OECD: Growth Slowed in Early 2014

A new report shows that economic growth slowed in some of the world's biggest economies in early 2014 for the second straight three-month period. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday that the collective economies of its 34 member nations increased just four-tenths of a percent in the January-to-March period. That was down from a half percentage point gain in the last quarter of 2013, and from an advance of seven-tenths of a point in the...

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