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29 May 2010 13:19

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Biz: No May flowers here: For stocks, it was the worst May since 1940

  • 7.9% dip in Dow’s value in the merry month of May source
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17 Jun 2009 09:08

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Biz: The recession is managing to keep down the price of goods

  • +0.1% The consumer price index increase in May, kept in check by recession-influenced inflation woes
  • +0.3% The increase that was expected by analysts; in the year prior, it dropped 1.3%. source
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16 Jun 2009 10:31

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Biz: Lots of new houses were being built in May. A FREAKING TON.

  • +17.2% increase in housing starts in May; that’s a massive leap
  • +7.0% the amount investors expected housing starts to increase 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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01 May 2009 11:44

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Offbeat: First you had a moustache. Now you have your own month.

Hooray for moustaches! We’ve actually been thinking of growing a moustache on the logo. Hey, why not? source
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