Submitted by Econbrowser
While the latest GDP figures suggest an economy that continues to grow, today’s employment data are more consistent with the claim that the U.S. economy has entered a recession.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the seasonally adjusted number of workers on nonfarm payrolls fell by 51,000 in July. Their separate survey […]

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Submitted by The Capital Spectator
July 2008 was one of the more challenging months for strategic-minded investors in recent memory. There was plenty of red ink on last month’s tally, as our table below shows, although the headwinds were even stronger than losses alone suggest.
Let’s begin by noting that the big stumble last month came in […]

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Submitted by A Dash of Insight
At “A Dash” we believe in letting the data drive our conclusions.  This can be boring, since everyone wants strongly held and argued opinions.  In case you do not see the disagreement, CNBC even shows you a crashing bull and bear.
Today’s Data
The economic news will provide the headline reason for […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The Wall Street Journal has an interactive, sortable salary database for 50 college majors, with columns for median starting salary, mid-career median salary, percent change from starting to mid-career salary, etc.

One interesting finding is that Economics graduates ($50,100) start out lower than any of the engineering grads ($58,000 to $63,000), but […]

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Submitted by CARPE DIEM
EAGAN, MN — Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota is waiving copayments for health plan members who use retail health clinics.

The objective is to encourage plan members to use the retail clinics—which cost less than physician’s office visits, hospital emergency room or urgent care centers—for treatment of simple medical conditions, […]

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