News comes today from the National Bureau of Economic Research, that the recession that “officially” began in December 2007 “officially” ended over a year ago, in June 2009, “In determining that a…
Category: Economy
Gold Vs. Google: 9 Month Update: Gold Up 20%, Google Down 6%
Back in late September 2009 Google hit $500 a share and gold hit $1,000 on the same day prompting us to post whether Gold or Google was a better investment. We told…
comScore: Online Christmas Season Sales Hit $27 Billion
According to a report released by comScore today, people spent $27 billion online from November 1 through December 24, a 5% increase over last year. Here is a the detailed chart from…
Gold Vs. Google; 3 Months Later
It was just about three months ago today that gold first hit $1,000 a ounce and Google hit $500 a share on the same day, prompting us to write a post and…
Finally Some Good News: The Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Falls To 10% In US & 8.5% In Canada
Finally some good news coming out of the monthly jobless rate that was just released for November. The unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the job market is finally starting to recover….
Cyber Monday Kicks Black Friday’s Ass
Marketing-optimization firm Coremetrics said today sales from Cyber Monday were up, almost 14% from last year. Other findings for Cyber Monday Coremetrics included: Consumers spend an average of $180.03 per order this…
Unemployment Tops 10%; Highest Rate Since April 1983
Outside of the world of domaining, but extremely important for the overall economy, the The U.S. unemployment rate rose more than expected in October to 10.2%, its highest level in more than…



