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Jeff Poor | May 28, 2008

     Although there have been some signs of a settling housing market, as new home sales rose an unexpected 3.3 percent in April from March, actual home prices fell 14 percent in the first quarter of 2008, causing a network…

Jeff Poor | May 22, 2008

     Everyone is looking for someone to blame for higher gas prices, but one of the favorite media targets has been oil companies that dare to turn a profit.

     Anthony Mason, on CBS’s May 22 “Early Show,” led off with senators on the…

Jeff Poor | May 22, 2008

     Sports are risky, sometimes leading to lasting injuries. In one case covered by the May 18 “CBS Evening News,” parents blamed aluminum bat manufacturers for their son’s injury.

 

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Jeff Poor | May 22, 2008

     Despite the current economic situation still not meeting the technical definition of recession (two quarters of negative economic growth) BusinessWeek just launched a blog that assumes otherwise.

 

Jeff Poor | May 21, 2008

     It may be the mother of all doom and gloom gas price predictions: $12 for a gallon of gas is “inevitable.”

 

     Robert Hirsch, Management Information Services Senior Energy Advisor…

Jeff Poor | May 21, 2008

     It didn’t take long for the “CBS Evening News” to blast the government for funding cuts after the announcement that Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

     “Evening News” began its series…