US Economy

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• My Input About The US Unemployment Rate And Advice About The Job Market

  
  AL6400 Blog — Authority: 127
  First off, happy Remembrance Day everyone. This post will be a response to the e-mail I got from Forbes about wanting some blogger input on an issue. The question asked was the following: Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a jump in the unemployment rate to 10.2%. Some economists think we ...
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• Outdoor Channel to cut 25 pct of Winnercomm jobs (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc. said Wednesday that it’s laying off a quarter of employees at recently acquired Winnercomm Inc. because the economic downturn has hurt business. Read more from the original source: (AP)"> (AP)">Outdoor Channel to cut 25 pct of Winnercomm jobs (AP)
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• US banks bill seeks to strip Fed of powers

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 497
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  14 hours ago

• Out of prison, out of a job, out of luck

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 497
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• Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini believes the bubble is about to burst

  
  The Intelligence Daily — Authority: 497
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  15 hours ago

• Dollar falls to 15-month low despite US support (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AP – The dollar dropped to a new 15-month low as the the euro rose above $1.50 Wednesday morning, even as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reiterated the administration’s stance that a strong dollar is good for the U.S. economy. The rest is here: (AP)"> (AP)">Dollar falls to 15-month low ...
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• High finance, low results? Tell about it in a haiku

  
  Mound City Money — Authority: 128
  Judging from some of the news coming out of Washington, civil discourse seems to be in extremely short supply. Perhaps Americans would be more civil if they used an ancient Japanese poetry form to discuss the major issues of the day. As…
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• Pandit: Glass-Steagall isn’t the way to rebuild banking

  
  Mound City Money — Authority: 128
  John Reed, one of Vikram Pandit’s predecessors as chief executive of Citigroup, has been saying recently that Congress made a mistake in repealing the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated the banking and investment industries. Pandit, however, doesn’t think reinstating the Depression-era law…
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• Citigroup reports success with foreclosure prevention

  
  Mound City Money — Authority: 128
  As the previous post mentions, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit was in town yesterday to speak at Washington University. He also visited with employees of the CitiMortgage division in O’Fallon, Mo., and announced some updated results for the company’s foreclosure prevention efforts. In the…
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• Job Openings Rise, But Hiring Still Weak

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 479
  Although the real estate industry is showing signs of improvement, high unemployment is still troubling this country. According to new reports, the number of job seekers outnumbers the number of job openings by six to one. These statistics come from the recent Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey from the Bureau ...
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• Bernie Madoff auction

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Public Domain From the banker who threw his investors a curveball, the US goverment presents Lot 276 - Jacket: [1] Blue satin with orange trim jacket labelled and stitched with: NY Mets, "MADF", "25" and "Madoff"
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• Bernard Madoffs belongings go on the auction block in New York

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  US government works to recoup Ponzi scheme victims losses, one diamond-encrusted gold watch at a time Next week Americans will have the opportunity to bid on Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoffs personal effects, as the US government auctions off his belongings in an effort to recoup his victims losses, one ...
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• US Unemployment - Breaking Down the Data

  
  Economics — Authority: 141
  A fascinating interactive infographic from the New York Times which allows you to segment the trends in US unemployment by a series of variables, including ethicity, age and educational background.  Well worth a quick look
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• The Endless Black Holes of Afghanistan and Iraq

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  I for one never supported the Iraq War and so it as an act of extreme hubris by the dim witted Chimperator who in his religious based insanity saw himself in a crusade against the infidel. The war has brought us nothing except lost lives and a budget nightmare. Afghanistan is not much better and seems to be ...
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• 6 Reasons Why The Price Of Gold Is Going Up

  
  MoneyEnergy — Authority: 565
  It wasn’t surprising at $1000/oz, but even at $1100/oz this week, the naysayers are still in full force.  What’s to deny about the trend in gold prices?  You don’t have to be a gold bug to see what’s happening. Here are the six main factors causing the price of gold to continue to rise.  In some way or ...
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• US economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, above forecasts of 175,000

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 150
  US Chems, Plastics Cut Jobs As Oct Unemployment Surges To 10.2%November 6, 2009ICIS NewsHOUSTON – Jobs in the US chemicals and plastics industries each declined 0.1% month over month in October while the overall US unemployment rate skyrocketed to a 26-year high at 10.2%, the Labor Department said on Friday.US ...
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• Have the Feds Given the Economy a Miracle Drug?

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 551
  Twenty years ago today...the Berlin Wall came down. This marked the end of the greatest controlled experiment in economics ever conducted. What did economists learn? Nothing...more below... The financial crisis of 08-09 was not a head cold. It didnt go away. It was more like diabetes, a stroke, or cancer. It was ...
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• APs Economic Stress Index On The Nations Recovery

  
  HULIQ - Citizen News Review — Authority: 704
  The Associated Press has developed an interactive economic indicator to keep track of how well the US economy is recovering from the recent economic downturn. This information is shown for individual counties on the APs Economic Stress Index.
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• Real Pandemic in the US Economy

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 640
  In much the same way Goldman and the Wall Street crew have been bailed out financially by the US government, they now also have the rep of getting bailed out of swine flu with early access to the H1N1 shots. Regular Americans, on the other hand, are still struggling to get flu shots to protect their health. At least ...
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• Citigroup’s Pandit says regulators should focus on pay structure, not dollar amounts

  
  Mound City Money — Authority: 128
  Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit spent an hour today with students at Washington University’s Olin School of Business, fielding questions on everything from bankers’ pay to the MBA job market. Regarding the recent actions of federal pay czar Kenneth Feinberg, who…
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