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America’s Poorest States

Posted: September 20, 2012 at 12:05 am

Median household income in the United States declined for the second straight year, according to data released from the U.S. Census Bureau today. Income was $50,502 in 2011, more than ...
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States Where the Most Children Lost Homes

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 6:40 am

Some 2.3 million American children, or 3% of them, lost their homes during the recession, according to a recent report. An additional 3 million children are at risk of losing ...
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The Ten Best Cities For Educated Workers

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 4:55 am

The job market has remained relatively stagnant since 2009. To make matters worse, the educational requirements of the average U.S. employer have increased consistently from 2005 to 2009, recently outpacing ...
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Cities Where Americans Can’t Get To Work

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 1:54 pm

There are over 7.5 million households in the U.S. in which the residents do not own an automobile. Of course, these homes rely on public transportation to commute to work, ...
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The Cities Where Government Employment Is On The Rise

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 6:34 am

It is easy to believe that every city, county and state government in the country is deeply in debt and in need of higher taxes and budget cuts. This even ...
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The Cities With The Best And Worst Public Transportation

Posted: May 12, 2011 at 4:40 am

The nation's public transit systems are rated on everything from cleanliness to on-time performance.    A unique report issued by the Brookings Institution seeks to add a new and potentially useful ...
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College Graduates Are Really Screwed

Posted: September 24, 2010 at 10:59 am

Attention college seniors: it's an awful year to graduate college.     Anyone with a brain knows that given the state of  the economy but the Brookings Institution recently spelled it ...
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Media Digest 9/17/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 17, 2010 at 4:06 am

Reuters:   Geithner will take the yuan issue to the G-20. Reuters:   Oracle's (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters:   Research In Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) numbers beat forecasts. Reuters:  The ...
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