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Black Coffee: My Favorite Blogs, Money News & Opinions #32

Welcome to another rousing edition of Black Coffee, your off-beat weekly round-up of what’s been going on in the world of money and personal finance. read more »
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Do Labor Unions Help The Economy?

Labor Unions have a long and varied history. How do they impact the economy? Are they a benefit or a drag on economic growth? read more »
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Will New Jobs Reports Rattle the Markets?

Stocks in Asia closed lower today; U.S. futures are pointing to a lower open. Jobs, jobs and more jobs. That’s the hope for this morning’s government[...] read more »
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State Budget Nightmares Mount - Kiplinger.com

State budget holes are getting deeper. Revenues fell dramatically all last year -- down 11.1% in the sharpest decline in 46 years. read more »
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State of the Union and the State of the Markets

During Wednesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama reflected on the country’s accomplishments. But what investors were looking for were m[...] read more »
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Stocks Rise After Better-than-expected GDP Report

Stocks rose in early trading Friday after a new report shows the nation's economy grew at its fastest pace in six years. read more »
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State of the Union: Can Barack Obama Kickstart the Economy?

Will Obama's policies help the economy? The reality is that Obama is likely unable to do much of real impact for the economy while partisan bickerin[...] read more »
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Unexpected Employment Setback in December 2009

After November's encouraging picture of improvement for the jobs market, December proved a disappointing setback. Even though the national unemploym[...] read more »
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Holiday debt hangover about to strike

The governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, told Canadians last month that we may have a false sense of security when it comes to debt. He warne[...] read more »
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Is the Stock Market a Scam?

Many people have been left smarting by the financial meltdown and are wondering if the stock market is all it's cracked up to be. Is the stock mark[...] read more »
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Catch this one! Frisbee production returns to U.S.

It's a sign that the economy is slowly improving, but at least it's a start: Wham-O is bringing back half of its Frisbee manufacturing to the Unite[...] read more »
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Disappointing Jobs Report Hints at Slow Reocovery

Jobs growth will have to wait. The government reported this morning that the economy lost 85,000 jobs in December, well below analyst estimates for a[...] read more »
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The 2009 Financial Crisis Timeline in Photos

A timeline highlight of events in 2009's financial crisis. read more »
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Trends that Will Influence Financial Markets for 2010

Current events and trends that could impact the financial markets in 2010: household borrowing remains very low, underwater homeowners walking away f[...] read more »
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National Unemployment Rate Drops Back to 10% in November 2009

November 2009 showed an unexpected improvement in the national unemployment rate. While analysts had been expecting to see very modest improvement in[...] read more »
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