EconWatch.com: April 2010 Archives

EconWatch.com > April 30, 2010

Macro Overview: Economy & Markets | The Big Picture

[The Big Picture] I have to also admit, and have written it before that BR’s view feels not like THE Big Picture, but the MARKET Picture. A lot of the data used to back up a long position in stocks, depends on your bullish or bearish interpretation of it.

» If Americans Want to Rebuild the Economy, Ignore AFL-CIO's ...

[Big Government] The policies espoused by Richard Trumka and his ilk in the labor movement won’t help Americans get their jobs back””nor will their tactics of focusing on their so-called solutions for the economy and needlessly attacking the very companies that provide unionized workers with salaries and benefits. Richard Trumka and the AFL-CIO should clean up their own house and find ways to participate in meaningful conversations about labor relations””and avoid the cheap political stunts in the style of the old-school labor bosses.

Posted at 02:34 PM

April 30, 2010

Macro Overview: Economy & Markets | The Big Picture

Posted at 02:36 PM

» If Americans Want to Rebuild the Economy, Ignore AFL-CIO's ...

Posted at 02:34 PM

April 28, 2010

Obama Campaigns for a Clean Energy Economy in Iowa - Political Punch

[Political Punch] Obama did not mention higher energy costs,What to do when an ice storm breaks the blades off the wind turbines and you can not even pump gasoline?How many jobs this will cost the present utility companies?Nor his 9000 gallons of fuel used on Earth day to fly to Ohio and back to Washington,D.C.,What a hyprocrite.

Posted at 07:07 PM

The "fair use economy" is enormous, growing, and endangered by the ...

[Boing Boing] The IT industry's US lobby group has released a report calculating the size of the "fair use economy" in the US -- all the businesses that rely on fair use, including web hosting companies, private schools, search engines and many others. The total for 2007 (the last year for which stats are available) is a whopping $4.7 trillion -- one sixth of US GDP -- with over 17 million people employed.

Posted at 07:06 PM

April 27, 2010

Economy « Dprogram.net

[Dprogram.net] The big news in the economy last week was new home sales jumped 27% in March. It was the best monthly increase percentage wise since John F.

Posted at 07:09 PM

Smithian Political Economy - Coordination Problem

[Coordination Problem] In Klamer's interpretation, the students at schools such as The New School, UMass-Amherst, and George Mason University, had a different passion for economics than those at Chicago, Harvard, MIT, Stanford and Princeton. It was this difference of passion among the students for the discipline of economics that fascinated Klamer.

Posted at 07:07 PM

April 24, 2010

While World Economy Collapsed, SEC Officials Were Watching Porn ...

[SpeakEasy] The Securities and Exchange Commission is the sheriff of the financial industry, looking for crimes such as Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, but a new government report obtained by ABC News has concluded that some senior employees spent hours on the agency’s computers looking at sites such as naughty.com, skankwire and youporn as the financial crisis was unfolding.

Posted at 05:07 PM

How credit watchdogs fueled the financial crisis - Economy | US ...

[US Post Today.] US Post Today. - How credit watchdogs fueled the financial crisis - Economy.

Posted at 05:05 PM

April 23, 2010

Destroying America's Economy 101 | The Official Website of ...

[The Official Website of Representative David Duke, PhD] Desperate to pay for Obamacare and to recoup the untold billions of dollars thrown away as gifts to the banks, the Democrats are planning on introducing a European-style VAT (value-added tax or national sales tax on crack).

Posted at 02:37 PM

Spammers Turn Positive on the Economy | Miguel Gonzalez Jr ...

[Voices on All Things Digital] “While the United States consumer sentiment remained unchanged in March 2010, top ten subject lines containing economic keywords show that spammers have an optimistic view of the economy with job offer spam among their top spam subject lines,” Symantec said in its report.

Posted at 02:34 PM

April 21, 2010

Teleworkers Economy: The Rise of Work at Home Companies in the UK

[Suite101: Business Market Analysis Articles] BT will complete its 21CN by 2012 increasing broadband speed from 4-5Mb to 100Mb making teleworking more robust in the UK.Telecommuting Advantages and Opportunities

Posted at 07:06 PM

IMF Reports World Economy Is Recovering Better Than Expected ...

[DailyFinance] The International Monetary Fund is projecting that the world economy will emerge from its coma this year. Its World Economic Outlook forecasts global growth of 4.2% in 2010 after a 0.6% decline in 2009, the worst year since World War II .

Posted at 07:05 PM

April 20, 2010

The Global Economy: Stronger, but where are the jobs? - The ...

[The Curious Capitalist] Those fears of a “double-dip” recession, in which the world takes a second tumble into a downturn, are fading. Barclays Capital recently upgraded its 2010 GDP growth forecast for the U.S. to 3.8% from 3.5%, and had this to say:

Posted at 07:10 PM

Lowenstein: Gambling With the Economy - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com

[DealBook] But the collateralized debt obligations involved in the Goldman trades, like billions of dollars of similar trades sponsored by most every Wall Street firm, raised nothing for nobody. In essence, they were simply a side bet ”” like those in a casino ”” that allowed speculators to increase society’s mortgage wager without financing a single house.

Posted at 07:04 PM

April 17, 2010

Lib Dems pledge to bin Digital Economy Bill - Pocket-lint

[Pocket-lint : Latest News] Lib Dems pledge to bin Digital Economy Bill - But 71% of their MPs didn't vote against it.

Posted at 05:05 PM

Vote Clegg, get Brown - and the Small Economy - thetorydiary

[thetorydiary] policy ragbag - the amnesty for illegal immigrants, the Euro-mania, the wonky sums (how can Clegg claim to know that treating mental health patients better will save exactly £450 million?), the Cable U-turns, the noxious and vicious campaigning. This is exactly what the Sun, Mail, Telegraph and blogosphere will do, given a bit of judicious encouragement.

Posted at 05:04 PM

April 16, 2010

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Study: Union Construction Jobs Help Economy

[AFL-CIO NOW BLOG] Those wages generate countless benefits for the Massachusetts economy, resulting in more than $2 billion in additional income for building trades’ members and a total income gain of $1.74 billion for all Massachusetts families.

Posted at 02:36 PM

Blue Oval adds fuel economy coach to MyFord Touch [w/video] ”” Autoblog

[Autoblog] In addition to its Eco-Route feature, MyFord Touch enables drivers to monitor and track their vehicle's real-time fuel economy performance and mile-per-gallon averages for the past five, 10 and 30 minutes in the form of a bar chart next to the fuel gauge on the display. Drivers can customize the amount of information provided to meet their needs and hone their eco-driving skills over time.

Posted at 02:35 PM

April 14, 2010

Roubini Discusses Fed Monetary Policy, U.S. Economy | The Big Picture

[The Big Picture] “Well, they’re going to do it only gradually. In the best of all worlds between 2005 and 2008, they would allow only a 6 percent appreciation of the yuan relative to the dollar when they were growing much faster and they did not have employment problems.

Posted at 07:05 PM

UK Comedy Writer Takes The Digital Economy Bill Seriously... As A ...

[Techdirt] I understand your position Nathaniel, and I have no desire to take the bread from the mouths of the creators on a long-term or permanent basis.

Posted at 07:04 PM

April 13, 2010

Econbrowser: The Post-Crisis Global Economy: Prospects for ...

[Econbrowser] As the global economy emerges from the worst economic and financial crisis since the Great Depression, attention has shifted toward the prospects for recovery, as well as the need for reform of the policies and institutions governing international finance. What are the growth prospects for the U.S. and the world economy in the coming years?

Posted at 07:04 PM

Good News on the Economy | The Weekly Standard

[The Weekly Standard Blog] Mark Zandi of Moody's Economy.com reckons that the underlying need for housing (new households, destruction of older homes) totals about 1.85 million units a year. Meanwhile, home and apartment construction is running at only about 600,000 a year.

Posted at 07:04 PM

April 10, 2010

UAE Ministry of Economy to introduce new laws to enhance business ...

[AMEinfo.com Latest News] The new companies law being discussed by the Ministerial Legal Committee, will make it mandatory for companies in the UAE to put a general corporate governance framework to ensure protecting shareholders rights and achieve transparency and disclosure of financial results and reports. The new law reduces the period required to form a shareholding company to 40 days and sets the beginning of the financial year from January 1 to December 31, and excludes the first financial year of the company from this rule.

Posted at 05:23 PM

Digital Economy Bill: the key decision to be made after the ...

[Liberal Democrat Voice] This entry was posted in News and tagged digital economy bill, lynne featherstone. Bookmark the permalink or use the short url http://ldv.org.uk/18807 for twitter and emails. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. ...

Posted at 05:21 PM

April 09, 2010

Digital economy bill: A quick guide | Media | guardian.co.uk

[Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk] Stereo separation is poor or non-existent on DAB, with low bitrates and there have been calls in the past for a DAB+ standard in the UK making the old DAB radios obsolete - proof that DAB is not all it's cracked up to be. FM radio isn't broken so why replace it with something that is somewhat inferior.

Posted at 02:36 PM

UK ISP TalkTalk will not obey Digital Economy Bill disconnection ...

[Boing Boing] Now that the Digital Economy Bill has passed -- without full debate, despite widespread public outrage -- the stage is set for big corporate copyright holders to begin sending ISPs ordering them to disconnect customers who are believed to infringe copyright. ISPs are expected to cave and shut off entire families from their lifeline to the digital society on the say-so of these entertainment industry bullies.

Posted at 02:34 PM

April 07, 2010

Open letter on Digital Economy Bill at The Charlotte Gore Blog

[The Charlotte Gore Blog] Free Trade and Free Minds. Politics for Reasonable People. Independent Political Blogging. Top 20 Blog. Libertarianism. Laser Kitties.

Posted at 07:06 PM

Poll: George W. Bush still blamed for economy - Andy Barr ...

[POLITICO Top Stories] As to who is responsible for the current economic mess it is principally the result of bad economic policies put in place by democrats, beginning with the passage of the CRA under Carter, its reinforcement under Clinton, the creation and expansion of Fannie and Freddie, and the waste of nearly one trillion dollars in economic stimulus funds improperly spent by Obama.

Posted at 07:04 PM

April 06, 2010

Economy « Dprogram.net

[Dprogram.net] “The FDIC is constantly looking at structures where we can get the greatest opportunity to tap into capital that we have not had the success reaching through previous disposition methods,” FDIC spokeswoman Michele Heller said in an e-mailed statement. “We welcome and work with all investors.”

Posted at 07:07 PM

Final appeal for Digital Economy Bill not to be rushed into law ...

[Left Foot Forward] The Government may be hoping that opposition to the bill gets drowned out by coverage of the General Election, but they might be wiser to remember that in a few weeks those opposing the bill will be making another big decision - who to vote for in the general election.

Posted at 07:05 PM

April 03, 2010

Weekend TV Talk Shows: The economy continues to be a hot topic ...

[Show Tracker] The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer The economy: White House economic advisor Austan Goolsbee; assassination attempt: former Iraqi prime minister Dr.

Posted at 05:06 PM

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » Geithner Says Economy Entering ...

[The Big Picture] “Put a floor under the economy and start to restore confidence among consumers and businesses”¦You’re seeing investment expand, exports expand, manufacturing coming back, hours increasing. These are good signs.”

Posted at 05:03 PM

EconWatch.com > April 30, 2010

Macro Overview: Economy & Markets | The Big Picture

» If Americans Want to Rebuild the Economy, Ignore AFL-CIO's ...

April 30, 2010

Macro Overview: Economy & Markets | The Big Picture

» If Americans Want to Rebuild the Economy, Ignore AFL-CIO's ...

April 28, 2010

Obama Campaigns for a Clean Energy Economy in Iowa - Political Punch

The "fair use economy" is enormous, growing, and endangered by the ...

April 27, 2010

Economy « Dprogram.net

Smithian Political Economy - Coordination Problem

April 24, 2010

While World Economy Collapsed, SEC Officials Were Watching Porn ...

How credit watchdogs fueled the financial crisis - Economy | US ...

April 23, 2010

Destroying America's Economy 101 | The Official Website of ...

Spammers Turn Positive on the Economy | Miguel Gonzalez Jr ...

April 21, 2010

Teleworkers Economy: The Rise of Work at Home Companies in the UK

IMF Reports World Economy Is Recovering Better Than Expected ...

April 20, 2010

The Global Economy: Stronger, but where are the jobs? - The ...

Lowenstein: Gambling With the Economy - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com

April 17, 2010

Lib Dems pledge to bin Digital Economy Bill - Pocket-lint

Vote Clegg, get Brown - and the Small Economy - thetorydiary

April 16, 2010

AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Study: Union Construction Jobs Help Economy

Blue Oval adds fuel economy coach to MyFord Touch [w/video] ”” Autoblog

April 14, 2010

Roubini Discusses Fed Monetary Policy, U.S. Economy | The Big Picture

UK Comedy Writer Takes The Digital Economy Bill Seriously... As A ...

April 13, 2010

Econbrowser: The Post-Crisis Global Economy: Prospects for ...

Good News on the Economy | The Weekly Standard

April 10, 2010

UAE Ministry of Economy to introduce new laws to enhance business ...

Digital Economy Bill: the key decision to be made after the ...

April 09, 2010

Digital economy bill: A quick guide | Media | guardian.co.uk

UK ISP TalkTalk will not obey Digital Economy Bill disconnection ...

April 07, 2010

Open letter on Digital Economy Bill at The Charlotte Gore Blog

Poll: George W. Bush still blamed for economy - Andy Barr ...

April 06, 2010

Economy « Dprogram.net

Final appeal for Digital Economy Bill not to be rushed into law ...

April 03, 2010

Weekend TV Talk Shows: The economy continues to be a hot topic ...

The Big Picture » Blog Archive » Geithner Says Economy Entering ...

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