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...that existed before automobiles and television. Wyeth's popularity coincided with the disappearance of an older U.S., a nation of regions, localities and rural fastnesses that was overwhelmed and homogenized after World War II by the mass market and mass media. Which is why, even at their dryest and gravest, his pictures are inevitably flush with nostalgia...
Much of America's news in recent months has been dominated by the gravest economic and financial crisis in decades. But parts of this region continue to experience an economic boom mainly driven by recovery efforts related to Hurricane Katrina. Just last week, the University of New Orleans published a report estimating that 11,700 jobs were added across metropolitan New Orleans between the third quarters of 2007 and 2008, a 2.3% increase. Much of that growth came from the construction industry, which experienced a 6.2% gain in jobs driven by massive bridge, road and school projects. That compares with...
...Amid the gravest economic and financial crisis in decades, the outlook for Christmas was never very bright. Some 54% of Americans polled by market-research firm TNS Retail Forward said they planned to spend less money on Christmas gifts this month than they did one year ago. The pullback is not just hitting middle market retailers, such as Dillards and Macys, but upscale stores like Saks Fifth Ave and Nordstrom as well. Saks, for example, saw same-stores sales decline 11.5% in the third quarter, followed by a 5.2% decrease in November...
...there's any doubt America faces its gravest financial crisis in decades, consider this sobering evidence: Pension plans for some of the 1,500 largest U.S. companies have lost about $280 billion so far this year...
...Spooked by the gravest economic crisis in decades, Americans are curtailing their spending. They're making fewer trips to supermarkets and migrating from grocers like Albertson's and Whole Foods to deep-discounters like Aldi and Save-a-Lot. And it's not just retirees like Chernova. These spartan bastions of private-label goods are looking a lot better to a broad range of shoppers. "Prior to the economic slowdown, we were prospering. But now we're seeing customers looking to save money, and our foot traffic has increased," says Jason Hart, president of Aldi US, based in Batavia...