NEWARK, N.J. — Job losses are undermining turnaround efforts in New Jersey’s largest city, where the unemployment rate reached a 15-year high in June. Newark’s unemployment rate surged to 14.3 percent, the highest level since July 1994, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That compares with 13.4 percent in May and 9.5 percent for...
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Tropical Strom Claudette is the third tropical storm this season. The storm formed suddenly in the Gulf of Mexico, joining two other named tropical storms: Ana and Bill. Forming west of Pinellas County, Florida. The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm warning in response to Claudette. As of 2:00 p.m. ET on...
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WASHINGTON — Conservatives are calling it their August Revolt — a surprising upsurge of activism against President Barack Obama’s proposed health care overhaul. Spurred on by the success of their efforts to dominate the news at Democratic town hall meetings, conservative groups are reporting increases in membership lists and are joining forces to plan...
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Hurricane is a hurricane tracking app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Back when I lived in Florida, hurricanes were a yearly concern. Now that I am in Texas, they don’t play such a prominent role but they are still something to think about. Hurricane is an app designed to...
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Mary Kay Letourneau — the teacher who spent seven years in jail after having two kids with her 13-year-old student — is the appropriate host of a Seattle Bar’s “Hot for Teacher” night… but don’t expect her to be the one checking ID’s at the door. .
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I’ve posted several times about how confusing a slowdown in the rate at which things get worse (the second derivative) with an actual improvement (the first derivative) has led to some ridiculous claims about economic improvement. Keith Hennessey has a similar complaint: He said this first after the 2nd quarter GDP report showed...
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