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Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 27 29 1411
One Strong GDP Print vs. Zero Job Growth: Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Data - Justin Wolfers BBC News 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 4 570
Justin Wolfers: Why the Media Gets the Economy--and the Market--Wrong - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 8 630
Jobs Could Soon Replace Prices as Focus of Anxiety - Greg Ip 2 question everything Dec 22 Dec 23 2 608
Healthcare Future, A CEO Wanted To Run Healthcare Like TACO BELL Fast Food Restaurant 🔔 How His Patients Are Doing 0 appalachiablue Dec 22 Dec 22 6 1016
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 3 486
Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me 0 peppertree Dec 21 Dec 21 15 572
Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 8 725
Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats 4 peppertree Dec 18 Dec 18 5 556
Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 529
Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members 10 TexasTowelie Dec 17 Dec 18 5 712
Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 17 5 844
'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 5 appalachiablue Dec 16 Dec 17 19 1300
The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 8 932
Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 440
Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 2 460
Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Dec 14 Dec 14 4 640
1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Dec 11 Dec 12 11 1516
This week's (December 15 - December 19) and next week's (December 22 - December 26) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 2 420
The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 12 Dec 12 5 478
How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Dec 11 Dec 12 10 753
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 10 Dec 11 5 492
U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 11 7 623
Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Dec 10 Dec 10 9 593
Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Dec 9 Dec 9 15 1013
Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Dec 9 Dec 9 8 672
This week's (December 8 - December 12) and next week's (December 15 - December 19) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 565
The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 510
Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 8 Dec 8 1 423
I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 5 Dec 6 2 776

Economy Continued...

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If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 739
Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 1 493
Layoffs 2025: Tech and government hardest hit as more than 1 million job losses announced so far this year 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 4 593
This week's (December 1 - December 5) and next week's (December 8 - December 12) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 1 511
Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 3 2 576
The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 61 2878
Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 1 Dec 2 26 917
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2 Dec 2 4 480
Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 5 514
Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 1 476
Abercrombie & Fitch, Walmart, Nike, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices 2 Eugene Nov 27 Nov 27 3 828
CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 26 Nov 27 30 1692
The Poverty Line is actually $140K for a family of 4. Why so many are struggling and angry. 8 jmbar2 Nov 26 Nov 27 21 1397
The 'S&P 493' reveals a very different U.S. economy WaPo 1 question everything Nov 25 Nov 25 12 852
Busy busy day: ADP payrolls, Retail sales, Producer Price Index, Consumer Confidence 😱 UPDATED with LBN threads 4 progree Nov 25 Nov 25 10 717
ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 613
BLS: Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 23 3 623
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation 1 question everything Nov 22 Nov 22 5 615
This week's (November 17 - November 21) and next week's (November 24 - November 28) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 540
Delayed September Jobs Report Expected to Show Continued Weak Growth 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 1380
What to expect in Thursday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 0 500
Crypto coins are all dropping. 6 multigraincracker Nov 19 Nov 19 6 1008
US Department of Labor welcomes senior Trump Administration appointees 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 865
US jobless benefits rolls in mid-October were the highest since August, Labor Dept says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 616
10 Reduced inequalities Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 2 432
Bill Maher on Mamdani, A.O.C., Bernie and Democratic Socialists. So he goes off on the failures of Socialism. 4 3Hotdogs Nov 16 Nov 16 3 904
World Inequality Report 2026 Coming out soon 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 1 590
Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 1 530
This week's (November 10 - November 14) and next week's (November 17 - November 21) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 437
Private Equity's Big Scheme, Gut Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) 3 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 760

Economy Continued...

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The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You're Fired 8 question everything Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 979
Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef 8 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 771
Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report 1 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 699
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 580
Let me relate my perspective on the Trump Tariff's...from an international. small business perspective. 4 OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 652
USA in Chaos - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 567
'Fentanyl Capitalism': How Tech Venture Capital Is Eating the World Catherine Bracy x Gil Duran 1 AStern Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 491
Looking to experts for how the Supreme Court will rule on tariffs? They aren't sure either. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 500
ADP Employment Report set to show modest rebound in October amid Fed policy uncertainty 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 506
'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is betting big against Nvidia and Palantir 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 649
Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 791
Bitcoin plummets to $100,000 as selling pressure mounts, government shutdown 'stalls' tailwinds 2 modrepub Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 628
169-year-old outdoor store chain to shutter half its stores by next year, citing tariffs 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 902
ADP Rolls Out Weekly Payrolls Data After Halting Data to Fed - Bloomberg Businessweek 0 SouthBayDem Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 620
🧰 Jobs Are Harder To Find, It's Not Just You, Let's Talk About The Economy - Sen. Elizabeth Warren 5 appalachiablue Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 673
AI and the Future of Work - 1 hour discussion at CUNY Graduate Center 2 BootinUp Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 566
Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them 4 Eugene Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 677
This week's (November 3 - November 7) and next week's (November 10 - November 14) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 546
Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard 7 Warpy Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 997
September CPI preview: Inflation seen holding firm near 3% as tariffs complicate Fed's path 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 593
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