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Written by Steven J. DuBord
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Friday, 06 November 2009 12:01 |
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The unemployment rate shot from 9.8 percent in September to 10.2 percent in October, the highest it has been since 1983, the Labor Department reported on November 6. In response, the Obama administration is set to sign a $24-billion economic stimulus bill.
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Written by Steven J. DuBord
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 08:30 |
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 The Ford Motor Company has posted a net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter of this year, no thanks to Uncle Sam. Ford was the only Detroit automaker to escape federal bailout money while steering clear of bankruptcy court.
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Written by Thomas R. Eddlem
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Monday, 02 November 2009 00:00 |
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 The federal $3 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program promoted by the Obama White House last summer cost an average of $24,000 per additional car sold, according to an analysis by automotive consumer researcher Edmunds.com. The White House has responded with a blistering attack disputing the finding.
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Written by Charles Scaliger
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 15:30 |
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 A year after the onset of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, details continue to emerge of the sordid secret deals cut by the Federal Reserve in bailing out certain financial giants. The very latest, courtesy of Bloomberg News, alleges that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, under the leadership of Timothy Geithner (now U.S. Treasury Secretary), engineered a sweetheart deal to pay off holders of AIG debt at par, rather than the 40 cents on the dollar that AIG negotiators had been pushing for.
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Written by Charles Scaliger
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Saturday, 24 October 2009 12:00 |
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 Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is growing impatient. With the financial crisis continuing to drag on, Bernanke appeared again before Congress yesterday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at preventing future economic crises of the severity of the ongoing Great Recessioan.
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