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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Economy

The $180 sneakers

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2011, 2:41 PM Dec 23, 2011

Today’s news story that indicates the economy may be better than we’ve been led to believe.

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The “attitude gap” and unemployment

Michael OlsonMichael Olson December 16, 2011, 12:16 PM Dec 16, 2011
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When he hears discussion in the news of long-term unemployment, Paul Jensen grows frustrated. He owns Jensales, a small business a few miles outside Albert Lea in southern Minnesota. The business prints and sells technical manuals — and it does commercial printing as well. Jensen also owns the local newspaper, The Alden Advance. He currently Read more →

Dismantling Occupy

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2011, 9:27 AM Dec 10, 2011
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Of all the cities where officials have dismantled the Occupy protesters, Boston may be the most symbolic, it being the home of the Freedom Trail and the place where patriots took a stand against a system they considered unjust.

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Fracking pollutes, EPA discovers

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 8, 2011, 2:33 PM Dec 8, 2011
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In one corner: damage to water and the environment. In the other corner: jobs.

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The power of the penny

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 4:06 PM Dec 2, 2011
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What if we eliminated the penny?

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The ‘processing fee’ money grab

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2011, 1:48 PM Dec 2, 2011
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Ticketmaster settles a lawsuit, but can continue to add a ‘processing fee’ to ticket orders.

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103-year old remains in home; officials refuse foreclosure orders

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 30, 2011, 1:44 PM Nov 30, 2011
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There’s no limit, apparently, to who banks will foreclose upon, but at least in Atlanta, there’s a limit for the people who actually have to do the dirty work.

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Life in a shipping container

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 30, 2011, 11:36 AM Nov 30, 2011
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A single-mother who didn’t want a mortgage builds a home out of a shipping container.

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Can retail survive in Saint Paul?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2011, 12:32 PM Nov 28, 2011
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Downtown Saint Paul remains the Bermuda Triangle of retail.

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Show me your property tax bill

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2011, 1:35 PM Nov 18, 2011
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If I said my property taxes went up $75, would that be a lot? What if I said they went up 3 percent?

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Politics

Minnesota sells the good china

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2011, 1:38 PM Nov 17, 2011
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The state gets a pile of cash for its tobacco settlement in exchange for two piles of cash later.

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‘Anywhere but Minot’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 15, 2011, 1:48 PM Nov 15, 2011
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In western North Dakota, the oil boom is making a lot of people rich. It’s also making it enticing to kick members of the military out of a place to live.

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Black Friday is now ‘black Thursday’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 10, 2011, 1:20 PM Nov 10, 2011
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WalMart kills off Thanksgiving.

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Can’t we all just make bagels?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 4, 2011, 10:51 AM Nov 4, 2011
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Two Muslims save a bagel shop that was about to go out of business.

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America’s disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 3, 2011, 3:18 PM Nov 3, 2011
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The longer the economy remains a disaster, the more people may start wondering whether some of America’s cities are anything but a lost cause and, if so, what does that mean?

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