Business/Economid/Housing/Layoff News for August 26, 2010

Oil rebounds over $73 on dollar, equities

Credit card debt drops to lowest level in 8 years

U.S. Anticipates Major Drops in Costs of Solar Power, Electric Vehicles by 2015

US retail gasoline demand down 1.2 pct-Mastercard

Peabody, Coal Producers Lead Market's Decline on Weak Economic Data

Five plays which will make you 500% if the market crashes

Coming soon: government defaults . . . says Morgan Stanley

SEC brings charges against ex-CEO of Countrywide, Anthony Mozillo, for his "special friends" program which benefited members of Congress

For America's Middle Class, the Hits Just Keep on Coming

How the Stimulus Is Changing America

Time Magazine: The Case Against Homeownership

Inventory Explodes Past the Worst of the Housing Crash

Why Nobody Wants To Buy A House

Mortgage apps rise 4.9% as more homeowners rush to refinance

New Home Sales decline to Record Low in July

Denninger: The Newest Ripoff In Housing

Capital Expenditures By US Corporations Slows Down And Endangers Hiring

Intel CEO: U.S. faces looming tech decline

Janitors vs. JP Morgan: union custodians go on 3 day hunger strike against Too Big To Fail Bank

120 union employees in the Desert Sands United School District in Palm Springs, CA agree to pay cut for second year in a row to save jobs

Oil spill: About 100 Pensacola cleanup workers protest BP layoffs

Northrop Grumman announces 642 layoffs; 292 people to be notified today

Akron, OH to layoff 49 Police Officers

Meriter Health in Madison, WI cuts 57 jobs

HealthMarkets has 70 layoffs, expects 180 more

It's possible 400 Wayne County, MI employees will get pinks slips