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07 Jul 2010 20:27

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Biz: Optimism is back! Stocks had a pretty killer day today

  • 2.9% the increase in the Dow Jones Industrial today
  • 3.1% the leap in the super-exciting S&P 500 today
  • 3.1% the leap in the super-techie Nasdaq today source

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13 May 2010 10:40

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U.S.: Bad sign: Murder is up in many major cities this year

  • 149 murders in New York City so far this year, versus 134 at the same point last year; 13 were kids
  • 120 murders in Chicago
    (111 last year); a major leap in murder last month was a root cause
  • 104 murders in Philadelphia (101 last year); crime is mostly down in Philly this year
  • 103 murders in Los Angeles (100 last year); violent crime is otherwise down this year source
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22 Sep 2009 23:00

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Biz, Tech: The New York Times has Twitter to thank for a traffic spike

  • 10% of the New York Times’ traffic came from Twitter this year
  • 0% of the Times’ traffic came from Twitter last year; nice leap source
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26 Aug 2009 11:16

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Biz: New home sales bounced back big-time in July

  • 9.6% jump in new home sales, the biggest in four years source
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26 Aug 2009 10:29

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Biz: Manufacturers of durable goods are building more of them

  • 4.9% increase in durable goods in July; that’s a huge leap source
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21 Aug 2009 11:09

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Biz: Existing homes sold astonishingly well last month, guys.

  • 7.2% increase in existing home sales in July; nice leap source
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26 May 2009 10:55

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Biz, U.S.: Consumer confidence way up. No, actually WAAAYYYYYY up.

  • 54.9% in May; it was just 40% in April. Whoa. source
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