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General Business - Posted 2013-05-24 19:50:00 Fidelity: Average 401(k) Retirement Balance Hits Record High in Q1 According to Fidelity Investments (via Yahoo.com), the average 401(k) retirement balance for US workers hit an all-time high of $80,900 in the first quarter of 2013. The investors who hung tight during the darkest days of the "Great Recession" were nicely rewarded, as the average 401(k) balance has rebounded 75% since March of 2009. Don't forget that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is currently sitting ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-22 21:57:00 Tim Cook Turns In His Best Performance as CEO of Apple Tim Cook officially started his role as CEO of Apple, Inc. on August 24th, 2011. Cook had some pretty big shoes to fill, as he was taking over the role left by Steve Jobs, who is one o...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-21 22:18:00 Gallup: Average Retirement Age Up 4 Years in Past Two Decades According to a recently released report from Gallup.com (link below), the average retirement age in the United States has increased by four years over the past two decades. According t...Full Story Posted May 10th, 2013 6:51 pm EST United States Posts $112.9 Billion Surplus in April According to the Financial Management Service of the US Department of the Treasury, the United States posted a $112.9 billion... Full Story Posted April 16th, 2013 6:58 pm EST Foreign Holdings of US Debt Hit Another All-Time High Another month, another record high when it comes to foreign holdings of US debt. According to th... Full Story Posted February 14th, 2013 4:37 pm EST Video Game Console Prices Through The Years Believe it or not, video game consoles have been around for over 40 years. The Magnavox Odyssey,... Full Story Posted April 6th, 2011 7:04 pm EST What is the Debt Ceiling? There is currently a fierce debate underway in the United States over the country's "debt ceiling". ... Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-19 15:19:00 A Look At Vice President Biden's Net Worth The White House recently released the 2012 financial disclosure reports for both President Obama and Vice President Biden. Of the two men, President Obama is far wealthier than Vice Pr...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-18 01:28:00 President Obama's Financial Disclosure Report For 2012 Released President Barack Obama and the First Lady may have one of the most boring financial disclosure reports in all of Washington. According to President Obama's 2012 financial disclosure re...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-16 22:44:00 Bloomberg: Bill Gates Is World's Richest Person Once Again According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has recaptured the title of world's richest person from Carlos Slim. Bill Gates' net worth has been on th...Full Story In The News In The News Debt Ceiling U.S. Debt Clock Will Obama Win? Super Pac Definition Deficit History General Business - Posted 2013-05-16 00:31:00 CBO: United States Will Be Spending $823 Billion Per Year To Service Its Debt By 2023 The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) released their updated budget projections for FY2013 - FY2023 earlier this week. The report revealed some good news - the deficit for the 2013 fis...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-14 16:55:00 CBO Now Projecting Deficit of $642 Billion for 2013 Fiscal Year According to the CBO (Congressional Budget Office), the United States should post a deficit of $642 billion for the current fiscal year. This deficit, which would equal 4% of the GDP (Gross Domestic P...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-12 22:34:00 Report: Average US Household Spending 10% More Than In 2009 According to a new report, the average US household is spending roughly 10% a month more than in 2009, even after adjusting for inflation. According to Mint.com, the average US househo...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-10 10:13:00 Treasury Secretary Lew: Debt Ceiling Won't Be Breached Until "At Least" Labor Day According to US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, the nation will likely not be forced to raise its debt ceiling until "at least" Labor Day, thanks to an upcoming payment of nearly $60 billion from Fannie...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-09 02:25:00 US Stock Ownership Remains Low Despite Roaring Markets Rarely a day goes by when the three major US market indexes don't set multi-year or all-time highs. The S+P 500 and DJIA are currently breaking all-time records while the NASDAQ is the...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-06 18:00:00 Al Gore - The $200 Million Man Former US Vice President Al Gore is rich. Very, very rich. Just how rich is the former VP and 2000 Democratic Presidential candidate? According to a rece...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-05-03 15:22:00 April Employment Numbers: 165,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.5% The BLS ("Bureau of Labor Statistics") released the April employment report earlier this morning. According to the BLS, the United States added 165,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in April, w...Full Story Politics Political Pages Last Five Super PAC Expenditures Service Employees International Union PEA - Federal spent $87,500 in SUPPORT of BROWN, SHERROD The money was spent on: Canvassing Services The money was paid to: ProgressOhio.org Date of Submission to FEC: 10-18-2012 Service Employees International Union PEA - Federal spent $73,158 in SUPPORT of BERKLEY, SHELLEY The money was spent on: Canvassing Services The money was paid to: GRSC Consulting Date of Submission to FEC: 10-18-2012 Service Employees International Union PEA - Federal spent $87,500 in SUPPORT of OBAMA, BARACK The money was spent on: Canvassing Services The money was paid to: ProgressOhio.org Date of Submission to FEC: 10-18-2012 Service Employees International Union PEA - Federal spent $19,608 in SUPPORT of OBAMA, BARACK The money was spent on: Canvassing Services The money was paid to: GRSC Consulting Date of Submission to FEC: 10-18-2012 SuperPAC Spending Page -- Mitt Romney Net Worth Barack Obama Net Worth Newt Gingrich Net Worth General Business - Posted 2013-05-02 15:46:00 Poll: Hillary Clinton Front-runner For 2016 Democratic Nomination According to a poll that was recently conducted by Quinnipiac University, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a massive lead over other potential candidates for the Democratic Presidential n...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-30 18:10:00 Apple Sells $17 Billion Worth of Bonds According to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, Apple completed the largest corporate bond offering on record this afternoon, as they successfully issued $3 billion of floating-rate notes and $14 ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-28 18:00:00 The Best and Worst Jobs of 2013 Are.. Careercast.com (link below, HT to WSJ.com) has released their list of the best and worst jobs of 2013. Jobs are ranked based on four "Core Criteria" - environment, income, outlook and ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-25 18:06:00 Spain's Unemployment Rate Hits 27.2% If you have been following the situation in Europe, you know that a number of countries are currently facing some very dire economic problems. Case in point - Spain. Ea...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-23 20:58:00 Markets Momentarily Tank Due To Fake Tweet Earlier today, at a few minutes past 1 pm EST, the markets quickly tanked thanks to a fake Tweet that was posted on the Associated Press Twitter feed. The fake Tweet said this: ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-21 23:28:00 First Look at Q1/2013 GDP Data Set For This Week The Commerce Department is soon going to give us our first look at how the US economy performed during the winter months, as they are set to release their first estimate on Q1/2013 GDP growth on Frida...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-19 19:10:00 State Unemployment Report For March: Jobless Rate Falls in 26 States The BLS ("Bureau of Labor Statistics") released their Regional and State Employment and Unemployment report for March 2013 earlier today (note: I will be updating the state unemployment numbers on thi...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-17 20:36:00 Apple Continues Its Freefall Shares of Apple continued their freefall on Wednesday, momentarily dipping below $400 before closing the session at $402.80. Over the span of just seven short months, shares of Apple h...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-16 14:45:00 Why Gold Crashed Over the past couple of trading days, the price of an ounce of gold has dropped by about $200 USD. As of this moment, gold is currently trading at around $1,360 per ounce. Late last we...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-14 23:35:00 Foreign Ownership of US Debt: January 2013 vs January 2003 On January 31st, 2003, the US government had total public debt outstanding of $6.4 trillion. Of this figure, roughly $3.647 trillion was "debt held by the public", which is debt that i...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-12 16:35:00 President Obama and Vice President Biden Release Their 2012 Tax Returns Earlier today, the President and Vice President released their 2012 federal income tax returns via Whitehouse.gov. The President and First Lady reported an adjusted gross income of $60...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-11 02:40:00 United States Posts Deficit of $106.53 Billion in March According to the Department of the Treasury, the United States posted a deficit of $106.53 billion in March. This was more or less in line with what the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) was forecasti...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-09 15:34:00 The Federal Government's Top Ten Intragovernmental Holdings As of this moment, the current outstanding debt load of the United States is roughly $16.8 trillion. Of this total, roughly $12 trillion is in the form of "public debt" (this is debt t...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-06 23:15:00 The Incredible Shrinking Labor Force Participation Rate In the most recent employment report (March 2013), the BLS ("Bureau of Labor Statistics") revealed that the labor force participation rate is currently clocking in at 63.3%. The lowest...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-05 17:42:00 US Economy Added 88,000 Jobs in March The US economy added 88,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in March, and the national unemployment rate dropped to 7.6%. Good, right? Well, there is a reason why the markets gappe...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-04 01:28:00 President Obama To Return 5% of His Salary to Treasury Earlier today, the White House revealed that President Obama will be returning 5% of his annual salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers. According to a Whit...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-04-03 05:14:00 The Rise of Bitcoin According to MT.GOX, which bills itself as the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, the current going rate for a single Bitcoin is $137.20. Over the past two months, Bitcoins have increas...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-03-31 16:44:00 Major Market Indexes Wrap Up Strong Q1 When 2012 came to a close, the three major US stock market indexes were looking like this: DJIA - 13,104.14 NASDAQ - 3,019.51 S+P 500 - 1,402.43 Q1 wrapped ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-03-28 14:43:00 Final: Q4/2012 GDP Increased at Annualized Rate of 0.4% The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the US Department of Commerce released the finalized GDP numbers for the fourth quarter of 2012 earlier today. According to the BEA, real gross...Full Story General Business - Posted 2013-03-27 02:37:00 Which Countries Own the Most US Debt? The United States currently has a total debt load of a little under $16.75 trillion. Of this figure, roughly $11.9 trillion is in the form of public debt, while the remainder (about $4.85 trillion) is in the form of intragov...Full Story RECENT ARTICLES Chinese Holdings of US Debt Up 8.43% in Last 12 Months All 50 States Post Unemployment Rates of Less Than 10% For First Time Since 2008 US Debt Up Over $10 Trillion Since Start of Iraq War Cyprus and the Proposed Bank Deposit Levy "Irrational Exuberance" In The Markets Now? Greenspan Says No United States Posts Deficit of $203.5 Billion in February 47.8 Million Americans Used Food Stamps in December State Unemployment Rates: Five Years Out From The Start of the "Great Recession" Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7% US Household Wealth Increased by $1.17 Trillion in Fourth Quarter Dow Surges To All-Time High Carlos Slim Helu Tops Forbes Billionaire List For The Fourth Straight Year CBO: US Government Would Cut Deficit Spending By $340 Billion Over 10 Year Period By Switching to Chained CPI The Big Drop: Personal Income Posts Largest Monthly Drop in 20 Years BEA: US GDP Increased 0.1% in Q4/2012 Ben Bernanke: Three More Years Until Unemployment Rate Drops Below 6% Intrade: Democrats Hold Early Edge in Next Presidential Election Poll: Majority of Americans Favor Minimum Wage Increase What is Sequestration? Is It Time to Ditch the Penny? 50 Months With an Unemployment Rate of Higher Than 7% - And Counting Foreign Ownership of US Debt Hit $5.555 Trillion in December Parsing President Obama's 2013 State of the Union Speech President Obama Set To Make His Fifth State of the Union Address on Tuesday Retail Gasoline Prices Hit All-Time High For Month of February CBO: Net Interest To Total $5.41 Trillion Over Next Ten Years CBO: Federal Deficit To Shrink To $845 Billion in FY2013 Report: Gasoline Expenditures For Average US Household Topped $2,900 In 2012 Nevada, Rhode Island Tie For Nation's Highest State Unemployment Rate in December US Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs in January; Unemployment Rate at 7.9% FICO: Average Student Loan Debt Up 58% Over Last Seven Years Gallup: President Obama on Track To Become Most Polarizing President Ever The Week In the Markets: Apple Drops, Netflix Surges Apple At Risk of Losing Title of World's Most Valuable Company Report: World Unemployment To Hit All-Time High in 2013 Gallup: President Obama's Average Approval Rating During His First Term Was 49.1% President Obama Officially Begins His Second Term in The White House China and Japan Own Over $2.3 Trillion in US Debt President Obama: "We Are Not a Deadbeat Nation" Shares of Apple Now Down Over $200 From All-Time High Money Poured Into Equity Mutual Funds in First Week of January Shares of Facebook Continue To Recover Report: Treasury May Exhaust Borrowing Authority By as Early as February 15th December Employment Numbers: Unemployment Rate At 7.8% To Close Out The Year The Next Rumble Looms: The Debt Ceiling CBO: "Fiscal Cliff" Deal Will Increase Deficit Spending By $4 Trillion Over Next Ten Years Over The Cliff We Go (But Deal is Close) Fiscal Cliff Update: Negotiations Continue, No Deal As of Yet Congressional Leaders Gather To Try and Fashion Last Minute Deal To Avoid "Fiscal Cliff" Online Holiday Shopping Up 16% YoY Through December 21st Sign of the Times: 22,000 People Apply for 300 Flight Attendant Jobs in One Week Fiscal Cliff Turmoil: What Happens Now? Fitch: Downgrade Possible If Fiscal Cliff Compromise Isn't Reached Soon Breakthrough in Fiscal Cliff Talks? Google Reveals The Top Searches of 2012 Report: China To Have World's Largest Economy by 2030 Food Stamp Use Continues To Grow A Closer Look at the November Employment Numbers Low Expectations: Economist Consensus of 93,000 Nonfarm Payrolls Added in November President Obama: No Deal Without Higher Tax Rates For The Wealthy

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