thestatedtruth.com | September 4, 2010
Without tax incentives, this may all be for not……..John Mauldin explains the simple facts of job growth…..Want to increase productivity and jobs? The best way it seems, is to encourage private business, and especially startups. “So we can’t count on the Intels or Microsofts to create employment: we need the entrepreneurs.” Delta Force There are [...]
thestatedtruth.com | August 14, 2010
thestatedtruth.com | August 9, 2010
Aug 9, 2010 Since the recession started in the fourth quarter of 2007, the common theme has been about Americans cutting back on their spending. But the latest numbers from the BEA show aggregate personal consumption expenditures are up 2.9%, or $285 billion. So here are the numbers. So here is a table of winners: [...]
thestatedtruth.com | April 4, 2010
AP – This undated image released by the U.S. Air Force shows the X-37B spacecraft. By JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press Writer John Antczak, Associated Press Sat April 3, 2010 Posted April 4, 2010 LOS ANGELES – After a decade of development, the Air Force this month plans to launch a robotic spacecraft resembling a small space [...]
thestatedtruth.com | January 17, 2010
Just think about the bailouts and which companies were saved. We ended up bailing out the worst performing and troubled companies thus keeping alive companies that should have completely failed. Did we bail out Google? Proctor and Gamble? Of course not. These companies actually produce something that people want. Banks and especially the Wall Street [...]
thestatedtruth.com | December 2, 2009
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thestatedtruth.com | August 28, 2009
International Paper Treads Monsanto’s Path to ‘Frankenforests’ By Jack Kaskey Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — International Paper Co., the world’s largest pulp and paper maker, plans to remake commercial forests in the same way Monsanto Co. revolutionized farms with genetically modified crops. International Paper’s ArborGen joint venture with MeadWestvaco Corp. and New Zealand’s Rubicon Ltd. is [...]
thestatedtruth.com | August 20, 2009
Pension Plans’ Private-Equity Cash Depleted as Profits Shrink By Jason Kelly and Jonathan Keehner Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — U.S. pension funds contributed to the record $1.2 trillion that private-equity firms raised this decade. Three of the biggest investors, state pensions in California, Oregon and Washington, plunked down at least $53.8 billion. So far, they only [...]
thestatedtruth.com | July 29, 2009