Yes, the U.S. economy could create more jobs than expected in the years ahead. No, that’s not a joke. Manufacturing, business investment, exports and America’s historical resilience and adaptability all argue for better job growth than most forecasts are predicting. Continue reading The Case for an Upside Surprise in Job Growth The Case for an Upside Surprise in Job Growth originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:00. Filed Under: Columns , Economy , Careers Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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As the job market stabilizes, many workers are accepting temporary and part-time jobs. Some economists think new full-time jobs are the next step, but deep changes in the economy may mean that millions of workers will remain underemployed for a long time. Continue reading Underemployment a Growing Problem, Even as the Job Market Turns Underemployment a Growing Problem, Even as the Job Market Turns originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:00:00. Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Billionaire Warren Buffett’s company has reduced its holdings in Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Proctor & Gamble (PG), ConocoPhillips (COP) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) during the last three months of 2009. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) disclosed those investments and several other changes to its roughly $58 billion U.S. stock portfolio in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The filing offers a snapshot of the Omaha-based company’s holdings as of Dec. 31. Continue reading Warren Buffett Tweaks $58 Billion Portfolio Warren Buffett Tweaks $58 Billion Portfolio originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:47:00. Filed Under: Investing , Berkshire Hathaway Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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Applied Materials expects a brighter earnings picture in 2010 as chip-makers retool and demand for solar panels grows. While it’s the world’s largest maker of semiconductor fabrication gear, the company is big on solar, where it says “the opportunities over the next 20 years are really phenomenal.” Continue reading Recovery Is on the Horizon for Applied Materials Recovery Is on the Horizon for Applied Materials originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:20:00. Filed Under: Technology Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments

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(TrendHunter.com) You might be surprised to find that in addition to the standard label, your next box of Band-Aids have Braille imprinting. An increasing number Braille-labeled packages are showing up on U.S. retailers’…

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Filed under: Economy The National Association of Home Builders said Tuesday its Housing Market Index fell again in December to 16, from November’s reading of 17 — the index’s lowest level since June. According to a Bloomberg News survey, economists had expected the index to rise to 18 in December. The index was at 20 in October, after hitting a cycle low of eight in January. The NAHB Housing Market Index measures builder perceptions of current single-family sales conditions, sales expectations for the next six months, and the traffic of prospective buyers. Readings over 50 indicate that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor. Continue reading Home builder confidence index falls to lowest level since June Home builder confidence index falls to lowest level since June originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Columns , Economy , Earnings The top 10 tech failures of 2009 . ____________ Phew! Coffee can reduce prostate cancer risk . Good to know since I drink eight cups of coffee a day and I’m over 40 years old. ____________ Doom, Gloom, Boom guy Marc Faber questions whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can stop the next bubble. I, on the other hand, am praying Bernanke can’t stop the next bubble. Bring it on, Ben! ____________ Continue reading Daily Blogwatch: Top 10 turnaround stocks, top six tech stocks, top 10 tech failures Daily Blogwatch: Top 10 turnaround stocks, top six tech stocks, top 10 tech failures originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Google , Facebook There is a lot of buzz these days over a new product called Google ( GOOG ) Wave. Some are under the false impression that it’s the next Twitter, but this new tool from Google is very different. Think of it as a real-time collaboration tool that includes, among its many features, email on steroids. Greg Dalesandre , Google Wave product manager, in an online video , describes Wave as a “shared space,” where users can communicate using text, videos, photos and maps. So you can have a conversation while working on a document with a group of people in another city — or in another part of the planet. You can both work together in real time using richly formatted text, photos, videos and more. The wave is the shared experience that you are involved with. So you could be working with 10 people and everything you do — from the conversations you have to the changes you make to a document, will be inside a wave. What’s really cool about this is that the wave allows you to rewind, allowing you to see who said what when. Since everything is in real-time — it’s fast. Continue reading Massucci’s Take: Google Wave is email for the next generation Massucci’s Take: Google Wave is email for the next generation originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Company News , Economy , General Motors Fiat never managed to sell many cars in the U.S. when it was competing with The Big Three and the Japanese makers, and in 1981 it pulled out of the American market altogether. That makes Chrysler’s decision to use Fiat models to pull itself out of one of the worst sales slumps in its history all the more puzzling. Chrysler’s sales have been down more than other car companies operating in the domestic market. In many months, Chrysler sales have been off over 40 percent this year compared to 2008. An exclusive report in The Wall Street Journal says that Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne, who is also CEO of Chrysler, will begin to import Fiat models, modified for the U.S. market, in 2012. In the meantime, according to the paper, “Chrysler is preparing to phase out many current models, including a number of Dodge cars, the Dodge Grand Caravan minivan and several Jeeps.” Continue reading Your next Chrysler will be a Fiat Your next Chrysler will be a Fiat originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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Filed under: Yahoo! (YHOO) , eBay (EBAY) , Boeing Co (BA) , Morgan Stanley (MS) , AMR Corp (AMR) , Lilly (Eli) (LLY) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , U.S. Bancorp (USB) U.S. stocks are pointing to a lower open Wednesday, a day after the government reported the nation’s housing market appears to be struggling amid the economic recovery. Futures point to lower openings for all three major U.S. stock indexes, with the benchmark Dow Jones industrial average trading below the 10,000 level. Shares of Internet search engine Yahoo! Inc. ( YHOO ) soared in after-hours trading, after the company reported better-than-expected earnings of $186.1 million, or 13 cents a share. A bevy of companies are due to report earnings today, including: American Airlines parent AMR Corp. ( AMR ); eBay Inc . ( EBAY ); Eli Lilly ( LLY ); Boeing Co. ( BA ); and banking stocks Morgan Stanley ( MS ), KeyCorp ( KEY ), Wells Fargo & Co. ( WFC ) and U.S. Bancorp ( USB ). More here: Before the bell: Investors cautious amid earnings bonanza Stocks set to open lower as investors digest more earnings originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments

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