Submitted by A Dash of Insight
Improved technology, more power.  We would expect this to be good.
In fact, more power can enable us to do exactly the wrong thing.
This happens all of the time with the world’s most powerful computer, the human mind.  A year ago we reviewed analysts who thought the market looked like a […]

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Submitted by Businomics Blog
In Part 1, I asked why the mortgage mess happened, and why did it happen when it did.
Part 2 explains the role of the Great Moderation and the mild housing cycle in the 2001 recession.
Part 3 explains the role played by securitization of mortgages.
Part 4 explains how the 2001 recession set up […]

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Submitted by Businomics Blog
In Part 1, I asked why the mortgage mess happened, and why did it happen when it did.
Part 2 explains the role of the Great Moderation and the mild housing cycle in the 2001 recession.
Part 3 explains the role played by securitization of mortgages.
Now I explain how the last recession set in […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DETROIT FREE PRESS–Congressional Democrats, including Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, increased their calls Thursday for an energy bill (FIRST CLASS MAIL BILL) aimed at lowering record oil and gasoline prices (STAMP PRICES) – and putting OPEC (UNITED STATES POST OFFICE) under U.S. antitrust laws.

Leven denounced OPEC’s (UNITED STATES POST OFFICE’s) role in setting […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Unconscionably Excessive Stamp Prices?
Over the last 89 years, the average retail price of gasoline has increased almost 14X, from 25.5 cents per gallon in 1919 to $3.517 per gallon in 2008, according to annual price data from the EIA. Over the same period, the price of a first-class stamp in the U.S. […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
DETROIT NEWS–This state-of-the-art manufacturing complex in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia is not only the centerpiece of Ford’s Brazilian turnaround plan, it is also one of the most advanced automobile plants in the world. It is more automated than many of Ford’s U.S. factories, and leaner and more flexible than any […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM

The chart above shows the annual vehicle traffic volume, measured in billions of miles traveled in the U.S., on a moving 12-month basis through February 2008 from the Federal Highway Administration. The flat trend in traffic volume over the last year or more, along with the declines in each of the last […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Of the 25 most influential interest groups, the teachers’ union is the closest to the capitol in 14 of the 50 states. By contrast, the AFL-CIO is the closest in seven states. The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the National Federation of Independent Business are the closest in five states, […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
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Submitted by CARPE DIEM

According to the most recent report on traffic volume trends from the Federal Highway Administration (Dept. of Transportation), “Travel on all roads and streets changed by -1.7% for January 2008 compared with January 2007. Travel for the month is estimated to be 226.7 billion vehicle miles.”
The January 2007 to January 2008 decline […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Greyhound’s image hasn’t changed much over the years – until now. In a bid to add a little snazz to its operation, Greyhound is biting back, unleashing its secret weapon – a new luxury service called the BoltBus that operates between New York and Washington, Boston and Philadelphia.
So, what’s so special about […]

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