Recession-wary readers sell more old books
The number of readers selling their old books online jumped 15 percent last fall as the stock market collapsed, reports the prominent Oregon-based book store Powells. A further increase occurred this...
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California incomes decline — again
If it doesn’t seem like your income is stretching as far, you’re right. Californians saw their incomes decline 0.8% in the first quarter, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was the second...
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Poll: Does $250,000 make you rich?
A group of economic bloggers polled by the Kauffman Economic Outlook were asked to give a dollar figure for what constitutes a rich income for an American citizen in 2010 dollars. Half of the 76...
View ArticleHow ya doing? Average O.C. pay $1,035
The average weekly pay in Orange County was $1,035 in the first three months of this year, up 3.3% from the same period in 2010, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That was a little ahead of...
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Top 1% see income grow 224%
The Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Orange County and related movements claim those in the top 1% in the U.S. have seen their incomes outpace the remaining 99% which has led to the rich having a...
View ArticleFeeling rich? O.C. average weekly pay $1,036
Orange County residents saw a marked improvement in pay last year, with the average weekly wage jumping to $1,036 in the third quarter, reports the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Top weekly wages...
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Poll: Do you think you will ever be rich?
Americans are a gloomy bunch these days with nearly half of those polled by The Hill in Washington D.C. saying they don’t ever think they’ll be rich. While 47% said they didn’t think they would ever...
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