Pages
Economy created fewer jobs than expected
by
Sep 21, 2011
Just when the U.S. job outlook looked a little brighter, the Labor Department's unemployment report threw us yet another curve ball....
Fed expects burst of economic relief as risks to long term recovery loom
by
Jan 4, 2011
Federal Reserve officials are expecting some economic relief this year from the recent tax cut deal between President Barack Obama and Republicans...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Goldman Sachs and Facebook
by
Jan 3, 2011
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has "friended" Facebook. The mega-bank is pouring half-a-billion dollars into Facebook, boosting the social network's...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Groupon, unemployment, college admissions
by
Dec 29, 2010
Venture capital Groupon may raise $950 million from private investors to fuel its growth. This comes after recently turning down a $6 billion...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Looking ahead to 2011
by
Dec 24, 2010
Today we spoke to Jill Schlesinger, as we look forward to 2011. Stock prices are ending the year at their highest level since the collapse of...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Weekly jobless numbers down 17,000
by
Dec 9, 2010
Today's weekly unemployment numbers were down 17,000 from last week. These numbers are the second lowest of the year. Of course these numbers still...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Unemployment hits 9.8 percent; Congress turns down the volume on TV commercials
by
Dec 3, 2010
The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 9.8 percent in November from 9.6 percent, marking the highest jobless rate since April. The Labor Department...
MIDDAY UPDATE: Unemployment
by
Dec 2, 2010
The monthly unemployment report from the Labor department could indicate that 9.5 Americans are unemployed. That's about 26.4 million Americans are...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Ireland in the spotlight
by
Nov 22, 2010
Today's big story was Ireland. Yesterday, the country agreed to a bailout from The European Central Bank and the IMF, though the terms and...
MID-DAY UPDATE: Wells Fargo re-files, Nissan recalls and high speed rails
by
Oct 28, 2010
Wells Fargo will re-file 55,000 problematic foreclosure documents, but will not issue a blanket moratorium. Today, we learned that the number of...
