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General Business - Posted 2009-07-03 02:29:16 When Was The Last Time That the U.S. Unemployment Rate Hit 10%? In early 2000, the unemployment rate in the United States was hovering at just around 4%. Fast forward to January of 2003. The unemployment rate was now 5.8% - still high, but not that bad considering that the country was in the midst of recovering from the post 9/11 recession. 6 1/2 years have now passed, and we are perilously close to topping the 10% mark for the first time in nearly 30 years.Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-07-02 03:29:13 The Manhattan Real Estate Market Finally Buckles The Manhattan real estate market fought like a champion, managing to stay buoyant while the national real estate market took it on the chin. When the real estate market first began to t...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-30 05:28:48 The Least Indebted Countries on the Planet Are.. If you had to guess as to which country on the planet had the least amount of debt, who would you choose? China? Switzerland? Saudi Arabia? According to the CIA Fact Book...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-28 14:42:47 Americans Are Keeping Their Wallets and Purses Closed The good news? The average American is building up their nest egg once again, after years of running up debt. The bad news? The money-spending machine that used to be the American consu...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-26 06:03:09 Where Will the Growth Come From? The problem with assuming that the US economy will rebound strongly is that you first have to figure out a definitive answer to this question: Where will the growth come from? Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-25 03:30:25 Should Apple Have Disclosed That Steve Jobs Received a Liver Transplant? Steve Jobs. Is there one single person who is more important to a publicly traded company than Steve Jobs? Think about that one for a second, and you'll probably come up ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-23 22:10:25 The G-7: $30 Trillion In Debt and Climbing The countries that are in the "G-7" are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. These are arguably the seven "wealthiest" and most industrialize...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-22 20:47:39 World Bank: Recession Will Be Worse Than Anticipated Green shoots? More like ugly weeds, according to the World Bank. The World Bank threw a bucket of cold water on those hoping for a swift global recovery in 2009, warning ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-21 22:18:34 The Great "Mancession" One of the most interesting developments of the "Great Recession" is the striking difference between the number of men that are being laid off vs the number of women that are being laid off. Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-19 18:11:38 CIA Looking To Hire Financial Analysts Did you recently lose your cushy job as a Wall Street analyst? Are you finding that there isn't much of a demand for MBAs in this current economic environment? If so, the...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-18 22:40:09 Music Labels Win $1.92 Million Dollar Verdict Against Minnesota Woman Before the days of Itunes, many people used "illegal" (at least at the time) file-sharing platforms such as Napster, Limewire and Kazaa in order to download music files. The Recording I...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-17 16:49:50 239 Million Unemployed People Worldwide By The End of 2009? In our society, the American media dominates the airwaves. For that reason, we sometimes lose sight of the fact that the entire world is suffering through a massive recession, and not j...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-15 16:23:01 Credit Card Defaults Hit Record Highs in May In news that really shouldn't surprise anyone, many top credit card issuers in the United States reported that they witnessed a record number of defaults in May. Bank of America was esp...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-13 22:41:35 Rasmussen Consumer Index - Only 26% of Americans Say That Economy is Getting Better Green shoots? According to the Rasmussen Consumer Index (link below), many Americans would probably laugh at the idea of green shoots blossoming forth from our recession-scorched econom...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-12 01:10:33 Is John Paulson the Next Warren Buffett? Warren Buffett used to be in a class by himself when it came to influencing the markets with his words and actions. Thousands upon thousands of people flock to Omaha, Nebraska every yea...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-10 22:47:48 What Was The Largest Bankruptcy In History? You may think that General Motors was the largest bankruptcy in history, but that's not the case. In actuality, General Motors (as of the time that this article was written) was actuall...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-09 03:18:07 Many Top Hedge Funds Are Off to Strong Starts in 2009 2008 was an absolutely horrid year for the hedge fund industry. The industry was hit by a "perfect storm" of problems - extremely weak equity markets, rapidly deteriorating credit marke...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-08 03:03:20 It Pays to Stay in School The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently posted a pretty interesting graph that illustrates the value of staying in school. The graph, titled "Education Pays", breaks down 2008 une...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-06 23:31:35 Federal Reserve Intends To Hire Former Enron Lobbyist Bloomberg.com is reporting that the Federal Reserve "intends to hire" a "veteran lobbyist". This lobbyist goes by the name of Linda Robertson. According to the article, R...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-05 16:48:03 Unemployment Rate Hits 9.4%, Highest Since July 1983 Did you ever think that the United States would be within reach of a 10% unemployment rate again? The unemployment rate in May rose to 9.4% from 8.9% in April, as U.S. employers continu...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-03 14:41:46 Five Companies That Are Thriving in the "Great Recession" When you are faced with an unending stampede of negative economic information, you can start to think that every single company in the United States is suffering through the "Great Recession". ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-06-01 15:26:31 $63.8 Trillion Dollars in US Federal Government Debt and Unfunded Obligations? Ouch USA Today recently published an article that has many people talking today. In the article, the USA Today laid out just how much money the US government owes in debt and unfunded federa...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-31 16:19:34 Are Hedge Fund FoFs on the Way Out? First off, a quick definition before we launch into this article. A hedge fund "fund of funds" (or FoF) is an investment fund that pools together large amounts of capital for the purpos...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-30 12:25:09 Lessons Learned From General Motors There are some very important lessons that can be learned from the General Motors debacle, especially as it applies to your investing strategy. Over the past decade or so, many people h...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-28 12:58:10 Arthur Samberg Decides to Shutter Pequot Capital Management Inc. Pequot Capital Management Inc., once one of the largest and most revered hedge fund firms in the world, has announced that it will be shutting its doors. Arthur Samberg, who manages Peq...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-27 15:57:14 Is a National Sales Tax Coming to the United States? Just months ago, the mere mention of a national sales tax in the United States would have gotten you laughed out of the room. People who would raise the idea of a VAT (Value Added Tax) ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-26 12:43:55 Is Facebook Worth $10 Billion Dollars? There is no question that Facebook is an incredibly useful tool that millions upon millions of people use everyday. However - is the company really worth $10 billion dollars? Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-25 21:20:11 Reviewing Our Portfolio Time for a bit of a change of pace. In late 2008, I wrote an article in which I detailed three stocks (well, two stocks and one ETF) that I would be adding to my portfolio. Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-23 15:05:09 Will the Dollar Crash? The battle to save the global economy from a complete implosion has been very similar to a war. Governments across the globe threw all of their resources into battling an enemy that was...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-20 22:04:01 Charles Millard Takes The Fifth Remember a few months ago when we told you about the PBGC's switch to a higher risk strategy just before the markets collapsed in late 2008? Remember when we told you that Charles Milla...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-19 17:42:09 Credit Card Holders (Yes, ALL of You) - Get Ready to Pay So, you have great credit do you? You pay all of your credit card balances on time? You've never missed a payment in your life? Well I have news for you - you are about t...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-17 15:09:47 Founder of Elliott Wave International Inc. Predicting Major Crash In US Equities Robert Prechter, founder of Elliott Wave International Inc., recently sounded a note of caution to those who may think that the markets are in the beginning stages of a new bull market. ...Full Story General Business - Posted 2009-05-15 12:53:58 SEC Enforcement Attorneys Caught Engaging In Illegal Insider Trading? What happens when the people who are charged with preventing insider trading (and other offenses) are engaging in the act themselves? The Associated Press is reporting that federal prosecutors and the FBI have been investigat...Full Story RECENT ARTICLES State Tax Revenues Plummeting General Motors Briefly Trades at $1 George Soros: "Economic Freefall Has Been Stopped" Will the Fed Re-Inflate the American Consumer? April U-3 Unemployment Rate Comes in at 8.9%; U-6 Rate at 15.8% Stock Brokers Are Leaving the Industry in Droves The Great Recession Optimism Abound As Markets Tick Higher Warren Buffett Speaks The US Metropolitan Area With the Highest Unemployment Rate Is.. Credit Card Interest Rates Continue To Trend Higher More Bank Stress Test Leaks Credit Card Industry Buckling Under the Strain of a Struggling Economy What Effects Could a Swine Flu Pandemic Have on a Fragile US Economy? 11% of Housing Units Sitting Vacant in the United States Andrew Cuomo: Government Pressured Bank of America to Complete Merrill Lynch Merger, Threatened Jobs of Executives Is the New York Times On The Verge of Bankruptcy? Jamie Dimon Dishes on Economic Collapse in JPMorgan Chase Annual Shareholder Letter California Sets Official Unemployment Rate Record in March If You Thought That The US Economy Was In Shambles, Wait Until You See Japan 20 Years Later and the Nikkei 225 Still Hasn't Recovered (Or Come Even Close to Recovering) You Think That The United States Has a Heavy Debt Load? How is the United States Able to Borrow All of This Money? Where Does The Economy Go From Here? Four Possible Scenarios First "Claw Back" Lawsuit Filed in Bernard Madoff Affair The SEC Spent $3.9 MILLION Dollars Reorganizing Desks Jim Cramer vs Nouriel Roubini Elizabeth Warren Throws Down The Gauntlet The U-6 Unemployment Rate in March was 15.6% $17.2 Trillion Dollars In Total US National Debt By 2019 Under President Obama's Budget Plan? Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Invested Heavily In Stocks Just Before Major Market Downturn Salaries Could Be Going Up at Bank of America Who Are The Largest Foreign Holders of US Debt? James Simons, John Paulson Top List of Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers in 2008 Richard Bernstein and David Rosenberg Both Leaving Bank of America 2009 Expected To Be Another Tough Year For Hedge Funds California Unemployment Rate Continues to Spike Next Bull Market May "Hinge" On The "Net Generation"? Uh Oh FBI: 2,000+ Open Investigations Into Mortgage Fraud, 566 Into Corporate Fraud CNBC Starting To Take A Harder Line on Guests? AIG Bonus-Gate Continues To Heat Up Some Hedge Funds Are Actually Considering A Lawsuit Against Porsche Repeal The Pattern Daytrader Rule Is the Nasdaq THAT Hard Up For Money? TheStreet.com CEO Thomas Clarke Hits The Eject Button The Top Ten Worst Moments of Jim Cramer's Career 95% of Banks Didn't Pay FDIC Premiums Between 1996 and 2006 Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer What Are V-Shaped, U-Shaped and L-Shaped Recessions? Is Buy and Hold Investing Dead? The Real Unemployment Rate Is Much Worse Than 8.1% The Weak Economy is Wreaking Havoc on Major North American Sports Leagues FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair: "Deposit Insurance Fund Could Become Insolvent This Year" Is Blockbuster Filing For Bankruptcy Protection? Recession or Depression? Watch Your Credit Card Interest Rates Egan-Jones: Bank of America "Next In Line" For Government Equity Infusion Canada: "The World's Best Financial System" Capital Assistance Program (CAP) Details Unveiled By Treasury Department Ben Bernanke: "Reasonable Prospect That The Current Recession Will End in 2009"

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