Caution: Stats May Be Slippery (BusinessWeek)
BusinessWeek - Peril permeates a steel mill. Molten metal explodes when exposed to water. Overhead cranes hoist steel coils weighing up to 80,000 pounds. Heavy vehicles roll within feet of high-voltage wires. We have a work environment that presents every hazard known to man, says Alan H. McCoy, vice-president and spokesman at AK Steel in West Chester, Ohio.

[ Published on : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:40 ]

One Congressmans Solution for Boosting Small Businesses Loans (The Motley Fool)
The Motley Fool - The first Friday of every month brings the all-important employment report. Februarys numbers were better than anticipated. The United States lost only 36,000 jobs, versus the 68,000 that experts expected. This compares with 651,000 jobs lost in February 2009. Still, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%, with the unofficial rate stuck around a whopping 16%.

[ Published on : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00 ]