U.S. Stock Futures Lapse After Jobs Report

The Obama Economic Stimulus Program Is Working

By: amalgam80

Let’s talk jobs.   Since February we keep hearing cries from the Republicans and conservatives and conservative media echo the phrase “where are the jobs?”   The question’s been answered repeatedly.     Where are the jobs?   Just ask the approximately 200,000 to 250,000 jobs a

about 1 month ago

Is There A Recovery?

By: jdangjenn

The media and the Obama administration are trumpeting the beginning of the recovery and squabbling over questionable perhaps fraudulent employment figures put out by the White House. One has to wonder if there really is a recovery or not? The signs of recovery are based upon increased consumer spending at least for homes and a stock market ...

about 1 month ago

OIL FUTURES: Oil Tops $80/Bbl On US Gasoline, Crude Stock Draw

By: dustgeer

Crude futures are higher Wednesday, briefly piercing $80 a barrel, after the release of U.S. inventory data that showed a sharp draw in gasoline stocks and a decline in crude stocks. Light, sweet crude for December delivery recently traded 77 cents, or 1%, higher at $79.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, having hit an intraday ...

18 days ago

AN ALARM: Great collapse in many stock markets

By: ASMASH

  Stocks tumbled for second day on Friday due to Dubai’s debt issue. Dubai’s shock demand to suspend the debt of a key state company. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 193 points, after closing Wednesday at a 13-month high. The S&P 500 lost 24 points after closing Wednesday at a 13-month ...

9 days ago