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As the economy putters along, cash strapped families can't afford to support college kids' as they normally would, forcing some to turn to food pantries

According to a Commerce Department report, the U.S. economy grew by a rate of 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009.

It's not fun right now, sailing in the rough seas of the current economy, but you can stay afloat by sticking to the basics.

The Detroit Auto Show starts the year off with record numbers.

It's a great time to be twenty-something again, even in this economy.

Christmas Shopping just got easier with Etsy. In this economy, what better way to stimulate the economy than allowing the buyer buy directly from the maker?

Congress roughed up the Treasury Secretary with calls for his resignation. How will this impact the economy?

It's an open thread! Pleeeeease feel free to chat, blogwhore , and link-share in the comment thread... So below is what my cartoon sockpuppet Bookworm Bob & I have been looking at so far this week. ? Los Angeles Times ' The Internet is proof that government doesn't bungle everything : Since it's so fashionable these days to question whether government can do anything right -- whether it's regulating banks, bolstering the economy or overseeing healthcare -- it's worth

September 5, 2009 | By Lucy Pride In Finance | by Lucy PrideEver wonder what effect the people transferring money into Mexico – including immigrants, citizens or unofficial residents ” has on Mexicos economy?The Mexican government reports remittance made up approximately $25 billion of the countries $1.6 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008. The government also says worker remittance into Mexico has yet to even account for 1% of Mexicos GDP. Many people argue these numbers howe

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Here is video of pollster and political analyst Charlie Cook telling MSNBC's Chris Matthews that things are not looking good for Democrats. He pointed to new polling that shows on "Party Identification," Democrats now have only a 5-point advantage over Republicans, 45%-40%. That's down from a 17-point margin in January, 52%-35%. Cook said Party ID is always a "lagging indicator," meaning things have really gone sou

Ever wonder what effect the people transferring money into Mexico – including immigrants, citizens or unofficial residents ” has on Mexicos economy? The Mexican government reports remittance made up approximately $25 billion of the countries $1.6 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008. The government also says worker remittance into Mexico has yet to even account for 1% of Mexicos GDP. Many argue the validity of these claims however, since many of those Mexican workers sending money

by Lucy Pride Ever wonder what effect the people transferring money into Mexico - including immigrants, citizens or unofficial residents ” has on Mexicos economy? The Mexican government reports remittance made up approximately $25 billion of the countries $1.6 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008. The government also says worker remittance into Mexico has yet to even account for 1% of Mexicos GDP. Many people argue these numbers however, since many of those Mexican workers sendin

by Lucy Pride Ever wonder what effect the people transferring money into Mexico - including immigrants, citizens or unofficial residents ” has on Mexicos economy? The Mexican government reports remittance made up approximately $25 billion of the countries $1.6 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008. The government also says worker remittance into Mexico has yet to even account for 1% of Mexicos GDP. Many argue the validity of these claims however, since many of those Mexican worker

by Lucy Pride Ever wonder what effect the people transferring cash into Mexico – including immigrants, citizens or unofficial residents ” has on Mexicos economy? The Mexican government states that remittance made up approximately $25 billion of the countries $1.6 trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008. The government also says worker transfers into Mexico has yet to even account for 1% of Mexicos GDP. Many dispute these figures however, since many of those Mexican workers sending m

We're Just Different by digby Joan Walsh tried to give Chris Matthews a history lesson, but he took it as Marxist propaganda. Yes, he did. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Joan is right about this. I've written about it many times myself. There has to be a reason that the US, of all the industrialized nations, the richest country in the world, is so hostile to social welfare programs. There are a lot of contributing factors, not the lea

Welcome to The WonkLine , a daily 10 a.m. roundup of the latest news about health care, the economy, national security, immigration and climate policy. This is what we’re reading. Tell us what you found in the comments section below, and subscribe to the RSS feed . Also, you can now follow The Wonk Room on Twitter . Climate Change The LA Times reports that “decades of war and mismanagement, compounded by two years of drought, are wreaking havoc on Iraq’s ecosystem , dryin

Scary encounter #1: My worst encounter with a cop, which was still way less bad than Skip Gates’ worst encounter with a cop, went like this. I was twenty-two, recently graduated from Stanford, and newly employed in a job hard won in a recession economy: swing shift computer operator. I was riding my bike home, one night, when, a block from my apartment, a cop stopped me and demanded identification. “You should have given him your ID straightaway,” my husband points out, as I tell him the

As unemployment rates climb past 8%, we know from history that crime increases along side of unemployment. Because of this, organizations and businesses need to protect their reputation along with their doors. A simple addition to discourage crime and enhance a company?s perception to their customers is through the use of ID cards while employees are on the job. From 1970 to 1993 crime rose with the unemployment rate according to the FBI?s Uniform Crime Reports. The report goes further to show

From 1970 to 1993 crime rose with the unemployment rate accordin

National Ag News for June 15, 2009 Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation “Meat and Poultry Industry Big Contributor to U.S. Economy” The American Meat Institute released a new Economic Impact Study Friday that shows the nation’s meat and poultry industry contributes roughly 832-billion dollars – nearly six-percent of total Gross Domestic Product – to the U.S. economy along with nearly 6.2-million jobs and 200-billion dollars in wages and benefits. President and CEO of AMI J. Patrick B

Obama has “cried wolf” once too many times, claiming impending doom without immediate passage of one of his bloated liberal spending bills, but the economy has proven resilient and the hysteria unfounded. Current economic indicators suggest that our economic crisis will hit bottom soon and that the U.S. will be poised for economic recovery. The end of the recession is still months away, but it is increasingly clear the stimulus package was a serious mistake. To date, it has had no identifiabl

Obama has “cried wolf” once too many times, claiming impending doom without immediate passage of one of his bloated liberal spending bills, but the economy has proven resilient and the hysteria unfounded. Current economic indicators suggest that our economic crisis will hit bottom soon and that the U.S. will be poised for economic recovery. The end of the recession is still months away, but it is increasingly clear the stimulus package was a serious mistake. To date, it has had no identifiabl

What have you done? Have you stored food, water, emergency supplies, radio, flashlights, eating utinsils, trash bags, cleansing supplies, fuel, self defense articles, identification paperwork, money, paper and pencils and whatever needed to survive for an unlimited time? They plan on disrupting our economy.

there is nothing to prepare 4. it is a boycott! not an earthquake. the worst thing that can happen is someone loosing their job, and That's probably not going to happen because of th boycott but because of the walk-outs.

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