Posts Tagged ‘Recession’
Written on May 7th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

President Barack Obama has nominated Rep. Mel Watt to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. If his appointment is upheld, Watt may well lead America into another housing collapse. ...
Written on May 1st, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

By: Jeff Cox Two months from now, revised government estimates are likely to show that the economy is even bigger than the currently stated $15 trillion. And while the numbers may ...
Written on April 30th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

By Peter Morici The Commerce Department reported Monday that the growth of consumer spending slowed in March, further indicating the United States may be swept into Europe’s recession and the ...
Written on March 27th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

If you meet Baxter, the latest humanoid robot from Rethink Robotics – you should get comfortable with him, because you’ll likely be seeing more of him soon. Rethink Robotics released ...
Written on March 9th, 2013 by alpineski4 shouts

The number of Americans designated as “not in the labor force” in February was 89,304,000, a record high, up from 89,008,000 in January, according to the Department of Labor. This ...
Written on March 2nd, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

Feeling poorer? Americans saw their income drop so dramatically in January that it marked the deepest one-month decline in 20 years. Personal income decreased by $505.5 billion in January, or ...
Written on February 7th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America’s side. Lawrence Lessig’s Republic Lost documents the corrosive effect of money on our political process. Lessig persuasively makes ...
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Tags:Debt, Debt Crisis, Depression, Economy, Election, Europe, Foreclosures, Italy, Liberalism, Obamanomics, Recession, United States, US Citizen
Written on February 6th, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

The U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday mail delivery as soon as August to cut financial losses, a change Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said it can make without Congress’s approval if ...
Written on February 3rd, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

You better get ready, because there are a whole host of signs that economic trouble is on the horizon. U.S. economic growth slipped into negative territory during the fourth quarter ...
Written on January 31st, 2013 by alpineskino shouts

The US economy unexpectedly took its biggest plunge in more than three years last quarter, contracting at an annual rate of 0.1 percent and indicating a new level of vulnerability ...
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