calculatedriskblog.com - 6/30/2009
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The AP reports that White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Obama expects "10 percent unemployment within the next few months". By popular demand ... Click on graph for larger image in new window. The first graph shows the S&P; 500 since 1990. The dashed line is the closing price today. ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 6/26/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
This should be case study material in business
school for how not to run a newspaper. First...
mistake -- firing Froomkin. Second mistake -- providing a weak, disingenuous reason for it. Third mistake -- turning a deaf ear to your readers criticism of ...
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White House Watch
- White House Watched
econompicdata.blogspot.com - 7/2/2009
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econompicdata.blogspot.com —
Marketwatch reports: Workers lost jobs at a faster
pace in June than in the prior month, the...
Labor Department said Thursday. Nonfarm payrolls shrank by 467,000 in June higher than the 325,000 decline expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch and ...
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Unemployment Jumps... Can We PLEASE Forget About Inflation?
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Three ETFs For the Third Quarter
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... During the current recession, more than 6 million jobs have been lost, pushing the unemployment rate to 9.1% in May. Even the most optimistic economists anticipate that it is only a matter of time before this measure breaks into the double digits. The full effect of this pinch has likely not been fully felt by the commercial real estate market, since many lease contracts last for a year or more. Many believe that the commercial real estate market will ...
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