As the U.S. economy continued its steep fall into a deeper recession, many major oil companies – in particular Exxon Mobil – enjoyed a steep ascent into record-setting profits.
The U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), which measures economic activity, fell at a yearly rate of 3.8% in the fourth quarter of 2008 (adjusted for inflation).
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Fidel Castro suggested Thursday that his health is failing, saying that four years from now he doesn’t expect to be following current events.
In an online column titled “Reflections of Comrade Fidel,” the 82-year-old Cuban leader appeared to be pondering his own mortality, saying Cuban officials “shouldn’t feel bound by my occasional Reflections, my state of [...]