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Mortgage Rates Slide to Another Record Low
The average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to a new low of 4.1 percent, according to…
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U.S. Postal Service continues to hemorrhage money
The U.S. Postal Service ended the first three months of its 2012 fiscal year (Oct. 1 – Dec. 31, 2011) with a…
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Alarming Number of Americans Unable to Find Jobs in Obama Economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a division of the Department of Labor, released it’s employment situation summary this morning and…
Read More » Ford Motor Company U.S. Sales Increase 7 Percent in January
DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 1, 2012 — Ford Motor Company U.S. sales in January totaled 136,710 vehicles, a 7 percent gain compared…
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Indiana State Police Seize $4 Million Transcontinental Cocaine Haul
. WXIN-Fox 59 reports that the Indiana State Police have seized 37 kilos of cocaine that was on its way…
Read More » Consumer Confidence Index Decreases Slightly
Index Retreats after Two Months of Large Gains NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 — The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® , which had…
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What are Super PACs & When Are They Releasing Their Donor List?
Exactly who are the folks funneling unlimited amounts of money into the coffers of political candidates? We are set to…
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US Energy Policy: Why It Failed & How To Fix It
THE FACTS ABOUT UNITED STATES ENERGY One of the biggest drains on the American economy is, undoubtedly the importation of…
Read More » Fed to Keep Historically Low Interest rates until late 2014
In a Wednesday press release, the Federal Reserve announced that it would be keeping historically low interest rates until late…
Read More »Truck Tonnage Index Posts Largest Annual Gain in 13 Years
ARLINGTON, Va, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped 6.8% in…
Read More »Fuel Economy Proposal Will Price Millions Out of New Car Market
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 2012 — The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) said today that more than 7 million Americans would no…
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Bob Beckel: Liberals Created A Dependent Society With Welfare
We live in a world of “Gotcha Journalism” that greases its wheels with quotes like the one in this video. …
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Is this the week the world economy bites it?
Ok, I know.. I haven’t written an honest-to-goodness analysis piece in awhile – but now.. the world is ending and…
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