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How Many People are Unemployed? No One Knows

Zachary Karabell | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

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Zachary Karabell

Our desire for certainty and reference points about the unemployment rate has turned these vague and loose statistics into Holy Grails of certainty. They aren't.

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Today's Market Crisis: "This Too Will Pass"

Vince Farrell | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

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Vince Farrell

George Soros says this is the worst market crisis in 60 years. With respect, I think that's more a political statement than not.

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The Best (And Best-Paying) Jobs For 2008

Portfolio Via MSNBC | Chris Dannen | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business

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If you're job hunting in the professional or service-oriented fields, we have good news. Of the ten categories into which the Bureau of Labor Statisti...

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The Gas Grinch That Stole Thanksgiving

Dan Weiss | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business

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Dan Weiss

Higher gas prices could very well persist and even rise, meaning that families may continue to spend a greater portion of their income on gasoline than they originally anticipated this holiday season.

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Divergence, Of Course

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business

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Max Fraad Wolff

It does not look so great for America. What Wall Street has been betting is that leading US transnational firms have successfully de-linked their wagons from the US economy.

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