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Work Hard and Strike Oil

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Research firm IHS Global Insight reports new data showing that four states -- Alaska, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Texas -- have or will soon post unemployment rates equal to or ...
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Cities with Double the National Unemployment Rate

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 6:36 am

When the U.S. labor market is discussed, the national figures naturally take center stage. But the employment picture across the country can be very different -- not just between states, ...
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The Nine American Cities Nearly Destroyed by the Recession

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 3:35 pm

The nation continues to be mired in an anemic, jobless recovery. And according to a report commissioned by the United States Conference of Mayors, and prepared by IHS Global Insight, ...
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Ten Cities That Will Take A Decade To Recover From The Recession

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 7:28 pm

The Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in July 2009.   This doesn't mean that the economy has returned to where it was before the steepest downturn since ...
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Media Digest (6/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 20, 2011 at 6:22 am

Euro-zone financial ministers said they would delay a new installment payment to Greece until it was clear that the nation had adopted new austerity measures. (Reuters) ICANN, the global domain ...
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China Passes The US As Largest Manufacturer

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 5:41 am

IHS Global Insight claims that China surpassed the US as the world's largest manufacturing nation last year. China had 19.9% of the world's market. The US had 19.4%. Several media ...
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