AP - Dangerous cracks in the nation's job market are deepening. Employers slashed jobs by the largest amount in five years and hundreds of thousands of people dropped out of the labor force — ominous signs that the country is falling toward a recession or has already toppled into one.

Reuters - The U.S. Air Force spelled out to
Boeing Co on Friday why it lost a $35 billion
jet-refueling deal to a team including archrival Airbus of
Europe, a possible prelude to a formal Boeing challenge.

Reuters - The fat compensation packages of
three U.S. CEOs whose companies are being hammered by the
widening mortgage crisis came under harsh criticism on Friday
at a congressional hearing on executive pay.

"Mutual Fund Investing 2008: The 10 Best Funds to Buy Now" was released today by MutualsAdvisor.com, an investment advisory website from Business Financial Publishing. The 10 mutual funds in this special report represent a diverse group of funds invested in multinational companies based in the U.S. and overseas, including American Funds Fundamentals (ANCFX), which holds assets in the world's largest cell phone maker Nokia (NOK), as well as Vanguard International (VWIGX), which holds assets in the leading international gold and copper mining company, Rio Tinto (RTP). (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Expanding its portfolio of off-plan residential properties in Istanbul, Oypro, a commercial real estate services provider, announced today that it will start arranging daily research trips to multiple off-plan project sites for foreign investment funds and individual investors. Demand from foreign investors to secure off-plan residential properties in Istanbul continues despite the slight decrease in local demand in 2007 compared to the previous two years. Some brand name residential developments in Istanbul have produced capital gains of over 100 percent between 2005 and 2007. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Ad Authority, a leading innovator in direct to consumer internet marketing and lead generation, has signed an agreement with Information USA, Inc., the publisher and marketing company wholly owned and operated by Free Government Money wizard, Matthew Lesko. The newly formed relationship allows Ad Authority to utilize Lesko's exclusive publications of money saving secrets to promote related web properties designed as referral portals for assisting consumers with anything from credit card debt problems to reverse mortgage advice for seniors. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Chartwell Partners Asset Management is offering global investors a luxury investment tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. While five years ago, many analysts believed that Southeast Asian markets would be in trouble due to intense competition from China, the region has thrived and offers investors a great play on Asian growth. The tour is called "Investing Along the Orient Express" because it includes a journey from Singapore to Bangkok aboard the historic Eastern & Oriental Express. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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CT TyMetrix, the global leader in Web-based law department management solutions, and CaseRev, Inc, an online community of claims and legal organizations and their vendors, today announce their alignment to create an integrated solution to manage networks of law firms, claims and legal vendors.Demonstrates CT TyMetrix's Leadership of Insurance and Claims Spend Management; CaseRev's Expansion of Vendor Relationship Management Tools for Claims Organizations (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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Effectur, Inc. has discovered that the IRS has made a change to the allowable living expense standards for the second time in five months. What makes this discovery so unusual is that the last change on October 1, 2007 came with waited anticipation and press. Today's change has come with no publicity whatsoever, even despite it's positive and important effects for tax debtors. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has launched an business management program for key managers at Shire plc, where revenues rose some 36 percent in 2007 and market capitalization has nearly quadrupled in five years. Shire is committed to rolling out this talent management program to more than 50 staff in 2008. (PRWeb Mar 7, 2008)

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