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El 28 de noviembre, el Comité encargado de Fijar las Fechas del Ciclo Económico, de la entidad privada llamada Oficina Nacional de Investigación Económica, anunció que la economía estadounidense alcanzó el punto más alto de actividad en diciembre de 2007....

On Nov. 28, the Business Cycle Dating Committee, part of the private National Bureau of Economic Research, announced its conclusion that the U.S. reached a peak in economic activity in December 2007. That condition meant that the U.S. economy had started a sustained decline and therefore had entered into a recession....

Los Angeles (dpa) - U.S. newspapers experienced a record 18 percent drop in advertising revenue in the third quarter, according to a figures released by the Newspaper Association of America. The study, which was distributed Tuesday, said overall print ad revenue fell to $8.2 billion from $10.2 billion in the year-ago quarter....

A boxing legend, Oscar de la Hoya has earned fame and fortune by beating people up with his fast hands and furious left hooks. But now, the 35-year-old Olympic gold medalist is urging young people to use their brains, not their brawn, to gain success....

NEW YORK (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. stock indexes rebounded Tuesday as investors were buoyed by hints the Federal Reserve would consider cutting interest rates. In a speech Monday in Austin, Texas, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said further reductions in lending rates were ''feasible.'' ...

SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) - Britney Spears was more popular than U.S. president-elect Barack Obama among Internet searches through 2008, according to Web portal Yahoo. The results came from ranking billions of search inquiries....

Washington (dpa) - Republican Senator Mel Martinez announced Tuesday that he does not plan to run for re-election in 2010 and intends to return to the private sector. ''The inescapable truth, for me, is that the call to public service is strong, but the call to home, family and lifelong friends is even stronger,'' said Martinez, who fled Cuba ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money to buy part or all of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Yahoo shares rose more than 9 percent after the report, which cited people familiar with the matter....

(Reuters) - Ford Motor Co today announced that its market share increased for the second straight month, but November sales in the U.S. were down 30.6 percent. Other significant news from the announcement included: -- Ford plans to produce 430,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2009....

He grew up poor in Brooklyn and, at times, lived on the streets. Today, he's an emerging political player who also leads a marketing, public relations and consulting firm. Raul ''Danny'' Vargas' story may resemble a Hollywood script....