Related Articles| Bartering can be part of business 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. |
| As crisis deepens, business loans dry up TORONTO AND WASHINGTON — For 22 years, Doris McMillon has relied on hard work to build her small consulting business in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Now, with the economy slowing and banks tightening access to credit, she's relying on prayer. |
| BMW Profit Falls 17% as U.S. Economy Hurts Car Prices April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG , the world's largest maker of luxury cars, said first-quarter profit fell 17 percent after a slowing U.S. economy hurt prices in the world's biggest automobile market. |
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