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• Economist: No ‘gangbusters’ holiday this year

  —Delusional Duck

  Survey: Region’s consumers more upbeat about economy The “shaky” economic recovery may have an effect on this year’s holiday sales, economists say. Several factors that were part of the recession, including fluctuating house prices and the dramatic increase in unemployment, add to the stress felt by consumers, said Robert A. Dye, a [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:51pm EST
  

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• Fixed Rate Home Loans Increasingly Going Into Foreclosure

  —Salisbury News

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  WASHINGTON — A rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.
  
  Driven by rising unemployment, such loans accounted for nearly one-third of new foreclosures last quarter. That compares with 21 percent [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:10am EST
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• Rising unemployment taxes could hinder hiring

  —Delusional Duck

  As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. Employers already are squeezed by tight credit, rising health care costs, wary consumers and a higher minimum wage. Now, the surging jobless rate is imposing another cost. It’s forcing higher [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:55am EST
  

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• Jobless Rate Up in 29 States, Hitting Records in 4 of Them

  —Delusional Duck

  California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, the Labor Department said Friday. Joblessness rose in 29 states last month compared with 22 in September, the agency said in a monthly state breakdown. Michigan had the highest jobless rate at 15.1 percent, followed by Nevada at [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:17pm EST
  

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• Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate

  —Delusional Duck

  When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether to laugh or cry. It has been that kind of year in the [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:15pm EST
  

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• Geithner Savaged On Unemployment During Fiery Capitol Hill Hearing

  —Salisbury News

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  Congressman Michael Burgess scalded Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner during a fiery hearing on Capitol Hill this morning, telling the former New York Fed chief that he should never have been hired and demanding that the TARP program come to an abrupt end, shortly after GOP Rep. Kevin Brady had called [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:05am EST
  by joealbero

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• The mortgage crisis deepens

  —Delusional Duck

  The mortgage crisis has worsened to the point that about one in every 10 prime borrowers in Maryland and nationwide - homeowners judged to be good credit risks - were behind on payments in September. The Mortgage Bankers Association, releasing those numbers Thursday, blamed unemployment, which is at a 26-year high [...]

  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:56am EST
  

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• October unemployment at 7.3 percent in Maryland

  —Delusional Duck

  Employers added jobs in Maryland last month, but not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising, the federal government said Friday morning. The U.S. Department of Labor estimated that Maryland businesses and agencies filled 1,500 new positions last month. Job creation has come in fits and starts this year, the [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  

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• O’Malley: Huh? Education?

  —OMalleyWatch.com

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  Governor Martin O’Malley has told businesses in Maryland that we need to once again change the unemployment insurance rules in order to get more federal dollars. This is of course, in spite of the fact that Maryland businesses are about to see another HUGE tax increase because the unemployment insurance [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:58pm EST
  by Martin Watcher

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• Belly Up: 10 States Face Imminent Bankruptcy

  —Salisbury News

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  Ten states are facing imminent bankruptcy, confounding any possibility of economic recovery as tax revenues continue to decline and unemployment increases nationwide, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports.
  
  Those states in fiscal peril include California, Arizona, Rhode Island, Michigan, Oregon, Nevada, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin.
  
  The [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:40am EST
  by joealbero

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• A true stimulus

  —monoblogue

  The recent history of stimulus programs suggests that at least two ideas thought at first to be surefire winners left a lot to be desired once the results came in.

  We all know that the nearly $800 billion package of government spending which was supposed to keep unemployment under 8 percent [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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• Barack Obama — By The Numbers

  —Baltimore Reporter

  by laryn 8 - The maximum level of unemployment predicted by the Obama administration if the $787 billion stimulus package was approved. 17.5 - The current national under-employment rate (U-6), which some experts believe represents a real unemployment rate of 22%. 26 - The number of times President Obama used the word “I” [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:05am EST
  by Robert Farrow

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• How Brown Wants to Screw You

  —Baltimore Reporter

  First From Red Maryland How Brown Wants to Screw You Perhaps the best explication of how rent-seeking corporations use government regulation to stifle competition. And what are the result of all this socialist, anti-competition, economic policies? US Beating Europe…..In Numbers Unemployed The left got what they wanted….we’re like Europe now: Unemployment is now higher in the [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  by Robert Farrow

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• Shocking Numbers: Real Unemployment Tops 22%

  —Salisbury News

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  Obama figures deliberately understate economic downturn
  
  Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from Jerome Corsi's Red Alert, the premium online newsletter published by the current No. 1 best-selling author, WND staff writer and columnist. Red Alert subscriptions are $99 a year or $9.95 per month [...]

  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by joealbero

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• Statement from Governor Martin O’Malley on National Unemployment Surpassing Ten Percent

  —Delusional Duck

  ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 6, 2009) –Governor Martin O’Malley issued this statement today following the announcement that national unemployment has surpassed ten percent: [...] Last night, Governor O’Malley outlined a ten point strategy before the Maryland Chamber of Commerce to strengthen small business in Maryland.  The Governor’s full remarks can be found here. [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:36pm EST
  

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• Unemployment Hits 10.2%

  —Salisbury News

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  The unemployment rate spiked to its highest level since 1983, much worse than expected as employers continue to trim jobs despite other signs of growth.
  
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The nation's unemployment rate rose above 10% for the first time since 1983 in October, [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:45am EST
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• Teens Suffer Record Unemployment

  —Salisbury News

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  The jobless rate for teens stands at an all-time high of 27.6% as opportunities for young workers dwindle.
  
  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Americans of all ages are being hurt by the weak job market, but the nation's teens are in a particularly bad [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by joealbero

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• Just so you Know:

  —Baltimore Reporter

  Unemployment has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent. So When will the Stimulus bill be considered a failure? [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:30am EST
  by Robert Farrow

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• U.S. jobless rate tops 10 percent for October

  —Delusional Duck

  The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983—and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Many economists worry that persistently high unemployment could undermine the recovery by restraining consumer [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

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• STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY ON NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT SURPASSING TEN PERCENT

  —Salisbury News

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  ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 6, 2009) – Governor Martin O’Malley issued this statement today following the announcement that national unemployment has surpassed ten percent:
  
  “Today’s 10.2 percent national unemployment rate is another signal that, while many economic indicators show signs of improvement, we are not [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 2:40pm EST
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• Unemployment Seen Nearing 10 Percent

  —Salisbury News

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  Employers likely are skeptical about the sustainability of the economy
  
  WASHINGTON - The economy is rebounding from its deepest slump since the 1930s, but it probably won't seem that way when the government releases its monthly employment report on Friday.
  
  Employers aren't expected to [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:25am EST
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• Governor Martin O’Malley Launches Economic Update Online Series

  —Delusional Duck

  ANNAPOLIS, MD (November 5, 2009) – Governor Martin O’Malley delivered the first in a series of Maryland Economic Updates today to provide a status update on Maryland’s economy.  The Governor’s Economic Update focused on such economic indicators as rising real estate sales, an unemployment rate consistently below the national average, [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:30am EST
  

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• Md. recovery will be weak, expert predicts

  —Delusional Duck

  A University of Maryland economist said Thursday he expects the economic rebound to be “weak” and fraught with challenges for businesses and consumers. [...] Longbrake said he expects the unemployment rate in Maryland to eventually peak at about 7.5 percent, up from 7.2 percent in September, and retreat slowly because growth in [...]

  Posted: November 06, 2009, 5:30am EST
  

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• O'Malley to pledge help on unemployment insurance

  —Maryland Moment

  Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) will promise Thursday night to work with business leaders to find a "more sustainable solution" to a state employment insurance system under which tax rates are tripling next year for many Maryland companies. The pledge is included in the governor's prepared remarks to a gathering of' [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 5:00pm EST
  

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• Long-Term Jobless Face Frayed Safety Net

  —Salisbury News

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  ‘By February I will be in a tent,’ says one unemployed worker
  
  
  
  Out of work, out of savings and out of things to sell, Carolyn Johansen is running out of options to keep her home even as her unemployment benefits [...]

  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:18am EST
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• Cardin pushes more unemployment benefits

  —Delusional Duck

  Unemployment insurance benefits will run out for an estimated 1.9 million Americans in December, and U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin is urging his colleagues to consider an extension. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that would extend benefits only for states with 8.5 percent unemployment, which would leave Maryland — [...]

  Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:21pm EDT
  

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• Recent Prince George's County News (23-25 Oct 2009)

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  GAZETTE: Raising money a tough challenge in bleak economy (mentions Del. Davis) [bit.ly]  GAZETTE: Marvin Mandel and Ellen R. Sauerbrey: MD Unemployment tax increase would make matters worse [bit.ly]  POST: HYATTSVILLE CRIME: 1 stabbed, 1 beaten in strip mall lot [bit.ly]  POST: Pr. George's police tackle 2 suspicious death cases [...]

  Posted: October 25, 2009, 11:59pm EDT
  by D. C. Russell

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• O’Malley Administration Seeks to Shore up Unemployment Fund

  —Delusional Duck

  By BOBBY MCMAHON The O’Malley administration is hoping to receive almost $127 million dollars in federal stimulus funds to shore up the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. In the past year, the trust fund has been significantly depleted, dropping from $895 million to $301 million as of Sept. 30. The [...]

  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:03pm EDT
  

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• U.S. Jobless Rate Hits 26-Year High

  —Salisbury News

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  23 States Report Higher Unemployment in Sept., Led by Michigan at 15.3%; Though Layoffs Slowed, Companies Reluctant to Hire
  
  (AP) Unemployment rose in 23 states last month as the economy struggled to create jobs in the early stages of the recovery.
  
  While layoffs [...]

  Posted: October 21, 2009, 3:16pm EDT
  by joealbero

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• Maryland unemployment rate at 7.2% in September

  —Delusional Duck

  Maryland’s unemployment rate returned to 7.2 percent last month after dipping to 7.1 percent in August, the federal government said Wednesday morning. [...]

  Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:16pm EDT
  

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