturers highlighted the economy’s growing momentum.


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Unemployment claims at 352,000, fewest since 2008 (AP)

An unemployed homeless Roma woman smokes in front of an abandoned building in Prague January 19, 2012.  The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic is reported at 8.6 percent and expected to rise in 2012, according to the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.    REUTERS/David W Cerny (CZECH REPUBLIC - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY POVERTY)AP – The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening.


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Newt Gingrich wins big endorsement in New Hampshire Union Leader, state’s largest newspaper, endorsed Sen. John McCain in 2008 

Newt Gingrich got a big endorsement Sunday that not only sang his praises but told New Hampshire voters why they should bypass Mitt Romney.

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GOP’s Romney defends ad’s use of Obama 2008 line (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to a group of workers at Nationwide Insurance Company, Wednesday Nov. 23, 2011, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Steve Pope)AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending a TV ad that quotes President Barack Obama out of context, signaling he’s ready for bare-knuckled campaigning despite sharp complaints from Democrats and some neutral observers.


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Judge releases 2008 jail video of Casey Anthony (AP)

AP – A Florida judge released a grainy jailhouse video of Casey Anthony being told that the remains of her 2-year-old daughter had been found in 2008

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Dow average plunges 513, worst drop since 2008 (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Jin Lee)AP – The stock market is finishing its worst day since the financial crisis.


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Romney returns to SC, where he bailed in 2008 (AP)

FILE - Republican Presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles during an interview with The Associated Press, in this, Aug. 30, 2007 file photo taken  in Columbia,S.C. The former Massachusetts governor is taking a different approach to the first-in-the-South primary state in his second presidential run. His team says he'll focus heavily on the economy this time. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP – Mitt Romney spent a ton of money and a ton of time in this early GOP primary state during his first presidential run only to bail from it just days before the 2008 vote when it became clear he wouldn’t win.


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