July wholesale inventories jump 1.3 percent (Reuters)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:30:43 GMT
Reuters - Wholesale inventories surged the most in two years in July, adding to signs that economic growth in the third quarter of the year may prove a bit stronger than many forecasters had expected.

Obama says voters may blame him for economy (AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:19:50 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama insisted Friday that the U.S. economy is digging itself out of the deepest recession in decades but conceded that "progress has been painfully slow" and many voters in November's elections may blame him.

Recession has left huge hole: Obama (AFP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:40:17 GMT
AFP - US President Barack Obama said Friday the "hole" left by the worst recession in decades was "huge" and admitted the recovery had been "painfully slow," but vowed his policies were working.

Obama says Republicans holding recovery hostage (Reuters)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:16:11 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Friday of holding the middle class hostage as he pushed new ideas to stimulate the sluggish U.S. economy and try to reverse Democrats' grim election prospects.

Obama says growing economy will ease poverty (AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:07:31 GMT
AP - When it comes to fighting poverty, President Barack Obama says the most important thing he can do is to make the economy grow more quickly so that there are more jobs for everyone.

Obama to voters: Our economic policies better (AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:00:29 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama says that if voters weigh his economic policies against those of Republicans, then "the Democrats will do very well" in November.

Obama picks new top economist (AFP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:43:36 GMT
AFP - US President Barack Obama on Friday named Austan Goolsbee, an economics professor currently working in his administration, to chair the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA).

Obama says OK to call his new plan a stimulus bill (AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:35:56 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama says his entire economic agenda is designed to stimulate growth and create jobs, despite his administration's reluctance to call his new proposals a "stimulus plan."

(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:21:20 GMT
AP - Obama says 'we are not at war against Islam,' but against terrorist factions.

Wholesale inventories rise 1.3 percent in July (AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:22:53 GMT
AP - Inventories held by wholesalers surged in July by the largest amount in two years while sales rebounded after two straight declines.