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20 Mar 2009 20:37

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U.S.: The U.S. Postal Service is trying to recover from such great lows

  • -$2.8 billion losses the post office suffered in 2008; it’ll be worse in 2009 despite an increase in the price of stamps to 44¢ in May. source
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20 Mar 2009 13:37

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Biz, U.S.: Americans are staying home, not having fun anymore

  • 22% decline in travel and tourism spending in late 2008 source
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12 Mar 2009 10:11

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Biz, U.S.: Hey look, a big graphic on how much newspapers are sucking

See the bigger dot that says “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel?” I used to work there. Good luck, all. source
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11 Mar 2009 21:13

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Biz: Billionaires are suffering just like us regular people

  • -23% dip in billionaires’ assets. Times r tuff. source
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10 Mar 2009 10:44

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Biz: A single AIG office may have screwed up the economy

  • $500 billion in losses at AIG’s London office source
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04 Mar 2009 20:57

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U.S.: Unemployment map: Why we’re not moving back to Michigan

It’s broken down by county. Thanks for scaring the crap out of us, New York Times! source
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04 Mar 2009 10:33

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Biz, U.S.: Job-wise, February sucked worse than January

  • 697,000 jobs were lost in the private sector in February source
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04 Mar 2009 10:08

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Biz: Video retailer Blockbuster should rent out its massive debt

  • $900 million in accounts payable to studios, vendors and other suppliers source
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28 Feb 2009 16:30

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Biz: Warren Buffet’s company posted a massive profit decline

  • 96% 4Q dip in profits for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Jesus. source
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27 Feb 2009 10:14

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Biz, U.S.: The GDP’s free, free-fallin’! Oh, free-fallin’ … free fallin’!

  • 6.2% decline in the GDP in 4Q of 2008. Oof. source
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