Category: Business

UPDATE 12:32 p.m.: The issues were NOT resolved, and the UAW is on strike - their first against GM in almost ten years, and their first national strike against...

Consumer Prices Total consumer prices in August fell 0.1%. That followed a price gain of 0.1% in July. BTW, on year-over-year bases total incomes for all Americans and wages …

An article in BusinessWeek this week discusses what people do in response to poor Customer Service. It moved me to consider a recent experience I had in that venue, …

Federal Spending + Revenue 10% - decrease in federal budget deficit, August 06 - August 07 20% - increase in federal budget deficit, FY 06 - FY 07 (annualized) …

Dollar/Thrifty Automotive Group owns both Dollar Rent a Car and Thrifty Car Rental, and it's going to receive the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award for going above …

City Council will consider a "moratorium" on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A., citing "health concerns," reports Tami Abdollah for the Los Angeles Times: The City Council will be …

In the midst of the "subprime" mortgage "crisis," it pays to remember the biggest losers are the investors who put up their own money so poor people normally considered …

Job Markets The national labor markets in August were horrible. Employers shed a grand total of 316,000 jobs. Furthermore net private-sector W-2 job growth was very weak (24,000) and …

Total Income Growth 6.31% - year-over-year increase in total personal incomes. 2.36% - year-over-year total consumer inflation rate. Economic Growth -- Q2 Inflation-adjusted GDP growth in Q2 was revised …

In one of my classes, the subject of how much high-level executives are paid came up, and the professor asked if we could come up with an equation to …