Category: The Economy
Rather than support President Obama, Senate Republicans have decided to create their own ‘Jobs Plan.’ The plan is basically a repackaged version of conservatives’ ideal agenda, featuring Republican staples like tax reform, a balanced budget amendment, regulatory overhaul, expedited energy drilling, and, the repealing of Obamacare. The bill draws on past proposals from lawmakers on [...]
A consumer group predicts market speculation will cost U.S. households more than ever in 2011 and the drain on household incomes will increase unless government steps in. “Speculation will add $600 to the average household expenditures on gasoline in 2011,” a report released Thursday by the Consumer Federation of America said, “resulting in the highest [...]
I was just reading a bit about the possibility, or lack thereof, regarding a QE3 in early 2012. Dennis Gartman, author of “The Gartman Letter” doesn’t see it happening and even if it does, there’s some question as to the effectiveness of the tactic in the first place. Gartman states, “The money is created, for [...]
In university classrooms—and especially the Obama White House—fancy theories of macroeconomics defy basic common sense. By STEPHEN MOORE Wall Street Journal Christina Romer, the University of California at Berkeley economics professor and President Obama’s first chief economist, once relayed the old joke that “there are two kinds of students: those who hate economics and those who really [...]
By SABRINA TAVERNISE @ New York Times In low-slung suburban strip malls, nestled among fast-food restaurants and auto supply stores, hair salons are sprouting like mushrooms. The Census Bureau recently noted their jump in an otherwise glum report about mom-and-pop businesses, stating that the number of hairdressers and barbers and the shops they work in grew by [...]
By CATHERINE RAMPELL @ New York Times If the economy falls back into recession, as many economists are now warning, the bloodletting could be a lot more painful than the last time around. Given the tumult of the Great Recession, this may be hard to believe. But the economy is much weaker than it was at the outset [...]
Freelancers, contractors, and consultants are essential to the economy. It’s time to repeal outdated regulations that hold them back Noelle Stary’s three-year-old marketing consultancy will see revenue of nearly $100,000 this year, yet she’s worried about the company’s survival. Stary works from a shared office in central New Jersey where she faces typical startup hurdles [...]
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Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases where a person has high blood sugar, either because the body doesn’t produce enough insulin, or because cells don’t respond to the insulin that is produced. High blood sugar produces the classic symptoms of polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (increased thirst) and polyphagia (increased hunger). There are three main [...]
Tupperware Announces Third Quarter 2011 Earnings
Tupperware Brands Corporation TUP +1.01% will release its third quarter 2011 earnings results on Wednesday, October 26, prior to the opening of the market, followed by its earnings release conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. Central Time). To participate in the call, please dial 678-905-9434 , Code: 13044726. This call is being [...]
Zrii: Z-Body 10-Day Challenge Winners
Zrii is excited to announce our first Z-body 10-Day Challenge winners! The First Prize goes to…John Petek from Waukesha, WI “I lost 7 lbs. in just 5 days and a total of 11 lbs. in 10 days. Having a Wellness Center & specializing in weight loss, I know how critical a product like Purify is [...]
Motorola Introduces Xoom Family Edition
Today Motorola debuted a cheaper, kid-friendly version of the Motorola Xoom tablet, the Xoom Family Edition. The 10.1-inch Xoom Family Edition will be priced at $379 and will be sold exclusively through Best Buy beginning Oct. 16. The Family Edition contains 16 Gbytes of storage and uses Wi-Fi only. Motorola also bundled a “MotoPack by [...]
Facebook Revenues May Reach Over $4 Billion in 2011
Social media sales from social ads, virtual currency and subscription services could grow to $15 billion next year and double that figure by 2015. Facebook and Google will lead the way. Led by advertising sales, worldwide social media revenue will grow 50 percent in 2012 from 2011, rising from a projected $10.3 billion this year [...]
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — LinkedIn marketing expert Kristina Jaramillo has joined forces with content marketing expert Eric Gruber to host a special teleseminar where they will reveal how business professionals can get more online and offline publicity by mixing traditional PR, article marketing and video marketing with LinkedIn marketing. Ron Karr, President [...]