New marriages dropped 5% last year.
The number of all U.S. adults who are married has dropped to a record low 51 percent, according to a new report. If the trend continues, the institution will soon lose its majority status in American life.
Inflation hiding in smaller package sizes
Skippy shrank their 18-ounce container size down to 16.3 ounces.
If you are willing to look close enough, we’re actually being confronted by a serious bout of deflation when it comes to the size of the containers sitting on our supermarket shelves. Good things may come in small packages but that doesn’t mean they are good deals. Here’s how your favorite grocery-store items are shrinking before your eyes.
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Crowdfunding bill to allow startups to fundraise online
The new bill will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and create jobs.
Have the Republicans and Democrats may finally agree on something? They have agreed that small business owners and entrepreneurs need better and more plentiful opportunities to gain access to capital, grow their businesses, and create more jobs.
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Home ownerships hits new lows as home prices fall more than expected
Foreclosures are ramping up again, prices are coming down again.
Home prices in the U.S are right back where they were at the beginning of 2003. The effect on home ownership could continue for decades to come.
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U.S.job growth up, but they aren’t quality jobs
More than half the new jobs November were added by retailers, restaurants and bars.
Last month the economy took another step in the right direction. The jobless rate fell to the lowest since March 2009.
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Rethinking prosperity in America
More money doesn’t necessarily lead to greater happiness.
Many Americans are finding reasons to be thankful this time of year despite lingering unemployment and a still sluggish economy. For some, unexpected layoffs, financial setbacks, or simply a desire to spend more time with family have served as a reality check, a wake-up call for consumers to rethink their idea of wealth and prosperity.
Donors in Mexico cross the U.S. border to sell their plasma
Mexicans sell their plasma across the U.S. border.
Two times a week, Araceli Duran closes the small store she runs from her home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and heads to what she considers “her other job.”
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Could Warren Buffet Buy Italy?
Futurist Thomas Frey: Warren Buffet owns many things, but so far owning his own country is not one of them.
‘American Dream’ lost according to 41% of Americans
Yahoo! Finance conducted a new survey that shows Americans have a disturbing lack of hope and a frightening lack of retirement planning.
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Economy slows down out-of-state retirements
Economic slowdown is part of a continued drop in the mobility of all Americans.
The bad economy has caused aging Baby Boomers who dreamed of retiring in the sun near Florida beaches or Arizona deserts have hit a speed bump.
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Solving America’s innovation problem starts with solving with the immigration problem
America should not ignore an obvious source of human capital – those from other countries.
What drives innovation? People with creative ideas, intellectual talents and personal ambition do. America has always relied individual and collective breakthroughs in human knowledge and production to enhance our lives and our econom, from advances in science, mathematics and health care to new technologies, products and companies. As the nation continues to find ways to improve the educational and life opportunities of its own citizens to help spark innovation, we should not ignore an obvious source of human capital–those from other nations.
Nationwide drop in violent crimes due to plummeting price of cocaine
Drop in price of cocaine as violent crimes drop.
A radical transformation in major American cities began in the mid-1990’s. A turn around of years of high Years of high violent crime rates, thefts, robberies, and inner-city decay suddenlybegan. Crime rates began to fall faster than they went up. This trend appeared in practically every post-industrial American city, simultaneously.
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