National Retail and Economy:
Sharp Decline Seen in Holiday Shoppers
Consumer Price Decline Prompts Fear of Deflation
Stores Count Seconds to Trim Labor Costs
Industry Blogs:
Hollister’s Pricing Strategy During Tough Economic Times
Quiksilver’s Rossignol SEC Filings: Quik Pays $14.7 Million in Sale

What Entrepreneurs are Feeling: Fear
Small Business: The Cash Strapped Turn to Barter
Struggling States Let Retailers Keep $1 Billion in Sales Tax, Study Says

Save Small Business, Save the Economy: Send Loans Now
Glad to Be Employed, Business Travelers Reach for Frugality
Small Firms Shiver as Health Premiums Rise

Top Financial Headlines of the Day:
China’s $586-Billion Stimulus Plan Could Boost World Economy
Fannie May Loses $29 Billion On Write-Downs
Ads Are Starting to Take the Economy Into Account
How To Save Your Retirement Plan

With Barack Obama as America’s new president-elect, it seems the question on many people’s minds is “What’s Next?” How will Obama bring about the change that his campaign has promised as he moves through his transition to the White House, many news sources are asking. And although stocks appear to be falling in the U.S. [...]

With voters lining up at polling places across the country, and reports of heavy turnouts and long waits,  the election is at the forefront of everyone’s mind today - as is the ultimate result. On Wall Street, stocks were rallying shortly after noon, with the Dow Jones up 300 points and the S&P 500 climbing [...]

Stocks were rising slowly and cautiously Monday, Nov. 3, as the Presidential Election loomed and October’s weak reading in the manufacturing sector, the Associated Press reported earlier this morning on several major news sites.
Headlines for Monday, November 3rd:
Are Tax Credits Welfare?
How The Economy Stole the Election
Factory Activity Slid in October
Economists See Recession Through 2009
The Debt [...]

After a brutal 30 days, Wall Street has begun to look up - if even just for a moment - as stocks rally this afternoon about an hour and a half before trading closes, according to major news sources.
Also in the news right now:
Bernanke Discusses Future of Fannie and Freddie
Don’t Get Slammed by the Rising [...]

The Commerce Department reported the first estimate of third-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) today, and the results - unsurprisingly - were bleak. The U.S. economy is the weakest it’s been in 28 years, and has fallen .03% into a slump beginning last summer that many fear will shortly become a full-on recession, according to a [...]