Nov 16

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Before departing for Asia this morning, Iâ??d like to make a brief statement about the economy.

Over the past 10 months, weâ??ve taken a number of bold steps to break the back of this recession. Weâ??ve worked to stabilize the financial system, revive lending to small businesses and families, and prevent responsible homeowners from losing their homes. And through the Recovery Act, weâ??ve cut taxes for middle class families, extended and increased unemployment insurance, and created and saved more than a million jobs.

As a result, the economy is now growing again for the first time in more than a year — and faster than at any time in the past two years. But even though weâ??ve slowed the loss of jobs — and todayâ??s report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign — the economic growth that weâ??ve seen has not yet led to the job growth that we desperately need. As Iâ??ve said from the start of this crisis, hiring often takes time to catch up to …

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Oct 4

An acapella song for our times, written and sung by Lorelei F. www.secondhandaddiction.blogspot.com

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Sep 15

Increasing numbers of Algerian youths are risking their lives to migrate to Europe. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is seeking his third term, has promised to create three million jobs if re-elected. But many youths lack faith in their septuagenarian leader. Despite two failed attempts to reach Europe, 28-year-old Sofiane hopes that one day he will make it to “the promised land”.

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Sep 15

Have You Lost Your Job ? Keep Buying Foreign and you will ! Look around the country at all the lost manufacturing jobs, small independent businesses closing down have you played a role in the Economic Crisis we are in…. I think so… but so many are in denial and don’t believe it.

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Sep 9

we are losing thousands of jobs daily this looks like the abyss.we need to figure out a strategic way to compete in the global economy and stop importing every thing from foreign nations unless they import the same amount of our

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Sep 7

Unemployment Rises to 9.7 Percent; 216,000 Jobs Lost in August
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090400868.html?hpid=topnews

Canada adds 27,100 jobs in August
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Canada-adds-27100-jobs-in-apf-3070994324.html?x=0&.v=4

Why the Wars Roll on: Ban Campaign Money From Outside the District
http://www.truthout.org/090409A

Hidden pockets of elderly said to be in poverty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32690294/ns/business-us_business/

Favorite Youtubers
Visionvictory (http://youtube.com/user/visionvictory)
Davincij15 (http://youtube.com/user/davincij15)
Manoftruth (http://youtube.com/user/manoftruth)
Feveriam (http://youtube.com/user/feveriam)

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Sep 7

In his address to Congress, President Obama said he wanted to punish companies that send jobs overseas. This is completely wrong.

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Sep 7

This y webcam and audio on this computer is ing up my videos is all i need to download from camcorder to computer a firewire because this webcam is not worth a i have to shoot like 15 videos just to make one its a pain in the but the computer keeps saying not recognized when i use a usb cable, i got a new model camcorder and i could make my videos a of a lot better if i could use it then download on computer this piece of laptop is about to get busted up

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Sep 7

The government has no idea how to deal with this economy. The problem is too big.

Economy sheds 598,000 jobs in January, most since 1974
-unemployment rate to 7.6 percent
-highest level in 16 years
-underemployment?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat-economy-jobs-feb07,0,1169530.story

As Layoffs Surge, Women May Pass Men in Job Force
-full 82 percent of the job losses have befallen men
-manufacturing and constructioN
-women will get hit when commercial real estate and retail tanks
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/business/06women.html?ref=business

California Scrambles to Prepare for Furloughs
-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
-90% of CA’s 238,000 state employees took Friday off. (MANDATORY)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/us/06furlough.html?ref=us

Two banks in California, 1 in Georgia are closed
FirstBank Financial Services (GEORGIA)
-$337 million ets

Alliance Bank (CALIFORNIA)
-$1.14 billion in ets

County Bank
-$1.7 billion of ets
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/two-banks-california-one-georgia/story.aspx?guid={0ADB4918-43F9-46A3-8EDD-19A2503A81B3}&dist=msr_2

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Sep 7

Mr. Ridge, musician and Chairman of the International Conference of Symphony, testifies at a hearing on the economic and employment impact of the arts and music industry on March 26, 2009.

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