Night of the Living Fed

"Night of the Living Fed Paul Krugman is writing about The Face-Slap Theory."The scariest thing I’ve read recently is a speech given last week by Tim Geithner, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Mr. Geithner came as close as a Fed official can to...

Just in Time comes to the Web

People on a mission want to save time. If you know what you want, you just go to  [put the name of your favorite search tool in here] and enter your descriptors. If I wanted some Minnetonka moccassins, I'd type that into Google. Hit the return key, and your shopping trip...

Nucor Buying Canada's Harris Steel For $1 Billion

A few years ago (1991, to be exact) , New Yorker Magazine ran a bizarrely fascinating article about a steel plant in the US south. Somehow, its author made Nucor's search for new ways to make steel so interesting, that I remember  it vividly today.  The author of...

U.S. Leading Economic Indicators Index Fell 0.1% in July

"Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The index of leading economic indicators unexpectedly dropped 0.1 percent in July, reinforcing forecasts that the U.S. economy will slow in the second half of the year. The decrease followed a 0.1 percent gain in June, the Conference Board, a New...

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