Economy

It's official. Ninety-six percent of senior financial executives agree we're in a recession. Still, they remain a little--not a lot--more hopeful about economic conditions a year from now.

Economists Stephen Stanley of RBS Greenwich Capital Markets, M. Cary Leahey of Decision Economics and Keith Wade of Schroders peer into the future.

CFOs Tom Schoewe of Wal-Mart, Jeffrey Burchill of FM Global and Jeffrey Henderson of Cardinal Health set their courses for the future.

It's late September and the financial world looks a lot like the Texas coast after Hurricane Ike: a shambles of its former self.

The biggest factor in play in the election may be how a likely Democratic U.S. House and Senate will impact policies that affect corporate America.

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