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The Atlantic monthly has published updated Pew Research Center survey data on public trust in government, and the contemporary trend mirrors much of the pattern for the modern era since 1960. According to the research, Americans' trust in the their government tends...Filed under: International Markets, Other Issues, Rumors, Rants and Raves, Google (GOOG), China, Scandals, Politics, Recession
The stock market has been fretting about the European Union's response to the economic calamity...Filed under: Economic Data
Earlier Wednesday morning, Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that U.S. job cuts dropped in February to the lowest level in 3.5 years. This slowing continues the trend of shrinking job cuts since last January. Later, ADP reported what was expected: the...
| This is a guest post from Erica Thompson, formerly with the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC Report) and now working on a PhD at Imperial College, London. She attended the ITPOES report launch on our behalf.
Today's (10th Feb 2010) launch of the second report of the Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and... Heads in the Sand? Or, Why Don’t Governments Talk about Peak Oil?This is a guest post by Shane Mulligan. Shane is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, and is working on a book on the security implications of peak oil. Shane writes on The Oil Drum as bioprospector.
CEO departures slow down, temporarily at leastFiled under: Good news, Competitive strategy, Economic data  CEO turnover is starting to stabilize, suggesting that recession-impacted companies have been through the worst of the corner-office shuffling. The number of top dogs leaving their posts by November 2009 fell almost 18% compared to...AIG moves two life insurers, suggests a liquidity eventFiled under: Amer Intl Group (AIG)
Labor-less DayFiled under: Bad news, Rants and raves, Market matters, Economic data, Workspace, Financial Crisis  Last Friday the market reacted favorably (or less negatively) to the latest report from the Labor Department's unemployment figures of 9.7 percent in...More trouble for Rio Tinto in ChinaFiled under: Rio Tinto plc ADS (RTP)  Early this morning, Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) found itself facing new allegations in the arrest of some of its employees in China. RTP is accused of overcharging Chinese steel mills by $100 million during the past six years,...Follow seriouslyfinace on Twitter!
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Elkhart, Indiana; a favorite stomping ground of President Obama - where the government's economic stimulus plan was to be on full display, helping the town rise like a phoenix from the ashes. According to this New York Times 
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