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The environment is changing everywhere. Disappearing forests, water scarcity, food security, drought, floods and earthquakes are a matter of everyday routine.

Real median family income actually will be lower at the end of the "recovery" than it was at the last business peak, in 2000. THE ONE certainty I have about the economy is that I did not cause Target's profits to slide. Quite the opposite.

As he works to re-launch and refocus his campaign for president, Sen. John McCain begins today by putting new emphasis on the economy, urging Americans to buck-up in a 'we-can-do-it' speech in Colorado.

With Mac and iPhone up, the company that defies every conventional wisdom is defying the economy, too.