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15 Oct 2009 10:32

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Biz: Goldman Sachs’ gains cancel out Citigroup’s losses

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14 Oct 2009 20:37

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Biz: The New York Stock Exchange: Full of 10,000 Maniacs

  • Wow bros, we fell pretty far to get to this point. Boy, we wouldn’t have wanted to have money around March or so. We’d probably jump off a building. But today – today, we can say we’re back at 10,000. Welcome back to comfortable riches, friends.source
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14 Oct 2009 10:13

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Biz: JPMorgan Chase has more money sitting around than you do

  • $3.6 billion in third-quarter profits for the financial-services company source
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12 Oct 2009 11:24

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Biz: Daily Poll: Is the recession easing in your neck of the woods?

  • A survey of 44 professional forecasters found that 80% of those researchers thought the “Great Recession,” the worst since the 1930s, was receding. The National Association of Business Economists conducted the survey. Our question: Instead of asking a bunch of economists, let’s ask you jerks. Unless there’s economists that read ShortFormBlog. Then you can’t vote. You might skew things. (Sorry.)source
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11 Oct 2009 10:46

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World: Russia: Experiencing big-time economic shrinkage

  • 7.5% economic contraction this year; blame big oil source
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08 Oct 2009 22:00

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Biz, U.S.: The economy’s starting to (slowly) recover from the recession

  • 521,000 new jobless claims this week, the lowest level since January source
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03 Oct 2009 11:14

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Biz, U.S.: Unemployment benefits aren’t lasting as long as unemployment

  • 26
    weeks     the length of time that unemployment is available for those out of work (right now, there’s a lot of those people) source
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02 Oct 2009 10:49

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Biz: Like the year before it, September sucked for jobs

  • 9.8% unemployment, which is pretty darn depressing source
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29 Sep 2009 22:20

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U.S., World: It’s finally official, guys: Canada is now a part of the U.S.

  • For the stimulus plan, “Buy American” can mean Canada, too. The White House will reportedly exempt our neighbors up north from the stimulus provision which favors buying American-made products. It had become a sore spot in Canuck-American trade relations, eh? source
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29 Sep 2009 10:20

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Biz: Consumers lose a bunch of confidence in September

  • 53.1 consumer confidence this month; that’s way down source
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