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In economics, a recession is a general slowdown in economic activity over a sustained period of time, or a business cycle contraction. During recessions, many macroeconomic indicators vary in a similar way. Production as measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, investment spending, capacity utilization, household incomes and business profits all fall during recessions.

Governments usually respond to recessions by adopting expansionary macroeconomic policies, such as increasing money supply, increasing government spending and decreasing taxation.

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4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...


Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q (AP)

Google ready to open wallet again after stellar 3Q

Technology / Business

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s earnings and stock price are soaring again - and so is the Internet search leader's optimism.


Yahoo slump eases as 3Q profit more than triples (AP)

Yahoo profits rise in 3Q, will revenue follow?

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has pumped up its profits by laying off workers and weeding out unpopular Internet services.


Google's 3Q lobbying costs eclipse $1 million

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc.'s quarterly lobbying expenses eclipsed $1 million for the first time during the summer as the company tried to build on its dominance of Internet search and expand into other markets.


Google's growth accelerates as 3Q profit rises (AP)

Google's growth accelerates as 3Q profit rises

Technology / Business

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded its biggest profit yet.


Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up? (AP)

Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...


TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets (AP)

TV makers hope thin is in for newest sets

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(AP) -- Lee Richman installs high-end home theater systems that can cost as much as $170,000. Lately, he's noticed that some of his clients - or their interior designers - are perking up when they hear about ...


New treatment for receding gums: No pain, lots of gain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Tufts dental researchers conducted a three-year follow-up study that examined the stability of a treatment option for receding gums and found that complete root coverage — the goal of the surgery — had been maintained. This ...


Recession May Have Longer-Term Effects on Low-Income Families, Researcher Says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The recession may be having some longer-term effects on families and children, including lower test scores and more single-parent homes, according to a Duke University professor whose research focuses on ...


Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS funding

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS, a medical group warned Thursday, with one health worker saying he feared a return to the days when the ...


Google's slowing ad sales trump record 2Q profit (AP)

Google's slowing ad sales trump record 2Q profit

Technology / Business

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. made more money than ever in the second quarter, even though its revenue growth slowed like never before.


Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback (AP)

Internet advertising appears to begin its comeback

Technology / Internet

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- After bogging down in the recession, Internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine.


Sun, IBM buyout talks in limbo

Technology / Business

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Representatives of Sun Microsystems met earlier this week with advisers for IBM in an effort to restart buyout talks that stalled earlier this month, but no deal was reached.


Sometimes the next big thing is no big deal

Technology / Hi Tech

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

I unpacked my vintage earphones and compact disc player on a recent flight to Washington and settled back for a few hours of uninterrupted fumbling with CDs and untangling various cords and wires.


Video game industry bucks downturn with Feb. sales

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game industry continued to defy the recession in February, posting double-digit year-over-year growth with Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii gaming system leading the way.