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August 07, 2009 11:53 AM EDT --
The Employment Situation Summary from the BLS was released today. Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 267,000 in the previous month. This was due in large part because of the initial . . .
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August 06, 2009 12:45 PM EDT --
Initial jobless claims have dropped by 38,000 to 550,000. The 4-week moving average has dropped nearly 5,000 to 555,250.
It's clear that the job market . . .
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July 17, 2009 11:09 AM EDT --
More Green shoots?
Newly released DOL data shows that the initial jobless claims have dropped 47,000 from last week's revised figure of 569,000 to 522,000 this previous week. The 4-week moving . . .
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July 02, 2009 08:32 PM EDT --
Greenbiz is reporting that Obama has unveiled new lighting and lamp standards. In the process, he notes that 7% of our electricity consumption comes from lighting our homes, businesses and factories. . . .
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July 02, 2009 04:45 PM EDT --
Ouch. California's legislature has failed to come up with a budget that can reduce the gap in the budget projections of roughly $23.4 billion USD. This failure results in the comptroller . . .
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July 02, 2009 10:44 AM EDT --
The latest unemployment and jobless claims have just been released. From it, we see that the i nitial jobless claims have dropped 16,000 from last week and the continuing jobless claims have dropped . . .
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June 29, 2009 06:38 PM EDT --
Or at least that's what some people think:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the leading U.S. bond fund managers said on Thursday the U.S. recession is over and the United States is set for a slow recovery . . .
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June 23, 2009 05:00 PM EDT --
One aspect that seems to be neglected in the discussions of Iran is the potential for war that can arise. As has been mentioned frequently in Middle Eastern discussions is that many of these nations . . .
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June 23, 2009 12:48 AM EDT --
The economic recession (possibly depression) was largely caused by the sub-prime mortgage mess. The problem with sub-prime mortgages, which seems to be rarely discussed, is the fact that the mortgage . . .
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June 23, 2009 12:16 AM EDT --
There are two important numbers that come into play when looking at the unemployment numbers: initial jobless claims and continuing jobless claims. They are pretty self-explanatory. What is . . .
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June 22, 2009 03:59 PM EDT --
There has long been a rift between many of the top clerics in Iran. It became most prominent in the late '80's when Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, who was headed to become the next Supreme Leader, began . . .
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June 17, 2009 07:16 PM EDT --
While Obama enjoyed a very high (and fairly well-deserved even) poll numbers in the initial months, his recent numbers in a newly released NBC/WSJ poll which shows his numbers are still a solid 56%. . . .
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June 17, 2009 07:00 PM EDT --
One of the major issues facing the world was being fully debated (rationally and irrationally) just twelve months ago. However, with the fall of the economy and subsequently energy prices such as . . .
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June 10, 2009 03:33 PM EDT --
Roughly two months ago, an April report from Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano warned against possible militant actions by extremist right-wing groups and individuals concerned about issues like . . .
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June 08, 2009 07:42 AM EDT --
PROVO, UTAH - North Korea's defiant nuclear test May 25 presents President Obama with a challenging new set of problems on the international scene.
The test is a setback for the Obama concept . . .
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June 07, 2009 09:25 PM EDT --
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - It has become the statistic heard round the world. The Taliban are within 60 miles of Islamabad. Just 60 miles. Every dispatch about the insurgents' recent advance into . . .
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June 07, 2009 10:12 AM EDT --
Somalia has been in the news off and on over the past few years, largely in relation to piracy, terrorism and war. However, one of the largely untold stories about this Texas-sized country is the "nation" . . .
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May 16, 2009 01:14 PM EDT --
This will certainly put an interesting twist to the upcoming elections in 2010 and 2012.
NEW YORK - The Gallup Poll reported Friday that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves "pro-life" . . .
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