…Retail sales dropping like a rock Economic weakness ‘feeding on itself,’ analysts say U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY 12/11 – Auto Bailout Clears House but Faces Hurdles in Senate 12/11 – Auto…

…that is the upshot. The “substantive due process” doctrine holds that there are certain incursions into personal autonomy and certain impositions on individual liberty beyond which the Constitution allows the…

rdan James Kwak of Baseline Scenario asks an important basic question concerning the statement that ‘big cars are inherently more profitable for car companies, so smaller is bad for profits’,…

rdan NYT reports: With its losses mounting, Wall Street is cutting jobs faster — and deeper — than even pessimists had feared… In one the largest single rounds of layoffs…

rdan hat tip to reader Jack for this example of reading making the rounds of car dealers: Subject: An example of American management expertise. It’s nice when they use an…

…auto inventories. During the cash for clunkers auto and light truck inventories fell from 2.7 months of sales to1.6 months of sales — the norm is about 2 months. Auto…

…denuclearize. So what is in this deal? Most of the publicity has been about its automobile section, which some in the US hope will increase automobile production in the US,…

February manufacturing and January construction continue negative, while auto sales improve  – by New Deal democrat We started out yet another month of data with bad news in two leading sectors….

…Landscape There is some precedent for auto-enrollment of selected Medicare populations in private plans. The financial alignment demonstrations of people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid began in 2013 and…

Via Dr. Black, this piece yields preciousness: “You have to stay on top of your game,” said Sklar, 65, a straight-talker who wears cuff links to work and has managed…