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General Business - Posted 2010-02-07 13:32:00
Timothy Geithner: The United States Will "Never" Lose Its Aaa Debt Rating


-- Aaa Debt Rating - Check -- In an ABC News interview earlier today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claimed that the United States will "never" lose its pristine Aaa credit rating.

When asked if the possibility of a rating downgrade was a concern, Geithner responded:

"That will never happen to this country."

This comes just two months after Full Story


-- High and low unemployment rate years in the United States -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-06 07:34:00
2009's Average National Unemployment Rate Third Highest Since 1948


2009 was a bad year in terms of the national unemployment rate.

The rate, which started out at 7.6% in January of 2009, was at 10% by the time that the year was over.

A...Full Story
-- Businessmen Silhouettes - Unemployment graph in the background - January 2010 -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-05 10:02:00
January Unemployment Rate Dips to 9.7%


The national unemployment rate dipped to 9.7% in January after 20,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were lost, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report that was released earlier today.

...Full Story
-- Apple Ipad vs. Amazon Kindle - logos -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-04 04:54:00
Apple vs Amazon - Who Wins?


There is currently a tit-for-tat battle being fought between Apple and Amazon in the war for E-book reader / tablet supremacy.

On one side you have Amazon, which is the maker of the ph...Full Story
-- Money bag drawing -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-02 09:38:00
Is Lloyd Blankfein The $100 Million Man or Not?


Earlier this week, the Times Online published an article titled "Goldman Sachs and the $100 Million Question" which generated a great deal of buzz throughout the financial world.

The a...Full Story




Posted January 18th, 2010 8:31 pm EST
100 Financial Dictionary Entries

With the addition of "Return on Investment / ROI" to our ever-growing financial dictionary yesterday, Davemanuel.com now has ... Full Story
Posted January 3rd, 2010 2:00 pm EST
New Tool For Looking Up DJIA / NASDAQ / S&P 500 Historical Data Launches

Have you ever been curious as to exactly where the DJIA closed on January 4th, 2000? Have you wan... Full Story
Posted December 28th, 2009 1:31 pm EST
Beginning of an Era? Ebooks Outsell Physical Books on Amazon.com on Christmas Day

According to Amazon.com, more of their customers purchased Ebooks than physical books on Christmas D... Full Story
Posted December 24th, 2009 10:39 am EST
Bernard Madoff Nearly Beaten to Death in Prison

According to various published reports (see link below), disgraced investor Bernard Madoff was nearl... Full Story



-- U.S. Budget Deficit 2010 - board -- General Business - Posted 2010-02-01 02:23:00
A $1.6 Trillion Dollar Deficit?


According to published reports, the Obama Administration will release their budget proposal on Monday.

The White House, according to reports, is apparently going to be forecasting a $1...Full Story
-- Closed sign over the bank symbol -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-31 09:46:00
15 Banks Have Already Failed in 2010


Those who were expecting a slowdown in bank failures this year are probably going to be disappointed, as a total of 15 banks have already failed so far in 2010.

140 banks collapsed in ...Full Story
-- Amazon Kindle sales are doing really well -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-29 05:53:00
It's Kindlemania


Amazon has been notoriously tight-lipped (so far) as to how many of their popular Kindle devices have been sold, but this information has now started to leak out.

It started in the com...Full Story
-- Congressional Budget Office logo - light blue - chart -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-28 07:03:00
US Government's Annual Net Interest Spending Projected to Top $700 Billion Dollars by 2020


Earlier this week, the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) released a report titled "The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 to 2020".

This report was filled with the CBO's pr...Full Story



-- Congressional Budget Office - CBO - Report on the U.S. economy -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-27 11:28:00
CBO: Unemployment Rate Not Likely To Dip Below 9% Until 2012


The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) released a 179 page report on Tuesday that was filled with sobering information regarding the US economy.

In case you don't know what the Congress...Full Story
-- Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village - View from Brooklyn -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-26 10:23:00
The Biggest Foreclosure Ever


The most expensive real estate deal in the history of the United States has now turned into its largest foreclosure.

According to the New York Times (link below), Tishman Speyer Proper...Full Story
-- Apple logo - blue colour -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-25 02:45:00
Apple Expected to Unveil the "iSlate" Later This Week


The "iSlate"? The "Apple Tablet"? The "iPad"?

There is no telling what Apple's new tablet computer will officially end up being called, but one thing is for sure - it will be unveiled t...Full Story
-- Bureau of Labor Statistics - logo -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-24 08:25:00
Unemployment Rates Increase in 43 States in December


The BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) delivered a sobering report on Friday morning.

According to the BLS, a total of 43 states reported an increase in their unemployment rate in Decemb...Full Story
-- Capitol Hill - Washington - Cloudy day -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-22 03:14:00
A History of Debt Limit Increases In the United States


Eyebrows (and the blood pressure readings of many) were raised recently when the Democrats proposed raising the debt limit by $1.9 trillion dollars to $14.3 trillion dollars.

By defini...Full Story
-- Budget Gap - A dollar sign in the gap between two mountains -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-21 06:41:00
California Isn't the Only State Facing a Major Budget Gap


The financial troubles that are currently plaguing the state of California are well-known and well-publicized.

California is currently facing a budget deficit of nearly $20 billion dol...Full Story
-- Businessman silhouette in front of a declining stock chart -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-20 06:29:00
Where is the Insider Buying?


Zerohedge.com (link below) posted an article earlier today titled "Insider Selling Outpaces Buying by 24 Times in Last Week".

In the article, the author points out that insiders bought...Full Story
-- Symbol for a bank - Icon -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-18 02:19:00
WSJ - Compensation at Major US Financial Companies Set to Top $140 Billion Dollars in 2009


A study done by the Wall Street Journal shows that the top 38 financial companies in the United States are expected to pay out roughly $145 billion dollars in total compensation for 2009.

Full Story




-- Supermedia Inc. - Logo - Stock ticker -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-16 04:21:00
John Paulson's Latest Purchase - SuperMedia Inc.


Much like Warren Buffett, investors around the world follow John Paulson's every move.

And why not? The head of the mega-hedge fund firm Paulson and Co., Inc. has been phenomenally suc...Full Story
-- Citadel hedge fund on the rise -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-14 23:18:00
Citadel, SAC Capital Help Lead Resurgent Hedge Fund Industry Higher in 2009


2008 was a horrific year for the hedge fund industry.

Funds were folding left, right and center as panic-riddled investors pulled their money and returns plummeted. A number of high-pr...Full Story
-- Door sign - Job Openings -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-13 20:35:00
2.4 Million Job Openings In The United States


It may seem curious to some that the Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported that there were 2.4 million job openings in the United States as of the end of November.

Tell that to ...Full Story
-- California Map - Office of State Treasurer Seal -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-12 18:40:00
Just How Bad is California's Credit Rating?


As we mentioned in our article yesterday titled "California's Continuing Economic Woes", California has a pretty poor credit rating.

As a matter of fact, there is no state that has a W...Full Story
-- Sacramento, California - State Capitol Building -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-12 06:50:00
California's Continuing Economic Woes


Just a decade ago, many states were riding high due to a surge in the US economy.

California was no different, as the state was bathing in the proceeds of a lucrative "dot-com boom". T...Full Story
-- Home as an investment - Drawing -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-11 06:34:00
Fed Economist Karen Pence: Buying a Home Is a Terrible Investment


According to the Wall Street Journal (link below), Karen Pence of the Federal Reserve believes that "homes are actually a terrible investment".

The WSJ claims that Pence made the comme...Full Story
-- Bureao of  Labor Statisctics - December 2009 Unemployment Numbers -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-09 01:39:00
Breaking Down the December Unemployment Numbers


The unemployment numbers for December were released earlier today, and most investors ended up yawning at the news.

The official unemployment rate for December (10.0%) was unchanged fr...Full Story
-- Dave Manuel showing charts -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-07 03:28:00
The Historically Strongest (and Weakest) Days of the Year For the Markets


Let's file this article under "pretty useless information" and "I clearly have too much time on my hands."

I decided that it might be interesting to figure out the strongest days of the...Full Story




-- Welcome to Nevada - Street Sign -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-05 21:07:00
State Population Growth Trends Since 2000


Which state has witnessed the biggest surge in population growth (as a %) since the year 2000?

Which state would you guess? Texas? Florida?

If you picked Nevada, then yo...Full Story
-- Wall Street and Broadway Intersection - Street Sign - New York -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-04 15:23:00
Some First Trading Session of the Year Statistics For You..


2010 is off to a strong start for the three major US market indexes.

The DJIA is currently up about 165 points (+1.58%), while the Nasdaq is up 37 points (+1.63%) and the S&P 500 is up...Full Story
-- Street sign - Exiting Detroit -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-03 19:38:00
Population of Michigan Drops Under 10 Million As Recession Ravages State


In July of 2001, The U.S. Census Bureau estimated that the state of Michigan had topped the 10 million person population level.

To be exact, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Michi...Full Story
-- United States Debt Graph - 2000 - 2009 -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-02 15:18:00
$6.36 Trillion Dollars in New Debt For the United States Over The Past 10 Years


At the end of 1999, the United States possessed a total public debt load of $5,776,091,314,225.33.

Ten years later, the United States currently possesses a total public debt load of $1...Full Story
-- Finance logos -- General Business - Posted 2010-01-01 15:20:00
10 Years Ago Today..


Ten years ago today..

Ten years ago today, the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) was sitting at 11,497.12. Today, the DJIA is sitting at 10,428.05.

Ten years ago today...Full Story
-- The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government -- General Business - Posted 2009-12-31 13:25:00
State Tax Revenues Fell 10.7% in Q3 '09 vs Q3 '08


The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government released a report last month that shed some light on the continuing troubles that states are having when it comes to the collection of much-needed tax...Full Story
-- U.S. Census Bureau - Household Median Income -- General Business - Posted 2009-12-29 13:45:00
Average Income in the United States Will Continue to Drop in 2009


The income of the average American household is expected to continue to plummet in 2009 as the country continues to slog through the stinging effects of the "Great Recession".

While me...Full Story
-- Great wall of China on a sunny day -- General Business - Posted 2009-12-27 11:57:00
When Will China Become the World's Largest Economy?


Earlier this week it was revealed that China had very likely passed Japan to become the second largest economy in the world.

This was originally expected to take place in 2010, but thanks to higher-than-expected economic gro...Full Story


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It's a Great Time to Be An Employee of Goldman Sachs
Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon Group Hedge Fund Arrested on Insider Trading Charges
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The US Dollar Continues To Plunge
James "Jim" Simons To Retire from Renaissance Technologies
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Sign of the Times: 10,000 People Apply In Three Days for 90 Factory Jobs in Louisville
The Accelerating Debt Burden of the United States
Saudi Arabia, Japan Among Countries Denying Knowledge of "Secret" Oil Deal


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