LABOR'S industrial relations changes are likely to trigger job losses and higher inflation that will ultimately create "wage-price spirals" and drive up interest rates, according to Treasury's official analysis of the plan to scrap Work Choices.

BOYLSTON - The rest of this year and into 2009, some of the world's leading economists predict strong economic growth in China and Brazil, a slowdown of economies in the U.S., Germany, Japan and the U.K. and a strong slowdown in France and Italy.

The financial crisis is deepening, with the risk of seriously disrupting the system of international payments. This crisis is far more serious than the Great Depression. All major sectors of the global economy are affected.

Job growth in Colorado slowed to 1 percent last month, half the pace seen at the start of the year, as losses in the financial and construction industries offset gains in education and health care.

PAWNEE — Roads and economic development are among the biggest issues for House District 35 residents, candidates Rex Duncan and Rodger Ensign said. Incumbent Duncan, 47, a Republican from Sand Springs who is in his second term, said that while Oklahoma