News Source: The Examiner
| about 1 month ago
AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Merchandise is restocked under the rain at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Retail sales in the United States fell 1.5 percent in September, the U.S. Consumers may be slowly...
News Source: Star Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Auto sales dried up in September, but Americans spent more on food, gasoline and furniture than they did in August -- a small step on the long road to economic recovery -- new government data shows. Over the summer, consumer spending was boosted by...
News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| about 1 month ago
Retail sales actually fell 1.5 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, a plunge that reflected the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program. Still, that drop was less than the 2.1 percent fall economists expected.
News Source: The Mercury News
| about 1 month ago
Retail sales fall last month after Cash for Clunkers ends. Intel pushes Dow closer to 10,000 Strong earnings from Santa Clara chip maker Intel helped push the blue chip Dow Jones industrial average over 10,000...Today was the first time the Dow...
News Source: The Advocate
| about 1 month ago
Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers program...The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales dropped 1.5 percent last...
News Source: Epoch Times
| about 1 month ago
U.S. retail sales excluding auto purchases rose for a second month in September, raising cautious optimism consumer spending could support the economy's fledgling recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. A Commerce Department report...