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Four reasons the housing recovery isn’t boosting the economy yet
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Sony may actually be considering Daniel Loeb's spin-off plan
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Broker pitchbooks are exactly as sleazy as you expect them to be
buzzfeed.com
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Apple isn't the only one using effective tax avoidance strategies
bloomberg.com
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The CBO says the deficit problem is solved for the next 10 years
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Ezra Klein:
CBO says deficit problem is solved for the next 10 years http://t.co/x1yhEyWjav
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America has more breweries now than at any time since the 1880s
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Lauren Tara LaCapra:
Fun story about brewers rejecting desperate bankers who want them to merge with other beermakers. http://t.co/zSLMcwcPau
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Americans' net worth back near pre-crisis peaks
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Another way immigrants help the US economy: they buy homes
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US carbon emissions fall to the lowest level in 18 years (coal use down)
guardian.co.uk
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Long-term unemployment is finally starting to fall (albeit slowly)
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America's prison population is shrinking -- you can thank California
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Tony Fratto:
Participation rates falling everywhere... RT @ezraklein: The U.S. prison population shrunk in 2010 and 2011: http://t.co/WzUfZJMb
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Mexico's economy is a "growth dynamo"
bonddad.blogspot.com
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BofA has approved more than 30k principal reductions under the national mortgage settlement
housingwire.com
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Ryan McCarthy:
BofA has approved 30k mortgages for principal reductions under the national settlement (total of $4.7B) http://t.co/oHkGmYZJ
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"Housing prices in Southern California are finding a bottom"
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Matthew DeBord:
SoCal housing prices COULD be forming a bottom, as foreclosure drags eases http://t.co/ndrHhxrB @DeBordReport
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Italy considers job sharing between older and younger workers
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Why the structure of electric utilities is broken
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How Jamie Dimon kept control during the shareholder challenge
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Mobile data is a luxury good in southern Europe
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Transport by rail is reshaping the US energy industry
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How many users does Tumblr really have?
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The US is leading the recovery in the private jet industry
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