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For now, caution is hitting the economy hard as businesses cut costs and strengthen balance sheets. But when the recovery takes hold, companies will be in top condition to gear up quickly.
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After watching their savings evaporate and their net worth plunge, many are giving up on retirement planning. But there are ways out of this mess without winning the lottery
Although the last decade was bad for stocks, PNC investment strategist E. William Stone believes stocks will tend to outperform other investments and inflation in the future
Nonfarm payrolls dropped 467,000, worse than expected, sparking more doubts about the economic recovery
On deck: ISM non-manufacturing index, consumer credit, wholesale trade, international trade, import prices, consumer sentiment
"It's all pointing to a higher risk in the system. Private capital inflows have stalled and are projected to fall further. The reality must finally be setting in that the V looks more like an L."
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July starts the earnings season, with 70% of the issues expected to report by month end.
Bankruptcy will leave GM and Chrysler stronger, but they'll emerge in a brutal market with their images in tatters