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The recession hasn’t taken a bite out of Petsmart’s (PETM) earnings, thanks to the company’s ability to cut costs and slightly increase margins on essentially flat sales.The nation&

Inquiring minds are interested in figuring out how long it might take to get back to "full employment" defined as 5%.John Mauldin touched upon this theme in Unemployment: Welcome to the New

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It's said that a person’s true character is exposed under pressure. I think the same can be said for companies as well. Late last year I wrote about Riverbed Technology (RVBD) as a good candida

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The US economy appears to face a classic chicken-or-the-egg conundrum: The economy is slow because consumers aren’t spending, and consumers aren’t spending because the economy is slow, gi

Fears that rising oil prices will strangle the economic recovery and produce a double-dip recession appear overblown.A barrel of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange recently fetched $78.55, 4.2%

This morning I ran across two seemingly unrelated stories:Is Happiness Still That New Car Smell?-- New York Times, Oct. 21, 2009  The recession and a growing awareness of the environment are