Headline RoundupSeptember 5th, 2014
August 2014 Jobs Report
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From the Left
Economy Barely Budges In Disappointing Jobs ReportHuffPost
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Like the monster at the end of a horror movie, the lame, sluggish recovery that we thought was dead just crawled out of the grave to give us another scare.
From the Left
Whoops! Jobs recovery lost steam in AugustCNN (Online News)
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Yuck. The jobs market lost some steam in August, with only 142,000 jobs added last month.
From the Right
OPINION: What the jobs numbers really meanFox News (Online News)
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Opinion
The jobs and unemployment numbers come out at precisely 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, almost always on the first Friday of the month, and at 8:31 the pundits are either jumping for joy or slumping in disappointment over what those numbers “reveal.”
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How the Baltimore bridge collapse spawned a torrent of instant conspiracy theories
CNN (Online News)
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Millions of seniors behind on student loans risk losing Social Security, lawmakers warn Biden
Axios
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Biden opposes plan to sell US Steel to a Japanese firm, citing the need for ‘American steel workers’
Associated Press
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A housing shortage is testing Oregon’s pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are set to tweak it
Associated Press
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Home Depot is acquiring specialty distributor SRS for $18.25 billion in huge bet on growing pro sales
CNBC
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Insurers could face losses of up to $4 billion after Baltimore bridge tragedy, analyst says
Reuters
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Lawyers Gear Up for Swift Start in Legal Fight Over Baltimore Bridge
Wall Street Journal (News)
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Chinese ex-trade negotiator who backed Trump slams US for ‘dismantling the system’ of global trade
South China Morning Post
Analysis
56% of Americans can’t afford a $1,000 emergency expense: We are ‘living in a paycheck-to-paycheck nation,’ money expert says
CNBC
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Iowa's number of construction jobs is higher than it's been in over three decades
Des Moines Register
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Stellantis To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees As It Struggles To Transition To Electric Vehicles
The Daily Caller
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Biden picks up United Steelworkers endorsement days after coming out against US Steel sale
Washington Examiner
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G/O Media sells Deadspin, lays off entire staff with barely any notice amid ‘blackface’ scandal
New York Post (News)
Analysis
Conservative group launches Bidenomics website critiquing president’s ‘rhetoric’
Washington Examiner
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White House: Spending at Start of Biden Presidency Didn’t Cause Inflation, But Dampening Demand Helped Lower It
Breitbart News
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White House: Inflation ‘Very Close to Normal’ and Prices ‘Moving in the Right Direction’ — But They’ll Go Up
Breitbart News