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The burden of property taxes occurs several ways. The first is their cost. Others are relative–what someone pays in relationship to theoretical value of their homes. Another is the percent a...
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Weekly jobless claims from the US Labor Department are not likely to have much market impact this morning despite the pending unemployment report for March due Friday morning. The weekly claims...
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There are several counties in America, each with more than 10,000 homes, which have vacancy rates above 55%. The rate is above 60% in several. Most people who follow unemployment and the housing...
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Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...
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Eighty-three percent of people think that it is a “bad time to find a job”, according to a new Gallup Poll. The number is depressing but it is at the best level since October 2008. “Gallup’s...
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Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...
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Concern about the economy has begun to rise after a drop in mid and late 2010. There are a number of reasons for this, but these worries will persist until unemployment and GDP have sustained and...
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The weekly jobless claims from the US Labor Department did rise in the last week. The good news is that there was not a 400,000 handle on the data. The bad news: the might as well have been back...
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Market sentiment is better than it was two years ago, which means that the present market rally may have further to go. It could easily be thrown off course by negative news about either unemployment...
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Unemployment is rising. Or, it may not be. New applications for jobless claims fell 20,000 from last week to 368,000. That is the lowest level in three years. A new Gallup poll which tracks...
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The Labor Department just released the weekly jobless claims data and showed that the weekly jobless claims fell down by 19,000 back under the 400,000 threshold to some 391,000 claims. Dow Jones...
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The Congressional Budget Office is supposed to issue a quarterly report on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which is the centerpiece of the Administration’s efforts to right the economy....
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The inability of the government and the economy to create jobs is not lost on most Americans. Nearly 16 million people are still looking for jobs in the US. The number of people who have been...
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Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than one million...
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The weekly jobless claims are finally back under the 400,000 mark. Today’s reading showed that the drop was 36,000 down to 383,000. To show just what a relief it is, this was the lowest reading...
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