Cuppertino, CA…Apple CEO Steve Jobs sent out an email this morning letting the company know he will be taking another leave of absence from the company. COO, Tim Cook will run the company during his leave much the same way as when Steve Jobs was out previously to be treated for pancreatic cancer and a […]
Sacramento – Governor Jerry Brown will released a balanced state budget today that slashes spending by $12.5 billion, including an eight to 10 percent cut in take-home pay for most state employees, and proposes a “vast and historic” restructuring of government operations. “These cuts will be painful, requiring sacrifice from every sector of the state, […]
Washington, DC…Last month, our economy added more than 100,000 private sector jobs and the unemployment rate fell sharply. This follows encouraging economic news from increased auto sales to continued expansion of our manufacturing sector. Now, we know that these numbers can bounce around from month to month. But the trend is clear. We saw 12 […]
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 10, 2011 — Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through January 6, 2011, and for the prior year period through January 7, 2010, with both periods including the holiday period through the Thursday after New Year’s […]
Washington, DC…The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.4 percent in December, and nonfarm payroll employment increased by 103,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in leisure and hospitality and in health care but was little changed in other major industries. ______________________________________________________________________ | | | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted […]
Washington, DC…The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news. Currently, 41% say they get most of their news about national and international news from the internet, which is little changed over the past two years but up 17 points since 2007. Television remains the most widely […]
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — With a boost from the development of apps for iPods, tablets, smart phones and other devices, the profession Software Engineer has jumped to the top of the new 2011 Jobs Rated Report released today by CareerCast.com. The worst rated job is Roustabout, a dirty, dangerous and often stressful […]
Washington, DC…The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during November 2010 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $810.2 billion, 0.4 percent (±1.6%)* above the revised October estimate of $806.7 billion. The November figure is 6.0 percent (±1.9%) below the November 2009 estimate of $861.5 billion. […]
Incline Village, NV…The start of a new year has many of us thinking about the state of our lives. For many of us our lives have been rolling along with nary a dip. For those we congratulate you! For many others including me the past few years have brought many challenges. The whole world seems […]
A note from us to you… U.S. founding father Thomas Paine wrote: “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” As we ponder the experiences of 2010, we cannot help but see timeless value in his words. As one year draws to a close and the next unfolds […]