European Debt Crisis Impacting Global Home Price Index, Weakest Performance Since 2009 Says Knight Frank

According to Knight Frank’s latest Global House Price Index, worldwide home prices recorded their weakest annual performance since the depths of the recession in 2009, recording only 0.9% growth in the year to March 2012. Doubts over the Eurozone’s future, coupled with the
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Wall Street ends worst two weeks since November

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed their worst two-week slide since November with a selloff on Friday as disappointing China growth data sparked worries the global recovery was flagging. Concerns that Europe’s debt crisis was flaring up again added to selling pressure
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U.S. Has Zero Job Growth in August, Not Happened Since 1945

And the beat goes on with lack-luster U.S. job growth in August. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged (0% change) in August, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent. The last time this occurred was in World War II (1945
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