30/04/2008 - Governments and business must work together more effectively and urgently to meet the growing demand for Internet addresses and secure the future of the Internet economy, according to a new OECD report.

Associated Press As the economy slows, a growing number of consumers are trying to find a wider market for their goods and services by offering to barter them.

The nation's unemployment rate bolted to a 14-year high of 6.5% in October as another 240,000 jobs were cut, the government said today. It was stark proof the economy is almost certainly in a recession.

American Express is feeling the pinch from a worsening U.S. economy as financially stressed consumers make fewer payments less often, analysts said Friday.

The world's biggest economy lost jobs for a sixth straight month in June as US employers shed 62,000 nonfarm jobs amid a lingering slowdown, a Labor Department report showed Thursday.