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Prettier Picture

Here is a prettier picture of the job picture. The trendline is improving. YJ

Opportunities Missed at White House Jobs Summit

"EDITOR’S NOTE: Because I was unable to participate in the American Petroleum Institute conference call with reporters this morning, I offer space for covering that call to API’s Jane Van Ryan. By Jane Van Ryan Guest Blogger American Petroleum Institute President Jack...

Canadian Economy added 79,000 jobs in November-US sheds 11,000

Economists are pleasantly surprised with the job numbers released in Canada this morning.  The Canadian economy added 79,000 jobs in November.  The unemployment rate lowered by 0.1% is now 8.5%. The...

Corporate world order, Afghanistan – The Global Chess game

I like many political global picture analyst, may of missed what the global corporations have been doing in the back ground concerning Afghanistan. It has not been mentioned by the politicians; well if it has...

Automakers Missing Real Questions from Average Buyer

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U of Alberta & German Researchers Tackle Oilsands Issues

With the advent of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change around the corner, the Alberta Oil Sands have been brought to the forefront again.  Greenpeace has been in the forefront in smearing the Alberta...

Importance of branding - SMEs still unaware

Namrata Kath Hazarika | 11 Jul, 2009 Most Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are still lagging behind in branding strategies due to inadequate infrastructure, capital, management and other amenities, says...

Thanksgiving Weekend Spending Increase Over Previous Year

American Thanksgiving weekend shopping increased in 2009 compared to 2008.  While individual spending was down, the amount of shoppers and the total amount spent was up despite a country wide average of fewer...

Bottoms for Topshop

In an act described as 'shoplifting in reverse' a UK artist has been putting items of clothing into shops rather than buying or stealing them.The clothes have special labels telling shoppers that if they like the...

CN Engineers on Strike, Talks break Down

Talks between the Canadian Teamsters Union and Canadian National Railways (CNR) broke down at midnight and the Locomotive Engineers of CNR are now on strike. The union says that the talks broke down over their...

Uplifting the Russian Humpty Dumpty

After the opening of the former Soviet Union to the West, the economy of Russia and its satellite countries came under control of criminal groups. The reason is fairly simple. The only people who knew anything about business were people who had participated in what was know...

DeGraw: 'economic elite' launched attack on U.S. public

The  'economic elite' have launched an attack on the U.S. public according to David DeGraw in his Amped Status Report, The Critical Unraveling of U.S. Society.The report's content includes vital statistics...

Restore Money Creation to the People- The Power Belongs to Us

George Washington discusses the need for a new model for our monetary system and looks at some alternatives. One noteworthy model that has already proven successful: the State of North Dakota is the only one in the...

U.S. Society Headed for Major Crisis

A five-part report by David DeGraw on the economic meltdown fallout and the factors that contributed to it. Essentially, the people of the U.S. and the world are suffering now and facing worse times due to the...

Teetering

Have you ever climbed a mountainside or crossed a raging stream by balance-walking a fallen tree?  My wife and I took my daughter hiking when she was about four years old. We walked down a very steep cliff...

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