Daily Blogwatch: The Good News About Housing
Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the value of the Titanic ruins, a book review of Michael Lewis's "The Big Short" and the good news about housing.
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These Days, Even Temp Workers Are Struggling
Last week's employment report was disappointing: Employers cut double the number of jobs expected, added fewer new ones than predicted, and even temp job numbers fell to a loss. Is this a trend or an anomaly?
U.S. Job Market Suffers Another Bruising Month
America is stuck in a job drought -- adding just 71,000 new private sector jobs while shedding 131,000 -- and that will put more pressure on the Fed to stimulate the slack economy. One puzzle: How to create jobs in a period of soaring productivity?