This piece by Merrill Goozner was written one year ago to the month. Merrill covers a lot of territory in his healthcare discussions. There is one other person who also is very knowledgeable about Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans. As Merrill says there is not need for 5% increases in pricing for Medicare Advantage plans […]

What is going on within companies when they find their sales decreasing??? Some graphics, occurrences, and facts to explain what may be going on today. Layoff numbers . . . Graphics taken from “intellizence.” Additional numeric can be found at the “intellizence” site. Click on the link in the company name. There is a broader […]

I spent my entire research career working on animals. In this case, the animals were Drosophila melanogaster, or “fruit flies.” I dissected tens of thousands of larval salivary glands because their giant polytene chromosomes afforded a relatively high resolution map of the genome. I made over 100 transgenic lines to gain insight into gene function. […]

 – by New Deal democrat Let’s take our normal weekly look at jobless claims. As a general reminder, these are a good high frequency short leading indicator for the economy as a whole, and also somewhat noisily for the monthly unemployment rate. In the past several months, I have highlighted what appears to be a “regime […]

In case you have not noticed Vice President of Federal Tax Policy, Tax Foundation; Ms. Erica York has been appearing on Angry Bear. Ms. York has been offering up commentaries on Angry Bear. Her closing comment to each post has been: “As always, I’m here if you’d like to chat further!” Well, so far no […]

It is no surprise to see it still decreasing. It would still be decreasing with a different president too. Much of my experience has been spent in helping companies with the use of flow through analysis of manufacturing and materials. When I read this short piece, it was no surprise that it has not improved. […]

Musk’s Tesla brand is becoming toxic. The unsold cyber trucks are accumulating in large lots. Sales of Tesla sedans have slumped, partly because Musk himself is a toxic brand and partly because of competition. Looks like Musk is crying “uncle.” “Elon Musk, who turned an upstart electric vehicle maker into an industry-changing powerhouse, is pulling […]

 – by New Deal democrat Although the last federal government shutdown has been over for 2.5 months — and a new one might begin this weekend — with the exception of a few headline indicators like inflation, industrial production, and employment, most of the data is still lagging by at least one month, i.e., it has […]

I am stealing from Infidel753’s site to which the link is below in the title. There is truth to what is being said. In fact (and unless you are up on what is really happening) many of us may have happened as the nation was still in recovery from a recession of sorts. Then there […]

I follow Robert Reich daily missives on his site. I did subscribe to it. Robert has a habit of commenting on issues or things I would like to know more about. I do agree with much of what he says so it may be one reason why I read him. The topic of today’s commentary […]