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  • Apr 2, 2009

    Morning Reading

    The unemployment line keeps getting longer. Jobless claims increased once again last week, but is it really a lagging indicator? Other stories…

  • It's getting harder to fool on April 1st because the ridiculous doesn't seem as ridiculous anymore, not since an insurance company took the planet…

  • Apr 2, 2009

    G-20 Deja Vu

    People smashing things, bloody faces, mayhem and beer. Must be another gathering of world leaders! I have pictures to show you from the G-20…

  • The Obama administration seems to be hitting its stride in terms of communicating with the public. The website designed to track the government's…

  • Apr 1, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Facebook's CFO gets fired, Twitter has a new plan to make money, the Earth has too many people, London plans to open an economic theme park, a…

  • The newly-spun off Time Warner Cable says it'll introduce tiered pricing for internet users in several markets. That means the more YouTube videos…

  • The TARP auditor Neil Barofsky testified before Congress today and gave some numbers that feel like hard punch to the gut. He said so far, the US…

  • Since the President's looking for ways to encourage people to buy American cars, Politico took a gander at the White House parking lot. Only 5 out…

  • Mar 31, 2009

    Location, location

    The place to be right now, it seems, is good old Heartland, USA. Urban planning expert Joel Kotkin calls the middle of the country a "zone of…

  • Mar 31, 2009

    Happy Poor People

    I'm continuing my series of posts prompted by the question, What's on your mind? One subject that came up was rich vs poor. Robin said she wanted…