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• CBO Refutes Republicans: Stimulus Saved Or Created 600,000-1.6 Million Jobs

  
  Wonk Room — Authority: 750
  When the Obama administration announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (i.e. the stimulus) had saved or created 640,000 jobs , Republicans quickly launched into a tirade. The Republican National Committee said that “it is clear the Obama administration is trying to cover up economic reality by ...
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• Mortgage fraud threatens housing rebound

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 657
  Illustration: Matthew Hertel With home prices continuing to fall and more foreclosures yet to come, it’s clear that tough times remain for a housing market recovery. And to add to the troubles, another threat to any rebound is emerging: mortgage fraud. The risk of mortgage fraud in the third quarter of this ...
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• New report shows robust immigrant contribution to GDP – In the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the United States, immigrants are contributing to the economy in very close proportion to their share of the population

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 160
  In the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the United States, immigrants are contributing to the economy in very close proportion to their share of the population, according to a report released today by the Fiscal Policy Institute. The report looks at all immigrants - documented and undocumented, across the economic ...
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• Nonresidential Investment

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 638
  Nonresidential capital and employment are “complements” — when people are working they need a place to work and equipment to work with efficiently.When our workforce was 138 million, we needed more investment in the non-residential capital stock, which had been starved thanks to...
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• How Much Should I Pay: 2009 Honda Civic

  
  AutoBrag Blog — Authority: 153
    Question From Tom: How much should I pay for a Honda Civic 2009 LX 2 door? Thanks! Queen of the Road: Hi Tom. Welcome to AutoBragBlog!   According to AutoBrag’s statistics for the 2009 Civic, The National Average discount off MSRP: 5.90% The National Maximum discount off MSRP: ...
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• Chart of the Day

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: kevin drum — Authority: 147
  You probably already know this, but heres yet another paper that demonstrates the foolishness of putting money into actively managed mutual funds.  The authors used historical data and simulations to figure out if actively managed funds performed better than passive investments, and the chart on the right shows ...
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• Metaphor of the Day

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 154
  The rising tide lifts all ships, but the galley slaves aren’t feeling it . H/t Barry Ritholtz .
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• Cool, if depressing

  
  progressive involvement — Authority: 139
  Go here to see county-by-county unemployment since January 2007.  Hit play.
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• SacBee: Most California property tax bills will fall slightly in 2010

  
  iePolitics.com — Authority: 494
  By Mark Glover mglover@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 – 12:00 am | Page 8B Californians dismayed about increases in their property taxes during the past two years of declining property values might see some relief in 2010. The Board of Equalization said Monday that most California homeowners will see ...
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• Pending Home Sales: October 2009

  
  Paper Economy - A US Real Estate Bubble Blog — Authority: 125
  Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Pending Home Sales Report for October showing a whopping 31.8% year-over-year increase in pending home sales nationally coming largely as a result of the governments historic housing tax gimmick. Meanwhile, the NARs chief economist Lawrence Yun ...
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• America the Exceptional, Indispensable Nation, Or Just Musclebound?

  
  Avuncular American — Authority: 121
  Two unrelated but thought-provoking seminars in Brussels, plus a Presidential address from West Point later today, have put American foreign and security policy on my mind.  If the spin is accurate, we are told to expect the announcement tonight of an Afghanistan surge by the President from the US Military Academy . ...
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• Tallinn should tax tourism industry : Sulev Mäeltsemees

  
  BONJOUR L'ESTONIE — Authority: 144
  Cash-strapped City of Tallinn should consider imposing new taxes on the tourism industry, says Sulev Mäeltsemees. In an interview to municipal newspaper that is published by the Tallinn City Government, Mäeltsemees who has been chairman of the Tallinn City Council says that the city needs to introduce new local ...
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• Economic Reports Show Gains in 3 Crucial Sectors

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Data released on Tuesday showed gains in construction spending, home sales and manufacturing.
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• Casey Pushes for Full Funding of CHIP

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  In October, it was Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) who rescued the Children’s Health Insurance Program from oblivion in the Senate Finance Committee. This week, it’s Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.) pushing to provide full funding (and then some) for the popular program as the Democrats’ health reform bill moves on ...
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• Markey, Bennet call on EPA to give public a say in proposed uranium mine

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 652
  U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey and Sen. Michael Bennet Monday released a letter they sent to the Environmental Protection Agency calling for more public involvement in any federal regulation of a proposed uranium mine 15 miles northeast of Fort Collins in Weld County. The EPA is reportedly giving the public until Dec. 24 to ...
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• Post Postville, Immigrants Still Vital to Iowa’s Economy

  
  HispanicTips — Authority: 160
  Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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• Savisaar to introduce sales tax and boat tax in Tallinn

  
  BONJOUR L'ESTONIE — Authority: 144
  Tallinn City Government is proposing new local taxes in Tallinn for next year to bring more revenues into the budget . According to the next years draft budget that was submitted to the Tallinn City Council today, the citys next years budget will be 7 billion kroons.   In spite of poor budget revenues, the city is ...
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• The GOP’s government-run tax-and-spend health-care program

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 652
  Republican leaders in the Senate on Monday asked the top actuary at the Health and Human Services Department for a cost analysis of the Democrats’ health-care reform proposal. That would be exactly as dry as it sounds except for this: the actuary, Richard Foster, is the very same official muzzled by the Bush ...
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• Is Home Depot responsible for who the developer of building distribution center hires?

  
  Glass City Jungle — Authority: 507
  That is one of the basic questions the story reported on WTVG, Home Depot controversy creates. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are protesting out of state workers being used for the new distribution center in Hancock County. Home Depot’s position is that the developer is the one who handled ...
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• A green vision for a former steel town

  
  Youngstown Renaissance — Authority: 104
  “The decrepit former department store is not unusual. Many original buildings are in disrepair. Urban islands of grass and flowers are now concrete parking lots. Vacant storefronts and boarded-up buildings dot a main street that is just a whiff of the packed sidewalks, restaurants and boutiques of yesteryear.” ...
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