Tag: recession
group name: money
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March 18, 2008 08:15 AM EDT --
There is universal agreement that the US economy is currently in a mess. Calling it a recession or not is merely a matter of semantics. The American people are blaming it on the government, . . .
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October 21, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
What's it like to be just out of college, trying to find your way in this recession? How about being the parent of that new grad, hoping your child succeeds? Celia Gust and her daughter, Tayler Anderson, . . .
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April 15, 2009 05:42 AM EDT --
As the economy gets worse, there will be recession winners and, sadly, losers.
The recession winners are those businesses which thrive in a down turn. Americans are not eating out in restaurants . . .
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May 01, 2008 12:41 PM EDT --
*sorry if the links are not working, please copy and paste web addresses if need arises ;-)
Happy May 1 st Everyone!
This week I launched a new group at the request of Gather. It is called . . .
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June 01, 2009 06:31 PM EDT --
Is higher education the next financial bubble ready to burst?
Tuition and fees at community colleges in Minnesota and Wisconsin are among the highest of any state in the nation . And tuition . . .
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November 04, 2009 04:47 PM EST --
Author: Ilana Polyak
At least once a year, Dominick Paoloni flies to the British Virgin Islands, rents a 50-foot catamaran for a week and sails the turquoise Caribbean Sea. The . . .
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September 22, 2009 05:18 PM EDT --
We talked recently about anecdotal evidence that Minnesota's economy may be turning around. So, OK, here's the other side: Data show the state remains weak relative to most of its neighbors . . . .
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May 10, 2009 08:09 AM EDT --
Financial Terms: Stress Test, Toxic Assets, Debt Equity Swap, “Haircut”, Zombie Banks, Predatory Lenders,
Sub-Prime Mortgages, Hedge Funds, Trillion
A new lexicon (vocabulary) has . . .
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April 07, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
It won't be a ton a money but you should see a little more cash rolling into your paycheck in the next few weeks -- part of the federal stimulus package known as the Making Work Pay Tax Credit . . .
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November 05, 2007 09:46 PM EST --
When I was in the sixth grade, I liked nothing better than to bring a pad of paper and a clipboard to school, and poll my classmates. Pen in hand, I thought I was acting the part of a girl reporter as . . .
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January 03, 2009 07:54 PM EST --
Goody's is a clothing company mainly in the south. It's fairly large, though, with several hundred stores. Two years ago, the company went through reorganization bankruptcy two years ago. Local . . .
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April 17, 2009 12:35 AM EDT --
Annie Baxter drew a detailed picture of Minnesota's unemployment situation in her fine story and MinnEcon post . I just wanted to follow up with a few more quick thoughts.
Like . . .
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April 24, 2009 05:36 PM EDT --
What's the best Recession Rock? Lots of good choices -- but forget anything out of the current recession!
That's my take. The New York Times Freakanomics blog has a little contest going this week . . .
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April 30, 2009 02:08 PM EDT --
Nice discussion last night at a Minnesota Public Radio News forum with St. John's University economist Louis Johnston , our economics correspondent Chris Farrell and a citizen audience, . . .
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September 29, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
For the past week, President Bush and leaders of both parties in Congress have been making the case that the credit crunch would move quickly from Wall Street to Main Street. Analysts have explained . . .
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June 27, 2009 05:55 AM EDT --
This chance encounter might provide some hope and perhaps a new perspective for those of you who have lost a job or have a family member unemployed.
I ran into an old friend today at a convenient store. . . .
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June 23, 2009 12:48 AM EDT --
The economic recession (possibly depression) was largely caused by the sub-prime mortgage mess. The problem with sub-prime mortgages, which seems to be rarely discussed, is the fact that the mortgage . . .
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September 15, 2009 08:56 AM EDT --
Lindy Ellenbaum drives the 539 Metro Transit bus from the Mall of America to Best Buy headquarters and back. The recession, he says, is changing who rides and where they go.
Ellenbaum, a . . .
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September 24, 2009 09:05 AM EDT --
Here's a look at what we're looking at this morning.
From Minnesota Public Radio News
Gov. Tim Pawlenty is downplaying warnings that Minnesota's state budget will face a significant . . .
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October 02, 2009 02:05 PM EDT --
I'm conditioned to believe everyone wants to come to Minnesota and that even in a lousy economy the economic opportunities are better here. Maybe that perception's wrong.
I'm wondering after looking . . .
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