Archive for the ‘Source: WSJ’ Category

They are planning to stop buying them (or maybe not). Updated 3/25.

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Select a team to follow the tweets of it’s coaches, players, and notable observers.

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Among the several measures it examined were fiscal deficits, debt loans, growth rates and inflation. The ‘sovereign risk’ index includes those and others. The higher the number the riskier the country.

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Nice summary from the WSJ: The Summary, the questions, and the results (1880-2000).

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Biggest NE storms of all time. Strangely, excludes the Blizzard of ’77, which I remember in upstate NY.

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A nice annotated table. Related article.

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Also includes a table of everyone leaving indicating stated reason, terms served, etc.

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Women lost their jobs less than men during the recession, and women outnumber men in the workplace for the first time. Related article.

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An impressively detailed mapping analysis of settlements in disputed territories over time. Related article.

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Job losses/gains. Use the timeline slider at the top to change the month. The bubbles at the bottom showing the overall size of the sectors are a nice touch.

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