Other notable numbers from the minimum-wage hike

Biz, U.S.: Other notable numbers from the minimum-wage hike

70¢ size of the increase in the national minimum wage – which is actually big enough to be felt source

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Biz: Another bank with big profits: Citigroup can credit fortunate math

$4.3 billion size of Citi’s second-quarter profit – no profit was expected for the company at all source

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Biz, U.S.: Ruth Madoff is gonna be (relatively) slummin’ thanks to a judge

$2.5 million to survive on for the rest of her life. Oh no source

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Politics, Tech: You’re lying to yourself if you think you’ll make money blogging

Google ads pay almost nothing. Banner ads are worth almost nothing, and the market for advertising has cratered with the Great Recession.
Blogger Jake Seliger • Who combined the main points of two articles we recently posted about to make the argument that we’ll never make money blogging. But it doesn’t mean we won’t keep trying. Because we’re crazy and apparently aren’t sure how to stop. • source

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Biz, U.S.: POOF A bunch of our wealth just disappeared recently

$1.3 trillion is completely gone from households in 1Q ’09 source

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Biz: Why was the Boston Globe in danger? Huge losses.

$85 million in losses this year – a huge chunk of change source

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Biz: Funny thing for UPS: When the economy slumps, people ship less

-56% dip for Brown, who hasn’t done much for us lately source

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Biz, U.S.: Obama would shoot himself in the foot with his tax plan

$855,323 Amount the Obamas paid in taxes in 2008, on $2.7 million in income source

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U.S.: Obama’s tax forms: Running for president makes you lose income.

$4.2 million amount of money the Obamas made in 2007, largely off his book sales source

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U.S.: “Frugal” is the word for how people will use tax refunds

54% of people getting refunds plan to use them to pay off bills; that’s way up from a year ago source

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Biz, U.S.: Other notable numbers from the minimum-wage hike

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Biz: Another bank with big profits: Citigroup can credit fortunate math

27 Jun 2009 13:02

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Biz, U.S.: Ruth Madoff is gonna be (relatively) slummin’ thanks to a judge

17 Jun 2009 21:50

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Politics, Tech: You’re lying to yourself if you think you’ll make money blogging

12 Jun 2009 10:59

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Biz, U.S.: POOF A bunch of our wealth just disappeared recently

04 May 2009 19:37

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Biz: Why was the Boston Globe in danger? Huge losses.

23 Apr 2009 09:56

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Biz: Funny thing for UPS: When the economy slumps, people ship less

16 Apr 2009 09:07

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Biz, U.S.: Obama would shoot himself in the foot with his tax plan

15 Apr 2009 20:38

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U.S.: Obama’s tax forms: Running for president makes you lose income.

13 Apr 2009 09:34

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U.S.: “Frugal” is the word for how people will use tax refunds

Biz, U.S.: Other notable numbers from the minimum-wage hike

Biz: Another bank with big profits: Citigroup can credit fortunate math

Biz, U.S.: Ruth Madoff is gonna be (relatively) slummin’ thanks to a judge

Politics, Tech: You’re lying to yourself if you think you’ll make money blogging

Biz, U.S.: *POOF* A bunch of our wealth just disappeared recently

Biz: Why was the Boston Globe in danger? Huge losses.

Biz: Funny thing for UPS: When the economy slumps, people ship less

Biz, U.S.: Obama would shoot himself in the foot with his tax plan

U.S.: Obama’s tax forms: Running for president makes you lose income.

U.S.: “Frugal” is the word for how people will use tax refunds

Biz, U.S.: POOF A bunch of our wealth just disappeared recently