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How college kids can get a job

Bob Collins June 26, 2009, 10:05 AM Jun 26, 2009

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Tough talk for the grads.

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Pork spending

Bob Collins June 25, 2009, 2:12 PM Jun 25, 2009

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When should the market prevail? And when should the government step in?

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Life after the recession

Bob Collins June 12, 2009, 12:30 PM Jun 12, 2009

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How long will it take American business to recover from the strategy it used to survive a recession?

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What the TARP payback means

Bob Collins June 9, 2009, 11:46 AM Jun 9, 2009

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Questions and answers about the end of the bailout for some of the nation’s big banks.

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The left-hand, right-hand economy

Bob Collins June 8, 2009, 5:28 PM Jun 8, 2009

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Banks want to repay the government bailout that was supposed to convince them to loosen credit. But businesses are still cutting back because they can’t get credit.

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Defense spending and the recovery

Bob Collins June 8, 2009, 2:40 PM Jun 8, 2009

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So far, the stimulus plan is depending heavily on military spending.

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Riding the rails

Bob Collins June 5, 2009, 11:17 AM Jun 5, 2009

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One of the reasons I don’t mind getting stuck at railroad crossings is it helps remind me that the economy isn’t completely stuck.

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Still sinking

Bob Collins June 5, 2009, 8:28 AM Jun 5, 2009

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The worse the economy does, the better Wal-Mart seems to do.

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The same old

Bob Collins June 3, 2009, 12:41 PM Jun 3, 2009

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Why does the media turn to the same economists who’ve been so wrong before, thinking they’ll be correct now?

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Changing industrials

Bob Collins June 1, 2009, 12:05 PM Jun 1, 2009

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The makeup of the Dow 30 Industrials shows the changing nature of American industry.

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What’s your American dream?

Bob Collins May 29, 2009, 12:17 PM May 29, 2009

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Has the recession killed the American Dream for you?

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Deferring retirement

Bob Collins May 28, 2009, 2:56 PM May 28, 2009

A survey says more than half of those in the ‘Threshold Generation’ are considering delaying retirement.

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The battle for Target

Bob Collins May 28, 2009, 11:04 AM May 28, 2009

William Ackman is not walking away from his role as a thorn in the side of the Minneapolis-based company.

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Half full/Half empty (cont’d)

Bob Collins May 22, 2009, 12:01 PM May 22, 2009

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If the state shed 9.500 jobs last month, how come 13,389 more people had them than were working in March?

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Credit card regs

Bob Collins May 20, 2009, 4:38 PM May 20, 2009

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Perhaps the best consumer protection for credit card customers is a pair of scissors.

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Tag: Economy

How college kids can get a job

Pork spending

Life after the recession

What the TARP payback means

The left-hand, right-hand economy

Defense spending and the recovery

Riding the rails

Still sinking

The same old

Changing industrials

What’s your American dream?

Deferring retirement

The battle for Target

Half full/Half empty (cont’d)

Credit card regs