Category: Business

The Mommy Party Pelosi & Co. on Thursday evening passed a ghastly nanny state bill concerning mortgage loans, foreclosures, loan brokering, mortgage-backed securities and related items. 227 / 227 …

Inflation Total consumer inflation was 0.3% in October, equaling September's price gain. Annual total consumer inflation rates: 6.4% - October 1977 4.5% - October 1987 2.1% - October 1997 …

Retail Sales Growth in retail sales has been outpacing inflation by a wide margin. On a year-over-year basis retail sales in October were up 5.2%. Consumer spending accounts for …

Vitamin V The Prez vetoed that pork spending bill on health, labor and education programs. The bill was passed last week along party lines, with media/Democrats voting in favor …

It seems that hardly a week goes by without news of another bad product coming out of Communist China. The latest one (as of this morning) is a bunch …

A Disaster of a Disaster Bill Pelosi & Co. on Thursday passed a nanny state bill regarding disaster insurance. The bill drastically would expand the federal government's role in …

Congressional Spending + Prez's Veto Power The media/Democrat Congress passed a pork spending bill for education, health and job training programs. Here's how they voted: U.S. Senate 44 / …

According to a study by The Corporate Library, female US corporate directors make more money than their male counterparts: They may be a small minority in corporate boardrooms, but …

Business Politics There were two major business-related ballot referenda decided Tuesday: 1. Oregon rejected cigarette taxes designed to fund a socialized medicine program for children. 2. New Jersey rejected …

Growth in Total Incomes, Wages + Salaries Total incomes and wages and salaries have been growing much faster than inflation: 6.8% - growth in total incomes - 9/06 - …