[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:57:27 EDT]
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President Obama is pledging to propose a new package of job-boosting ideas next week -- just don't call it stimulus.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:57:27 EDT]
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[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:57:27 EDT]
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U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today is better than expected. Employment in the private sector rose by 67,000 payrolls, after a revised 107,000 increase in July that was more than originally estimated. The report immediately sent stocks rallying, despite the fact that overall employment dropped and the unemployment rate climbed to 9.6% from 9.5%, as more people actively searched for jobs.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:11 EDT]
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[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:11 EDT]
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Businesses are hiring, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:08:44 EDT]
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[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:08:44 EDT]
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A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I'm a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, "Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status?" Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade at almost all-time lows in yield, this is a contrarian call to say the least.
[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:01:49 EDT]
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[Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:01:49 EDT]
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The rumors persisted of Lehman Brothers' being taken over again, and it was against such a background that Dick devised his pièce de résistance.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:55:16 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:55:16 EDT]
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American workers are taking yet another blow to their wallets this year -- a whopping 14% jump in costs to insure their families.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:18:01 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:18:01 EDT]
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The capital city Pennsylvania is broke and will be skipping this month's multi-million dollar bond payment.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:04 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:22:04 EDT]
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Retailers reported surprisingly strong August same-store sales as many consumers braved scorching summer temperatures to bag juicy discounts on school-related products.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:26 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:33:26 EDT]
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The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance fell for a second straight week last week, but the level suggests that the labor market remains sluggish.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:40:55 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:40:55 EDT]
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Americans aren't known for their energy-thrift ways. Maybe that's because they have little idea as to how much energy things use.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:49 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:55:49 EDT]
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Shopping for back-to-school "basics" used to mean T-shirts, jeans, socks and some notebooks. This year, parents added a few other things with one item that really stands out: tattoos.
[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:34:19 EDT]
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[Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:34:19 EDT]
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As state and local funding for education dries up, schools around the nation are asking their communities to help them maintain their services and programming.
[Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:19:29 EDT]
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