Economy/Ecommerce
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Good News for U.S. Economy
Dees Stribling discusses the state of the economy for the week ending 11/11.
Economy Watch: Italy’s a House on Fire
Greece can’t seem to form a new government to deal with its problems, but the world isn’t much interested any more, now that panic has set in about Italy.
Economy Watch: Conference Board Predicts Sluggish World Economy for Next Decade
The Conference Board released a big-picture report on the world economy on Tuesday, essentially predicting that it’s going to be a long, slow slog ahead.
Economy Watch: Temporary Greek Deal Struck, Investors Fret Over Italy
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras have apparently cobbled together a deal for a “unity government” that might let the bailout of Greece by the more affluent euro-zone nations go forward.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Greek Debt Crisis
Dees Stribling discusses the state of the economy for the week ending 11/4.
Economy Watch: Economy Creates Jobs at Modest Pace in October
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Friday that the U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October, with modest growth in various private employment sectors pushing the total up, but continued cuts among state and local governments dragging the total down.
Economy Watch: Drunk on Risk, MF Globals Falls on Face
Though not in the major leagues of failure as Lehman Brothers or AIG were, it was still something of a shock on Monday when MF Global Holdings Ltd. went belly up.
Economy Watch: Consumers a Little More Optimistic
The Reuters/University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index saw an uptick in late October, ending the month at 60.9. That compares to 57.5 in mid-October and September and August levels that were even lower.
‘Economy Watch’ Podcast with Dees Stribling: Tentative Euro-Zone Deal Struck
Dees Stribling discusses the state of the economy for the week ending 10/28.
Economy Watch: Tentative Euro-Zone Deal Struck
Euro-zone nabobs reached a (tentative) deal on Thursday to keep the euro zone from imploding (for now).