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Arab Spring To BRIC Watershed: Countries Most Likely To Have Armed Riots
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/14/2011 18:16 -0500Countries and regions most likely to have armed riots based on the Conflict Intensity Index
Marc Faber: Long The Dollar, But Occupy The Federal Reserve
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/13/2011 13:00 -0500It was Washington and the lobbyists who created the system that Wall Street uses to profit. So Occupy Wall Street should move to DC and Occupy the Federal Reserve on the way.
China Currency Bill: Politics vs. Economics
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/10/2011 18:45 -05003 big questions for anyone supporting the China Currency Bill
Netflix: What Not To Wear At The High Stake Tech Party
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/09/2011 11:45 -0500When a pure momentum stock lost its mementum.....
Remembering Steve Jobs: 15 Fascinating Facts You Don't Know About
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/08/2011 11:39 -0500Our tribute to Steve Jobs..
Let The Dust Settle Before Getting Into Apple
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/08/2011 11:32 -0500Gone are the days of the continued stellar Apple stock returns in the iSteve era, while investors are now looking for the next Apple.
College Dropouts And Unemployment, At What Cost?
Submitted by EconMatters on 10/02/2011 07:41 -0500High college dropout rate has been a persistent trend in the U.S. for decades. One study put the cost to nation at $4.5 billion per year in lost earnings and tax revenues. Meanwhile, Russia and South Korea now outrank the U.S. in terms of college graduate rate.
4 Market Signs Signaling a Recession
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/30/2011 20:43 -0500Inflection points on four key markets that would serve as definitive indicators that the world is in a double-dip recession.
How To Land A Tech Job at Apple, Google and Facebook
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/28/2011 21:08 -0500As dismal as the U.S. employment outlook seems to be, tech sector led by innovation is one of the very few bright spots left with corporations looking to insource IT and Indian firms coming to the U.S. hunting for IT engineers.
Goldman Sachs Rules The World? Have You Looked At Their Stock Price Lately??
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/26/2011 22:26 -0500If Goldman rules the world where governments around the world fail as Alessio Rastani claimed, then GS stock chart should not look this ugly-- down almost 50%-- in the past 24 months.
The Split Personality of Gasoline and Diesel
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/26/2011 10:02 -0500U.S. Diesel could see significant price spikes before year-end while gasoline demand is at 10-year low.
Roubini and Soros Say The U.S. Already in A Double Dip Recession and Warn of Uprising
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/25/2011 02:01 -0500Roubini and Soros talked the same double dip recession doom regarding the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The Great American Debt Flow
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/24/2011 10:38 -0500The infographic serves as a scary reminder that America is at a treacherous debt crossroad, and most signs seem to suggest that things could get even more difficult from here on out.
The U.S. Handling of the Poker Industry Is Another Example of Anti-Jobs Policy
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/23/2011 15:49 -0500Some industries just like Poker have been held back by governmental policy over the last decade. Many jobs were lost, and much more were never created, all because of failed policy on behalf of lawmakers.
Solyndra Solar Failed By Poor Cost Structure, Not China
Submitted by EconMatters on 09/18/2011 02:26 -0500The U.S. government simply made a bad 'speculative' investment decision on behalf of the American public, based on questionable due diligence process and circumstances, but China has nothing to do with that.
