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ThinkstockDespite an improvement in the nation’s jobless rate, concern about unemployment has become the top worry among Americans. The news…
Thinkstock Florida has staged a big comeback after years of high unemployment and one of the worst housing busts in…
thinkstockIt is really hard to get excited about anything in Greece and the peripheral nations. That has been the mantra…
Thursday brought two economic reports. First was the weekly jobless claims, followed by January retail sales. Oddly enough, weather was…
The U.S. Treasury released its Budget statement for January 2014 on Wednesday afternoon. The deficit of $10.4 billion was far…
Chinese officials reported on Wednesday that the country's January exports were more than 10% higher than in January of 2013…
ThinkstockDriven by a robust energy industry and a small population, North Dakota was ahead of all other states in terms…
courtesy of the Federal ReserveTuesday will mark the first ever testimony to Congress by new Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen.…
The National Federation of Independent Business Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for January barely ticked up.…
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy…
ThinkstockIn its monthly report on food prices, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Thursday that its…
ThinkstockA newly released study from the Tax Foundation suggests that the marginal effective tax rate on corporate investment is 35.3%.…
ThinkstockThe latest monthly Challenger, Gray and Christmas job cuts survey finds layoffs jumped nearly 50% in January, after hitting a…
Courtesy Maersk LineThe U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday morning that the U.S. trade deficit…
Investors have become a bit nervous after a poor January and a rough start to January. Stocks have gone south,…
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