- Weekly initial unemployment claims are ascending again, up 4,000 from previous week, to 558,000. Details
- July retail sales declined 0.1 percent, short of "consensus estimates" prophesying a 0.6 percent gain. Details
- Foreclosures are up, Way up
- Germany and France officially pull out of the global recession.
- Michael Vick signs with the Philadelphia Eagles. (Animal activists boo.)
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AARP launch tv ad blitzes on health care.
- A market solution for insuring people with pre-existing conditions.
- Cash for Clunkers subsidizes gas guzzlers!
- Bill Clinton tells bloggers: "We have entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, can last 30 or 40 years."
- The Justice Department investigates allegations of excessive force by deputies in Orange County's troubled jail system.
[8/14/2009 10:18:00 AM
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