Economy May 25, 2009

Governments pay more burial costs in bad economy
The Associated Press
She had lost her job as an advertising manager months before and couldn’t
find another in the slumping economy. “That’s the last thing I wanted to do
for …

Economy takes bite out of Missouri mobile dental program
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
AP COLUMBIA | State budget woes could force a nearly 50-year-old mobile
dental program for developmentally disabled children and adults to cut way
back on …

Auto
GM Borrows $4 Billion From US to Push Loans to $19.4 Billion
Bloomberg – USA
By Katie Merx May 23 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp., facing rising
cash needs before a June 1 bankruptcy deadline, tapped $4 billion more in
US aid to …

Alert – Unemployment May 25, 2009
World Bank chief warns about economic crisis
AFP
“What began with a big financial crisis and has become a profound economic
crisis is drifting today towards a crisis of unemployment. …

New York state’s replacing of unemployment checks with debit cards …
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com – Syracuse,NY,USA
By Delen Goldberg Not so long ago, New Yorkers had to battle long lines and
bureaucratic red tape to collect unemployment benefits from the state. …

Economists say unemployment rate will get worse before improving
Prescott Daily Courier – Prescott,AZ,USA
New figures from the Arizona Department of Commerce show the tri-city’s
unemployment rate fell a tad in April. The seasonally-adjusted rate fell
from 8.9 …

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