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Stories for Thursday, July 2, 2009
National unemployment average rises to 9.5%
CLARKONOMICS: The national unemployment rate has risen to 9.5% from 9.4%, a move that's actually considered to be good news since the jump is less than expected! One factor that has been tough is lengthier unemployment. One-third of those who are laid off have been unemployed for half a year ...
Feds expand mortgage refi program
The federal government has expanded its Home Affordable Refinance program to include more Americans who originally were ineligible because they were too far upside down in their homes. The first incarnation of the program only applied to those who were 105% upside down. But now that limit has been raised ...
Clark reflects on the meaning of the Fourth of July
The Fourth of July is Clark's favorite American holiday. He is a grandson of 4 Eastern Europeans -- a Russian, a Pole, an Austrian and a Lithuanian. Each came to this country to either escape oppression or for economic opportunity. America gave his family freedom and opportunity. We enjoy such ...
Cablevision's new tech push may make DVR obsolete
The Supreme Court has denied the right to challenge Cablevision on the issue of storing on-demand programming on servers instead of individual home devices, according to The Wall Street Journal. This is a move that paves the way for technology to make your DVR obsolete. It also almost certainly means ...
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