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The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression.

The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest recovery since the Great Depression, according an extensive review of the country's economic ups and down over the past eight decades.

The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin raised more than $1.2 million for her political action committee during the last quarter, giving $93,500 to conservative candidates and causes ahead of the looming midterm elections in which she's played a major role.

Two Americans and a British-Cypriot economist won the 2010 Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies.

Two Americans and a British Cypriot won the 2010 Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain how many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies.

Janet L. Yellen, the president's pick to be the second-highest ranking official at the Federal Reserve, acknowledged Thursday that regulators were slow to crack down on risky banking practices that stoked the 2008 financial crisis.
"A housing collapse is very different from a stock market bubble and crash," said Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "It affects so many people. It only corrects very slowly."
"A housing collapse is very different from a stock market bubble and crash," says Nobel Prize-winning economist Peter Diamond of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "It affects so many people. It only corrects very slowly."