Florida Tomato Growers Kick off Season with Culinary Art Contest ...Centre Daily Times: 1 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 01:01 PMThis fall, the Florida tomato growers will conduct a 15 market tomato art contest and tour to kick off the 2008 season and reintroduce America's most popular tomato, the Florida field-grown tomato, to consumers throughout the Eastern United States. The Florida Tomato Culinary Art Tour will bring a tomato art exhibit and mini tomato festival to major food retailers and food service operators to ...
More Retailers Comply with Tobacco Law ...R News: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:47 AMALBANY, N.Y. A new state Health Department report shows an increase in the number of retailers complying with a law forbidding the sale of tobacco products to minors.
Wall Street plunges on disappointing jobless, retail data ...People's Daily: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 06:15 AMWall Street slid into bear territory on Thursday with Dow Jones down more than 340 points as disappointing jobless and retail data left investors in doubt of a come-back in U.S. economy. Major U.S. retailers reported poor August sales. While Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, beat expectations due to its discounts, many retailers said consumers cut spending last month because of ...
WALL STREET Market takes a dive on bad news ...Richmond Times-Dispatch: 0 views since Friday, September 5, 2008 at 04:54 AMMarket takes a dive on bad news NEW YORK Dejected investors sent stocks plunging yesterday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery. All three major stock indexes moved back into bear market territory, defined as a 20 percent drop from a recent peak.
How the major stock market indexes fared Thursday ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 05:53 PMStocks plummeted Thursday after the nation's major retailers said shoppers cut back their spending last month and the government said unemployment claims rose last week. The troubling readings on the economy arrived ahead of the highly-anticipated August employment report.
Stocks plummet after retail, unemployment data ...The Charlotte Observer: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 03:04 PMDejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery. The market was already nervous as it waited for the government to release its August employment report on Friday. So news from the nation's major retailers that ...
Sector roundup: Automakers, teen retailers ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 02:41 PMShares of the major automakers fell slightly Thursday, a day after the majority of them reported big drops in August U.S. vehicle sales.
Stocks Slightly Above Daily Lows During Mid-Afternoon Trading ...Nasdaq: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 02:07 PM(RTTNews) - The major averages remain entrenched in the red during mid-afternoon trading on Thursday. The negative sentiment comes after the release of a worse than expected employment report as well as some disappointing August sales reports from several retailers.
Retailers slash prices, but at what cost? ...Greensboro News & Record: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 01:42 PMNEW YORK (AP) - In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come at a big cost for the companies. At teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc., shoppers who buy jeans get a second pair at half off. Jewelry chain Zale Corp. is offering an extra 20 percent off on a slew of items ...
Stocks Plunge Sharply on Retail, Unemployment Data ...Washington Post: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:55 PMU.S. stocks fell sharply this morning after major retailers reported disappointing results for August in a sign that the economic jolt provided by recent tax rebates has begun to recede.
Dow tumbles more than 340 points ...Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:25 PMNews from the nation's major retailers that shoppers curtailed their spending last month due to higher gas and food prices came as a heavy blow.
Sentiment Likely to Be Guarded Ahead of Friday's Employment Data - RTTNews...Nasdaq: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 09:37 AM(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a lower on Thursday. Markets may express apprehension over resumption in the climb in oil prices, a steep climb in the weekly jobless claims and insipid retail sales reported by the nation's retailers.
Sentiment Likely to Be Guarded Ahead of Friday's Employment Data - RTTNews...Nasdaq: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 09:37 AM(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a lower on Thursday. Markets may express apprehension over resumption in the climb in oil prices, a steep climb in the weekly jobless claims and insipid retail sales reported by the nation's retailers.
Sentiment Likely to Be Guarded Ahead of Friday's Employment Data - RTTNews...Nasdaq: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 09:37 AM(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a lower on Thursday. Markets may express apprehension over resumption in the climb in oil prices, a steep climb in the weekly jobless claims and insipid retail sales reported by the nation's retailers.
Sentiment Likely to Be Guarded Ahead of Friday's Employment Data - RTTNews...Nasdaq: 0 views since Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 09:32 AM(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a lower on Thursday. Markets may express apprehension over resumption in the climb in oil prices, a steep climb in the weekly jobless claims and insipid retail sales reported by the nation's retailers.