2012 Archive

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01December 17

Dec 31	Over The Cliff We Go (But Deal is Close)	Economy and Politics
Dec 30	Fiscal Cliff Update: Negotiations Continue, No Deal As of Yet	Economy and Politics
Dec 28	Congressional Leaders Gather To Try and Fashion Last Minute Deal To Avoid "Fiscal Cliff"	Economy and Politics
Dec 26	Online Holiday Shopping Up 16% YoY Through December 21st	Economy and Politics
Dec 24	Sign of the Times: 22,000 People Apply for 300 Flight Attendant Jobs in One Week	Economy and Politics
Dec 21	Fiscal Cliff Turmoil: What Happens Now?	Economy and Politics
Dec 19	Fitch: Downgrade Possible If Fiscal Cliff Compromise Isn't Reached Soon	Economy and Politics
Dec 18	Japan on Verge of Passing China To Become Top Foreign Holder of US Debt	Blog
Dec 16	Breakthrough in Fiscal Cliff Talks?	Economy and Politics
Dec 13	Google Reveals The Top Searches of 2012	Companies and Technology
Dec 12	Report: China To Have World's Largest Economy by 2030	Economy and Politics
Dec 10	Food Stamp Use Continues To Grow	Economy and Politics
Dec 7	A Closer Look at the November Employment Numbers	Economy and Politics
Dec 6	Low Expectations: Economist Consensus of 93,000 Nonfarm Payrolls Added in November	Economy and Politics
Dec 5	President Obama: No Deal Without Higher Tax Rates For The Wealthy	Economy and Politics
Dec 3	Counter: House Republicans Send Obama Their "Fiscal Cliff" Offer	Economy and Politics
Dec 1	Report: Global "Happiness Income" Is $161,000	Economy and Politics

02November 19

Nov 30	White House Puts Forth Opening Budget Bid	Economy and Politics
Nov 28	Intrade (Temporarily?) Pulls Out of the United States	Blog
Nov 27	Warren Buffett Proposes Minimum Tax for the Wealthy	Economy and Politics
Nov 25	Report: US Retail E-Commerce Holiday Season Spending Up 16% Over Last Year	Economy and Politics
Nov 23	The Most Popular US Politicians By Twitter Followers	Blog
Nov 23	Young People Dominate "Black Friday" Crowds	Economy and Politics
Nov 22	Gallup: Average US Consumer Planning To Spend $770 on Christmas Gifts This Year	Economy and Politics
Nov 19	Is "Black Thursday" Taking Things Too Far?	Economy and Politics
Nov 18	Americans To Obama: Restoring Strong Economy Should Be Top Priority in Second Term	Economy and Politics
Nov 15	What's Wrong With Apple?	Markets and Investing
Nov 13	US Government Posts $120 Billion Deficit in October	Economy and Politics
Nov 12	$7.7 Million Donated To Help Reduce Debt During 2012 Fiscal Year	Economy and Politics
Nov 10	President Obama Finishes With 332 Electoral Votes After Officially Winning Florida	Economy and Politics
Nov 9	Throwing Down the Gauntlet: President Obama Promises Veto For Any Bill Extending Tax Cuts To Those Making More Than $250k	Economy and Politics
Nov 7	Next Up: The "Fiscal Cliff"	Economy and Politics
Nov 7	Barack Obama Wins Second Term	Economy and Politics
Nov 6	The History of Popular/Electoral Vote Splits In The United States	Economy and Politics
Nov 4	Negativity Reigns Supreme In Race For White House	Economy and Politics
Nov 2	National Unemployment Rate Ticks Up To 7.9% in October	Economy and Politics

03October 20

Oct 31	Eurozone Unemployment Hits All-Time High	Economy and Politics
Oct 30	One Week Left: Polls, Polls and More Polls	Economy and Politics
Oct 29	NYSE, NASDAQ To Remain Closed on Tuesday Due To Hurricane Sandy	Markets and Investing
Oct 28	Advance Estimate - Real Gross Domestic Product Increased At Annual Rate of 2.0% Percent In Third Quarter	Economy and Politics
Oct 25	Romney Victory Effort: We Raised $111.8 Million in 17 Days	Economy and Politics
Oct 23	Intrade: Mitt Romney Now Has 45.5% Chance of Winning Election	Economy and Politics
Oct 22	One More Time: President Obama and Mitt Romney Set To Square Off In Final Presidential Debate	Economy and Politics
Oct 21	September State Unemployment Numbers: 41 States Post Decline in Jobless Rates	Economy and Politics
Oct 18	Oops! Google Halted After Q3 Earnings Results Released Four Hours Early	Markets and Investing
Oct 17	Gallup: Mitt Romney Has Six Point Lead Over Obama Amongst Likely Voters	Economy and Politics
Oct 16	Who is the Richest Commissioner in Sports?	Blog
Oct 15	US Deficit Projected To Be Between $900 Billion and $1 Trillion in 2013	Economy and Politics
Oct 12	The Final Numbers Are In: United States Posts $1.089 Trillion Deficit in FY2012	Economy and Politics
Oct 12	Joe Biden's Laughter Dominates VP Debate Chatter	Economy and Politics
Oct 10	All Eyes on Biden and Ryan	Economy and Politics
Oct 8	Mitt Romney Surges in Polls After Strong Debate Performance	Economy and Politics
Oct 5	What's That? Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8%	Economy and Politics
Oct 4	CNN Poll: Mitt Romney Scores Decisive Victory in First Debate	Economy and Politics
Oct 3	Five of the Top Televised US Debate Moments	Economy and Politics
Oct 1	Super PAC Frenzy: $214.7 Million Spent In Past 30 Days	Economy and Politics

04September 23

Sep 28	Markets Close Out Strong Third Quarter	Economy and Politics
Sep 27	Q2 GDP Growth Revised Down To 1.3%	Economy and Politics
Sep 26	NFLRA, NHLPA Lockouts Prove That Fans Come Last	Economy and Politics
Sep 25	Nevada Continues To Lead Nation With Highest Unemployment Rate	Economy and Politics
Sep 22	Mitt Romney's 2011 Tax Return Released	Economy and Politics
Sep 20	US Debt: $1.14 Trillion to $16 Trillion+ In 30 Years	Economy and Politics
Sep 19	$70 Million Spent By Super PACs In First 18 Days of September	Economy and Politics
Sep 17	What is Linda McMahon's Net Worth?	Blog
Sep 17	What is Bill Clinton's Net Worth?	Blog
Sep 17	Intrade.com: Barack Obama Has 66.5% Chance of Winning in November	Economy and Politics
Sep 14	Median Household Income Falls For Fourth Straight Year	Economy and Politics
Sep 14	The Federal Reserve Unleashes QE3 On The World	Economy and Politics
Sep 12	CBO: FY2012 Deficit $1.17 Trillion Through August	Economy and Politics
Sep 10	When Are The 2012 US Presidential Debates?	Blog
Sep 10	The Barack Bounce: President Obama Takes Five Point Lead Over Romney	Economy and Politics
Sep 8	How Much Money Does Bill Clinton Make From Giving Speeches?	Blog
Sep 7	August Jobs Report a Disappointment	Economy and Politics
Sep 7	Fact Check: Has The Economy Really Produced 4.5 Million Private Sector Jobs Over The Past 29 Months?	Blog
Sep 6	Why Did The National Debt Go Up During The Clinton Surplus Years?	Economy and Politics
Sep 5	A Look at Nonfarm Payroll Numbers Under President Obama	Blog
Sep 4	President Obama's First Term By The Numbers	Economy and Politics
Sep 3	Barack Obama and the Democrats Next Up As Their National Convention Begins This Week	Economy and Politics
Sep 1	How Much Money Does The US Government Owe The Social Security Trust Fund?	Blog

05August 27

Aug 31	Open The Flood Gates: Super PACs Spend $105 Million in August	Economy and Politics
Aug 30	Gift Contributions To Reduce US Debt Spike in 2012	Economy and Politics
Aug 28	$16 Trillion	Economy and Politics
Aug 28	Republicans Fire Up Two Debt Clocks At Their National Convention	Economy and Politics
Aug 26	The History of the "Convention Bounce"	Economy and Politics
Aug 25	SuperPAC Report: Restore Our Future, Inc. Spends Over $10 Million For Second Week in a Row	Blog
Aug 24	Report: Median Household Income Has Fallen Since Economic "Recovery" Started	Economy and Politics
Aug 24	Over $12.5 Billion of Mark Zuckerberg's Net Worth Has Evaporated Since May	Blog
Aug 22	CBO: "Fiscal Cliff" Would Tip United States Into Recession	Economy and Politics
Aug 22	Mitt Romney and GOP Raise More Money Than Democrats For Third Month in a Row	Economy and Politics
Aug 20	Just How Rich Was John D. Rockefeller?	Blog
Aug 20	Apple Becomes The Biggest Stock - Ever	Economy and Politics
Aug 18	Jobless Rates Up in 44 States in July	Economy and Politics
Aug 17	SuperPAC Report: Over $20 Million Spent to Oppose Barack Obama in Past Week	Blog
Aug 17	VP News: Romney Gets Slight Bump After Ryan Pick, Obama Sticks With Biden	Economy and Politics
Aug 15	Paulson + Co. Inc. Adds Equinix, Sells Anadarko During Second Quarter	Economy and Politics
Aug 12	Romney/Ryan vs Obama/Biden: The Personal Finances	Economy and Politics
Aug 11	Paul Ryan Named As Mitt Romney's Running Mate	Economy and Politics
Aug 10	SuperPAC Report: Priorities US Action Attacks Mitt Romney	Blog
Aug 9	BLS: 3.8 Million Job Openings in June	Economy and Politics
Aug 7	A History of NASA Funding	Economy and Politics
Aug 6	May Foreign Debt Ownership Update: China, Japan Add to Positions	Blog
Aug 5	8.3% or 8.254%?	Economy and Politics
Aug 3	SuperPAC Report: Restore Our Future, Inc. Spends Big	Blog
Aug 3	July Employment Numbers: Nonfarm Payroll Employment Increases +163k, Unemployment Rate Ticks Higher	Economy and Politics
Aug 2	41 Straight Months of 8%+ Unemployment - And Counting	Economy and Politics
Aug 1	The Incredible Disappearing Facebook	Companies and Technology

06July 17

Jul 29	100 Days Until The US Presidential Election	Economy and Politics
Jul 27	Weekly SuperPAC Spending Report: US Chamber of Commerce Active	Blog
Jul 27	Facebook Hits All-Time Low After Releasing First Earnings Report As Publicly Traded Company	Companies and Technology
Jul 24	Gallup: Americans Like Obama More, But Romney Seen As Being Better Able to Handle Key Economic Issues	Economy and Politics
Jul 23	A Look at Vice President Joe Biden's 2011 Financial Disclosure Statement	Blog
Jul 22	Google's Big Bet on YouTube Is Paying Off	Companies and Technology
Jul 21	Handicapping Mitt Romney's Choice for Running Mate	Economy and Politics
Jul 18	Report: Canadian Households Now Richer Than Their American Counterparts	Economy and Politics
Jul 17	Marissa Mayer In As Yahoo! CEO; Fifth Time's The Charm For Company?	Companies and Technology
Jul 16	What Is The "Fiscal Cliff"?	Economy and Politics
Jul 14	Poll: Republicans Turn on Supreme Court After "Obamacare" Ruling	Economy and Politics
Jul 12	Gallup: American Confidence in Television News Continues to Erode	Economy and Politics
Jul 9	President Obama Proposes Extension of Bush Tax Cuts for Middle Class	Economy and Politics
Jul 6	Markets Tumble After Weak Jobs Report	Economy and Politics
Jul 5	Economists: Don't Expect "Normal" Unemployment Rates Anytime Soon	Economy and Politics
Jul 3	CNN Poll: Obama Leads Romney Nationally, Romney Ahead in 15 Battleground States	Economy and Politics
Jul 2	White House Salaries Up Over Last Year	Economy and Politics

07June 15

Jun 29	Gallup: Americans Divided Over Supreme Court Ruling	Economy and Politics
Jun 28	Intrade: 70.6% Chance Supreme Court Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional	Economy and Politics
Jun 25	Survey: Quarter of Americans Have Zero Emergency Savings	Economy and Politics
Jun 22	Debt Ceiling Fight: Reloaded	Economy and Politics
Jun 21	Want To Start a Family? It'll Cost You At Least $8,760 Per Year (Per Kid)	Economy and Politics
Jun 18	Foreign Ownership of US Debt: 10 Years Ago vs Now	Economy and Politics
Jun 16	Foreign Ownership of US Debt Rises to Record $5.16 Trillion	Economy and Politics
Jun 15	Facebook Turns In First Green Week Since IPO	Markets and Investing
Jun 13	Pew Research Center Report: 42% Believe That China is World's Leading Economic Power	Economy and Politics
Jun 11	Federal Reserve: Median American Family Lost Nearly $50k in Net Worth From 2007 to 2010	Economy and Politics
Jun 9	Intrade.com - President Obama Currently Has a 53.5% Chance of Winning in November	Economy and Politics
Jun 7	CBO: Federal Debt Could Increase to 199% of GDP By 2037	Economy and Politics
Jun 5	Groupon Now Worth Less Than $6 Billion	Companies and Technology
Jun 3	What Was the Lowest Unemployment Rate in US History?	Blog
Jun 3	Unemployment Rate Rises For First Time In Nearly a Year	Economy and Politics

08May 21

May 31	NY Fed: Outstanding Student Loan Debt Rose to $904 Billion in Q1	Economy and Politics
May 29	Facebook Continues to Crater	Companies and Technology
May 29	Gasoline At $3.66/Gallon as Summer Driving Season Begins	Economy and Politics
May 28	The Ten Largest Monthly Surpluses of the Last 30+ Years	Blog
May 25	Rumble Erupts Over America's Debt and Deficits	Economy and Politics
May 23	Facebook, Zynga and Groupon - The Three Horsemen of Underperforming Tech IPOs	Markets and Investing
May 21	Facebook Drops 11% on Second Day of Trading	Markets and Investing
May 20	The Ten Largest Monthly Deficits of the Past 30+ Years	Blog
May 18	Dud: Facebook Closes Just Above IPO Price	Markets and Investing
May 17	Barack Obama - Still Rich	Economy and Politics
May 15	Gallup: 56% of Americans Believe That Obama Will Win in November	Economy and Politics
May 14	Scott Thompson Removed as CEO of Yahoo!	Markets and Investing
May 10	"Weaker Than Expected" Demand For Facebook IPO?	Markets and Investing
May 9	Historical iPhone Sales Infographic	Blog
May 8	Surprise! United States Posts a Surplus in April	Economy and Politics
May 7	France, Greece and Italy Vote "No" To Austerity Measures	Economy and Politics
May 4	April Jobs Report: 115,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1%	Economy and Politics
May 4	Oops! Yahoo's New CEO Caught Lying About His Resume	Markets and Investing
May 3	Retail Nightmare: Employee Theft, Shoplifting Increase in 2011	Economy and Politics
May 2	Can President Obama Bring Out Young Voters This November?	Economy and Politics
May 1	Spencer Bachus Cleared in Insider Trading Probe	Economy and Politics

09April 18

Apr 29	Swimming In Debt: $5 Trillion Added to US Debt Load Since President Obama Took Office	Economy and Politics
Apr 27	Double-Dip Recession Hits The United Kingdom	Economy and Politics
Apr 26	Newt Gingrich To Bow Out of Race for Republican Presidential Nomination	Economy and Politics
Apr 24	A Mountain of Gadgets: Apple Sold Nearly 60 Million Devices in Q2	Markets and Investing
Apr 23	Zynga and Groupon - Two Badly Broken IPOs	Markets and Investing
Apr 22	"Buffett Rule on Steroids" May Be Coming to France	Economy and Politics
Apr 20	President Obama's Q13 Approval Rating - 45.9%	Economy and Politics
Apr 19	Who Are The Largest Holders of Facebook Stock?	Blog
Apr 17	Report: At Least 1,788 People Renounced Their US Citizenships Last Year	Economy and Politics
Apr 16	Gallup: Romney Has Two Point Lead Over Obama	Economy and Politics
Apr 13	How Much Did the Obamas Make Last Year?	Economy and Politics
Apr 12	3.5 Million Job Openings in February - Where Were They?	Economy and Politics
Apr 11	Rick Santorum Drops Out	Economy and Politics
Apr 9	Facebook Makes a Splash, Purchases Instagram For $1 Billion	Markets and Investing
Apr 6	March Unemployment: 120,000 Jobs Added, Unemployment Rate Dips to 8.2%	Economy and Politics
Apr 5	Groupon Continues to Struggle Post-IPO	Economy and Politics
Apr 3	The "Mancession" Has Now Become a "Mancovery"	Economy and Politics
Apr 2	Nationwide Gas Prices Continue To Inch Closer to $4/Gallon	Economy and Politics

10March 19

Mar 30	Canada To Ditch the Penny	Economy and Politics
Mar 28	iEverywhere: Half of US Households Own At Least One Apple Product	Economy and Politics
Mar 28	Poll: 68% of Americans Disapprove of Way That President Obama Is Handling High Gasoline Prices	Economy and Politics
Mar 26	NY Fed: 27% of Student Loan Borrowers In The Repayment Cycle Are Delinquent	Economy and Politics
Mar 24	Can Mitt Romney Win in 2012?	Blog
Mar 23	STOCK Act Passes Through Congress	Economy and Politics
Mar 22	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Outstanding Student Loan Debt Hit the Trillion Dollar Mark Months Ago	Economy and Politics
Mar 21	Congressional Tax Experts: "Buffett Rule" Would Raise $47 Billion Over 11 Years	Economy and Politics
Mar 18	A $100 Billion Question Will Be Answered on Monday Morning	Markets and Investing
Mar 17	Good Times: Insider Stock Sales at Highest Levels Since December 2009	Markets and Investing
Mar 15	Gallup: Average American Would Make Major Life Changes If Gas Hit $5.30/Gallon	Economy and Politics
Mar 13	Americans Give the Thumbs Down to Super PACs	Economy and Politics
Mar 12	Michigan's Unemployment Rate Down Over 5% From "Great Recession" High	Economy and Politics
Mar 9	Snatch and Grab: Recent Domain Seizures Bring America's Control Over Major Domain Extensions To Light	Economy and Politics
Mar 8	Food Stamp Usage Continues To Grow in the United States	Economy and Politics
Mar 7	February Jobs Report: Economist Consensus - Zero Change	Economy and Politics
Mar 6	Gallup: Mitt Romney Has National 16 Point Lead Over Rick Santorum	Economy and Politics
Mar 4		Markets and Investing
Mar 2	Bank of America vs The Public, Round 2	Economy and Politics

11February 17

Feb 29	The Top 20 Foreign Holders of US Debt As Of The End of 2011	Economy and Politics
Feb 29	Gas Prices Have Now Increased For 32 Consecutive Days	Economy and Politics
Feb 26	Intrade: Mitt Romney Has 80% Chance of Becoming Republican Presidential Nominee	Economy and Politics
Feb 25	Poll: Majority of Americans Believe That Gas Could Top $5/Gallon This Year	Economy and Politics
Feb 23		Economy and Politics
Feb 21	Gas Prices Steadily Marching Higher Nationwide	Economy and Politics
Feb 18	CBO: Longest Stretch of High Unemployment Since "Great Recession"	Economy and Politics
Feb 16	Some Interesting Tax Facts and Figures From the Tax Foundation	Economy and Politics
Feb 14	The Rise of Rick Santorum	Economy and Politics
Feb 13	Will Apple Be The First Trillion Dollar Company?	Markets and Investing
Feb 12	Rep. Spencer Bachus Reportedly Facing Insider Trading Investigation	Economy and Politics
Feb 9	AAPL = GOOG + MSFT	Economy and Politics
Feb 8	Intrade.com - Obama Has 60% Chance of Being Re-Elected	Economy and Politics
Feb 7	CBO: Unemployment Rate Will "Gradually Decline" to Around 7% By 2015	Economy and Politics
Feb 6	What Economic Collapse? Dow Hits Highest Levels Since May of 2008	Economy and Politics
Feb 2	$17.9 Million Donated to Pro-Romney "Restore Our Future, Inc." in Second Half of 2011	Economy and Politics
Feb 1	Mitt Romney Storms to Victory in Florida	Economy and Politics

12January 28

Jan 31	The Ticking Japanese Time Bomb	Economy and Politics
Jan 30	Team Hedge Fund vs Team Adelson	Economy and Politics
Jan 28	Weekly SuperPAC Update: Restore Our Future, Inc. and Winning Our Future Spend Over $10 Million Combined	Blog
Jan 27	BEA: US Real GDP Increased 1.7% in 2011	Economy and Politics
Jan 27	SuperPAC Spending Heating Up Ahead of Florida Primary	Economy and Politics
Jan 26	Joe Biden, The Everyman (Financially Speaking)	Blog
Jan 25	Parsing Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union Address	Economy and Politics
Jan 23	Obama's Third Year Average Approval Rating Lowest Since Carter	Economy and Politics
Jan 20	The Rich List - 2012 Presidential Race Edition	Economy and Politics
Jan 20	How Much Debt Did the United States Have When Barack Obama Took Office?	Blog
Jan 19	Record $3.28 Million Donated to Help Reduce US Debt Last Year	Economy and Politics
Jan 18	Intrade: Mitt Romney Continues to Solidify His Lead	Economy and Politics
Jan 17	What Assets Does Newt Gingrich Own?	Economy and Politics
Jan 15	How Rich is Mitt Romney?	Economy and Politics
Jan 13	Black Friday: Nine Euro Zone Countries Downgraded	Economy and Politics
Jan 12	Ron Paul's Portfolio: An Apocalyptic Vision of the Future	Blog
Jan 12	Burger King Reportedly Testing Home Delivery	Economy and Politics
Jan 11	2011 IRS Enforcement Statistics	Economy and Politics
Jan 9	Mitt Romney vs Barack Obama Now Looking Like a Very Good Bet	Economy and Politics
Jan 9	NHL Franchise Values Before and After the 2004-2005 Lockout	Blog
Jan 8	If You Want Your Portfolio to Outperform, Become a Member of Congress	Markets and Investing
Jan 7	Will a Falling National Unemployment Rate Be Enough To Give Obama a Second Term?	Economy and Politics
Jan 6		Blog
Jan 5	The Importance of the Upcoming New Hampshire Primary	Economy and Politics
Jan 4	The Next Rumble Looms: The Debt Ceiling	Economy and Politics
Jan 3	Iraq War Second Most Expensive US Conflict on Record	Economy and Politics
Jan 3	A Look at the UFC: Debt, Finances and Future Growth	Blog
Jan 1	Gallup: Romney Retakes Lead in GOP Presidential Nomination Poll	Economy and Politics

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