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Job-loss charts compare slumps in bright spring colors, clean lines

By Chris Steller | 02.10.09 | 8:44 am

2-job-graphs“Sex in the City”–type handbag obsessions are so mid-2007. The accessory of the moment is the handbasket — instead of Gucci, think Dante. It’s not whether we’re entering a depression; it’s all about getting there in style. The latest…

It’s official: We’re in a recession

By Paul Demko | 12.01.08 | 2:42 pm

Denny Hecker undoubtedly could’ve made this call awhile back. But the National Bureau of Economic Research has officially declared that the United States is in the midst of a recession. In fact, the group’s Business Cycle Dating Committee determined that…