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First-time Unemployment Rising January 27, 2012 No Comments

The Labor Department reported that the number of people that filed for initial unemployment benefits in the week of Jan. 21st reached 377,000. This means that the number was up 21,000 from the week before. Many economists believe that the week to week numbers can be very volatile and that the overall picture is much [...]

Netflix Has Learned Its Lessons December 6, 2011 No Comments

There are a lot of people that have turned away from Netflix after they decided to raise their prices this year. There are a lot of people that do not realize that Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has a clear view of the way that the public has changed their view of his company. Customers started [...]

Saving the Postal Service November 2, 2011 No Comments

A group of lawmakers gathered to propose a solution to save the United States Postal Service. This proposal will allow the post office to close on Saturdays in two years, close post offices around the country and buy out a large number of postal workers. The Untied States Postal Service has been struggling in recent [...]