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Mike: The Air Force relased it’s Fiscal Year 2010 Force Structure Announcement, which highlights base employment for both military and civilian personnel: Warning PDF: http://video.onset.freedom.com/newsherald/klvflt-afplan.pdf. Since Air Force cuts will affect nearly every state, I thought I’d post this today instead of waiting till Monday. Tweet This! – Larger layoff announcements and important economic reports: US/Canada: […]

Continue reading about June 28 – Air Force base cuts include: 700 at Hill, 600 at Tyndall – Sacramento to chop 209 deputies

Mike; I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. This weekend post is to highlight the continued dysfunction of the NY state senate, which is acting more dysfunctional than usual. When I say dysfunctional, I’m not being over the top, since it’s been documented that NYs legislators are truly the most dysfunctional: New York’s State […]

Continue reading about June 27 – New York’s dysfunctional senate fails to address unemployment benefits improvements

Mike: A busy Wednesday for economic reports, especially the two related to housing; MBA Purchase Applications, which showed some improvement mortgage applications climb from 7-month low as shown below, and New Home Sales showed continued weakness May new home sales dip 0.6 percent, which is surprising considering this is peak season for home sales. Mike: Durable goods orders show […]

Continue reading about June 24 – New homes sales fall, but mortgage applications rise – Durable good orders rise sharply – Ikea has cut 5000 jobs – Monsanto to cut 900 jobs – AIG chops 415