* U.S. holiday spending seen at $810 billion -forecast * Unemployment, uncertainty weigh on consumers * Another chilly holiday season for U.S. retailers LOS ANGELES, Sept 20 - U.S. holiday spending is expected to be...
* Manila wants 8 pct hike in 2010 government spending * Government aims to balance the budget by 2013 * Proposed budget supports 2010 GDP goal of 2.6-3.6 pct * Sovereign bond prices weaken on...
* Brown acknowledges cuts as election debate hots up * Says "vital, frontline services" not to be affected * Opposition Conservatives accuse him of capitulation LIVERPOOL, England, Sept 15 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown conceded...
China's retail sales grew at close to the fastest pace in nine years even as the global financial crisis and a property slump knocked confidence...
Cancer patients in the metropolitan borough of Knowsley, near Liverpool, can count themselves fortunate in one respect. Unlucky though they are to have the disease...
It is estimated that Emirati women spend close to Dh1 billion ($272 million) per year on beauty products and treatments, according to the organisers of a beauty expo.
* Democrats redirecting spending they consider wasteful * Some worry spending shift bad for economy in short term (Recasts, adds details) TOKYO, Nov 6 - Japan's government aims to offset the negative impact of freezing...
WASHINGTON, Nov 2 - U.S. construction spending made its largest gain in a year in September, the Commerce Department said on Monday, bolstered by a record pace in public construction and the biggest increase in...
* U.S. consumer spending falls as auto incentive ends * Spending decline first in five months; wage growth slows * Regional factory index at 1-year high; job gauge weakens * Consumer sentiment slips in October...
* U.S. consumer spending falls as auto incentive ends * Spending decline first in five months; wage growth slows * Regional factory index at 1-year high; job gauge weakens * Consumer sentiment slips in October...