South Africans are still feeling the recession bite.

HELENA (AP) — State video gambling tax receipts fell by nearly 18 percent in the final three months of 2009, with the new indoor smoking ban adding to the effects of the recession.

BOLTON is in the top 10 most vulnerable towns in the UK when it comes to the effect of the recession on the construction industry.

A surprise fall in the number of burglaries and robberies announced today showed that the expected recession crime wave has so far failed to materialise.

Howard Schultz, boss of the Starbucks coffee chain, explains why he returned to the company he founded, and why it is bucking the global recession.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

Direct marketing and sales promotion agencies (DMSP) saw their financial performance suffer in a recession-hit 2009, according to a report.

EXPERTS fear it will take up to 18 years for Oldham’s economy to fully recover from the effects of the recession.

Attracting the best financial talent and spreading our wings in the Far East.That is what a top economist says are Jersey’s best bets for recovering from the recession.David Fenton, head of microeconomics for RBS was talking at the Jersey Chamber of Commerce lunch yesterday.He says Jersey is already going in the right direction.

ALBANY — Despite the recession, New York lottery sales continued to rise, and New Yorkers will soon have a new game to play.

The recession hit this year’s college freshmen hard, affecting how they chose a school as well as their ability to pay for it, according to an annual nationwide survey.

Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard says the recession has increased pressure on the state’s court system.

Strasbourg (France), Jan 21 (IANS/EFE) The European Union needs a ‘grand social pact’ between business and labour to ensure recovery from the recession, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said in a speech to the European Parliament here.

Several counties in the region reported record numbers of foreclosure sales in 2009, and officials say 2010 isn’t shaping up to be much better. On the other hand, the recession that knocked much of the United States for a loop has had a somewhat less devastating impact locally, said Blaise Johnson, director of lending for Fargo-based Gate City Bank.

The recession hit this year’s college freshmen hard, affecting how they chose a school as well as their ability to pay for it, according to an annual nationwide survey.