November 19, 2009 - 8:02 pm
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There’s talk that Bing has gotten to a 10% market share in search. Apple Insider instead points out that the study didn’t include a big part of Google’s search business (you know, maps, video, local directory). Here’s a chart showing how Google is dominating and pushing nearly 90%:
November 1, 2009 - 11:01 pm
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Sorry for the long delay. I’ve been playing around a bit.
May 6, 2009 - 9:49 pm
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It’s one step closer to happening! Getting a new car based on a trade in might actually happen. It hasn’t passed the House yet (much less the Senate) but the leadership of both parties agree on doing it.
From House Reaches a Deal on ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Program:
Under the House plan, a car trade-in [...]
February 18, 2009 - 9:14 pm
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This chart from the Fed shows how far below capacity the economy currently expressed as a percentage of total capacity.
It’s the counter argument to the proposition that the stimulus is just going to crowd out private investment. Businesses have cut back on production because of reduced demand which further reduces demand.
February 9, 2009 - 12:07 pm
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Is the past prelude? Here’s a comparison of job losses in all the post-WW2 recessions. Note how bad the slope is for the current recession. Be careful though, these are absolute numbers and not relative to population.
And here is the change in consumer spending over the past 50 years smoothed to six [...]
January 27, 2009 - 5:49 pm
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Global, synchronized, recession.
Recession continues through 2009 with weak, 1%, growth in 2010.
Unemployment at 9% in 2010. Job losses easily at 500k/month through 2009 and may be worse. Stimulus may lower that to 200k/month.
$1.8 trillion loss for banks; need another $1.4 trillion for banks to recover.
Top 3 banks in US are technically insolvent. [...]
