Money & The Economy
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“As the Government Turns”
Social Security and Defense Held Hostage, Episode 75 The federal government is our alcoholic uncle addicted to power and money.…
Read More »Newest Victim of the Obama Recession – The Tooth Fairy
Visa inc. performed a survey on the current economic situation and discovered that no one, not even the tooth fairy…
Read More »Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Falls to 83.6 Percent in June
BOSTON, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in July fell 4.9 percentage points…
Read More »Consumer Reports Taste Tests the Best Cups of Joe
YONKERS, N.Y., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Consumer Reports brewed over 1,000 cups of coffee to deem two new champs among Colombian varietals in…
Read More »BATS 1000 Index Declines 4.1% This Week
8YXE2AT7XSTS KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — BATS Global Markets, a global stock market operator, reports the BATS 1000(SM) Index (Ticker:…
Read More »BEA Releases Revised 1st Quarter and Initial 2nd Quarter GDP
Bureau of Economic Analysis// Real gross domestic product — the output of goods and services produced by labor and property…
Read More »Mortgage Rates Inch Higher
NEW YORK, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Mortgage rates turned course this week with the benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising…
Read More »Unemployment Claims Lowest Since April
A Bureau of Labor statistics report announced that first-time applications for unemployment benefits fell to below 400,000 for the first…
Read More »High Inflation and Low Investment Hampers Recovery
LONDON, July 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ — Rising inflation and flat investment have kept the world’s economic recovery stuck in reverse, the…
Read More »Florida Real Estate Takes Double Dip
Government programs ending, new foreclosures starting, zombie foreclosures coming back to life and Florida’s weak employment base all add up…
Read More »Shoppers Change Buying Habits in Response to Shrinking Package Sizes, Higher Prices
NEW YORK, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Pay more, get less. This is the scenario that’s increasingly playing out at grocery stores across…
Read More »Selling Ice to Eskimos
A Georgia company that makes chopsticks is not only growing rapidly, but is exporting chopsticks to foreign countries. Georgia Chopsticks…
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