The Department of Labor released its Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary for November today. The report (which you can read here) shows that the unemployment rate increased in 21 states and the District of Columbia. The unemployment rate decreased in 15 states and remained the same in 14. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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Tim Price is right: “The real takeaway here is that “the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas is a thing that exists.” Not only that, but they have a website, and some photos to share:
Ebay coined the term Green Monday to refer to its best sales day in December, which is usually the second Monday of the month. The term has come to be used generally in e-commerce circles to describe that traditionally heavy online shopping day. As described in this BuySight infographic based […]
An unusual and rather classy response from a company executive to a shortseller of his stock. Interesting that Hastings chose Seeking Alpha to publish his response – it’s a nice exclusive for my former employer. The money quote from Hastings: I have to agree with my friend Whitney that there […]
The latest data from Zillow indicate that American homes will have lost more value by the end of this year than they did in 2009 – down a total of $1.7 trillion in 2010 vs. a $1 trillion decline a year ago. Richard Florida produced a helpful chart of the […]
“Two grams, which that means (sic) it costs over a hundred dollars… People love it!” Sigh… The AP reporter only says the pricing is “based on market value.” Wouldn’t you think she’d actually, you know, take a look at that market value? Let’s see, if they’re selling 10 grams for $482 […]
From The Economist, an interactive chart on when GDP in China will rise above America’s – you set the growth, inflation and exchange rate. The presets here are the ‘best guess’ from the editors at The Economist:
Do you own a power drill? Are you not a professional handyman? So here’s the deal: pulling the trigger on your wireless, 2-speed, high-torque Bosch does feel awesome, but on average that bad boy gets a grand total of just 12 minutes of use in its entire lifetime. If you could safely […]
Tom Morgan of Money.co.uk has a new graphic timeline called Tracking the Global Recession. One unique aspect of it: By using the links alongside each headline, you can find more detail about that particular event – however, rather than use traditional news sources, we’ve linked to quality blogs that reported on […]
The good folks at GOOD have produced this graphic to show government subsidies for different energy sources: The goal, as GOOD describes it, is to show how government policies “favor some types of energy over others, giving our country a skewed sense of what each gallon of gas or wind-powered […]