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Working Thoughts is a blog by Ben Leeson about the job market and work related aspects. Topics this blog touches on include government reports, compensation, training, benefits, recruiting, technology, and more.
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Awards, when they are genuine and sincere, they are highly motivating
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Positive Sentiments: Is Hiring Poised to Make a Run?
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
February 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
Saturday, March 06, 2010
In a Service Economy, Make the Experience Good, but the Memory Even Better
Friday, March 05, 2010
Business, Federal Government, and Exports Carries GDP to 5.9% Growth
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Unemployment Is Not Distributed Evening Across Income Levels - No One Thought It Was
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
"EL GRANDE BIGOTE" Victory
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Take a Moment and Ask "What Story Would I Tell about Myself?"
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Last Mile is a Land of Opportunity
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ask Yourself "What if..."
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
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Ten Years and Basically No Private Sector Job Creation
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Working Thoughts: Category Archive for compensation
Positive Sentiments: Is Hiring Poised to Make a Run?
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3/9/2010 11:58 PM
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February 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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Unemployment Is Not Distributed Evening Across Income Levels - No One Thought It Was
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2/23/2010 11:11 PM
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Take a Moment and Ask "What Story Would I Tell about Myself?"
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The Last Mile is a Land of Opportunity
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2/11/2010 11:58 PM
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January 2010 Jobs Report and Wages
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Unsurprising Job Survey Results Show a Ready to Jump Workforce
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1/29/2010 12:23 AM
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What Motivates Conan O'Brien?
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1/15/2010 12:45 AM
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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates US - A Review
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1/13/2010 11:16 PM
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Job Creation in the 2000s?
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1/12/2010 12:57 AM
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December 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/9/2010 12:42 AM
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An Economic Winter Solstice
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12/21/2009 11:41 PM
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Value Creation with Fahrenheit 212
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12/17/2009 12:13 AM
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A Jobs Report Prediction - One Year Later
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12/9/2009 11:05 PM
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November 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/4/2009 11:10 PM
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The Near Future: Big Raises Coming for Those with Certain Skills
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11/13/2009 12:58 AM
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Unemployment Graphs and Charts - October 2009
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11/10/2009 11:08 PM
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Productivity Report is Strong ahead of October '09 Jobs Report
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11/6/2009 12:11 AM
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Using a Multiple as a Compensation Distribution Model
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10/23/2009 11:25 PM
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Funny Bit About High Frequency Trading
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10/5/2009 9:44 PM
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September 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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10/2/2009 9:42 PM
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A Sea Change Economy
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10/1/2009 10:34 PM
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A Market for Human Resource Solutions
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9/18/2009 11:11 PM
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Netflix does Personnel Strategy
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8/29/2009 12:15 AM
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A View from College, A View of College, and a Job
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8/20/2009 10:46 PM
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Productivity is Strong. Sleep Might Not be Needed.
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8/14/2009 11:20 PM
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July 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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8/7/2009 9:23 PM
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Donating IP to a Charity or Nonprofit
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7/29/2009 11:02 PM
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Projected Compensation Stats, Large Companies are Employing a higher percentage, and What's Next
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7/24/2009 10:40 PM
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June 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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7/2/2009 9:21 PM
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Portfolio Closes Up Shop and Credit Suisse Gets it Right
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5/14/2009 11:28 PM
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People like Chris Crutchfield Demonstrate Changing Values
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5/13/2009 1:03 AM
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Some Thoughts on Teams in the Workplace
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5/11/2009 10:20 PM
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April 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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5/8/2009 9:10 AM
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The Next Three Job Reports will be Telling
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5/7/2009 11:43 PM
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Naming a Successor - Bad Idea
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4/30/2009 10:10 PM
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Wealth Distribution Study and Excerpts
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4/28/2009 11:01 PM
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Wealth Distribution Charts and Graphs (1991-2008)
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4/24/2009 12:13 AM
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New Offering from Career Builder and The Work Buzz
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4/5/2009 3:23 PM
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March 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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4/3/2009 10:40 PM
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Performance at GM, Performance in Baseball
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3/30/2009 9:19 PM
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A "Bonus" entry for Working Thoughts
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3/25/2009 10:38 PM
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Is the Middle Class Gone?
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3/10/2009 11:13 PM
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It is Time for Re-Employment Insurance
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2/21/2009 10:33 PM
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Has Bad Behavior Irreparably Damaged the Title CEO?: Fortunately “Good” CEOs Are Still Out There
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2/11/2009 11:46 PM
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January 2009 Jobs Report and Wages
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2/6/2009 11:48 AM
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Pay, Wall St, and Legislation
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2/5/2009 6:17 PM
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Happy Chinese New Year and Era
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1/27/2009 12:27 AM
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December 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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1/10/2009 12:46 AM
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Job and Pay Site List
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12/29/2008 11:49 AM
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Different Influences Will Work Together to Moderate Prices, But They aren't Enough to Induce Deflation.
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12/18/2008 11:25 PM
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Trying Times for the Profession of Recruiting
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12/17/2008 11:34 PM
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Three Leader's Strategies in a Down Economy
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12/11/2008 1:06 AM
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November 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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12/6/2008 11:51 AM
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An Update of Ken Chenault Posts
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12/5/2008 1:06 AM
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Recession, Recession, Recession
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12/1/2008 10:09 PM
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$100,000 Jobs - Adjustments and Stats
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11/30/2008 11:40 PM
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There are Jobs for Low Level Employees?
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11/29/2008 11:39 PM
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Hiring Brand?
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11/25/2008 6:09 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 2
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11/19/2008 10:32 PM
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Four Reflective Commentaries on Leadership - Part 1
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11/17/2008 1:02 AM
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October 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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11/7/2008 11:35 PM
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Characteristics of a free thinking capitalistic society
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10/29/2008 6:22 PM
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Privilege is a distinction that each of us can decide to enjoy or not
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10/23/2008 11:11 PM
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The Next Stimulus Package Must be a Job Creator
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10/21/2008 3:45 AM
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Preparation is Key to Job Hunting
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10/13/2008 11:42 PM
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1993 and 2008 - Same Symptoms, Different Diseases
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10/9/2008 11:09 PM
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AIG - Performance - Luck - Happenstance - Coincidence
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10/8/2008 11:16 PM
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September 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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10/4/2008 5:48 PM
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A Working Renaissance
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9/25/2008 10:56 PM
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Too Many CEOs Think They are One of the Very Few
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9/18/2008 6:01 PM
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Laid Off? Think Small
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9/16/2008 10:07 PM
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Many Sectors Down - Tech Holding Up
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9/10/2008 2:18 AM
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What is promised to Wall St and what is promised to the CEO are not the same
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9/9/2008 4:55 AM
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August 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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9/8/2008 4:30 PM
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Poor Job Numbers but Subtle Positive Signs
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9/4/2008 10:26 PM
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Eventually Globalization Comes Back to the US
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8/27/2008 11:29 PM
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The Six Year Pay Cut
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8/25/2008 11:02 PM
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Is the Federal Reserve Taking a Risk?
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8/18/2008 11:13 PM
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How to Erode the US Middle Class
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8/13/2008 9:24 PM
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Cost of Living Driving Executives
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8/9/2008 9:51 PM
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July 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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8/1/2008 8:58 AM
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Six Numbers
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7/31/2008 9:18 PM
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Pay Down on Wall St in 2008
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7/25/2008 11:31 PM
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Big Day on Capital Hill - Economy
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7/23/2008 9:58 PM
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The Liability of the Labor Department
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7/18/2008 10:31 PM
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Services Inflation Dropping
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7/17/2008 11:13 PM
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June 2008 Inflation Numbers
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7/16/2008 8:56 PM
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The Middle Class of Emerging Markets (stats)
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7/14/2008 11:17 PM
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June 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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7/3/2008 6:01 PM
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Really Rich and Really Really Rich
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6/23/2008 9:03 PM
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Entering the Workforce Things to Know
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6/16/2008 10:48 PM
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May 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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6/9/2008 10:20 PM
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GDP Revised, Consumer Spending, and Productivity Stats for early 2008
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6/4/2008 12:55 PM
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Oil Attention Too
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5/27/2008 10:12 PM
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Wages and Inflation for April 07 to April 08
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5/15/2008 10:11 PM
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April 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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5/4/2008 8:09 PM
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CPI Inflation Trend and the Cost of Milk
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4/15/2008 12:32 PM
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Executive Pay Comparison for 2007
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4/7/2008 11:53 PM
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March 2008 Jobs Report and Wages
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4/4/2008 11:31 PM
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