Elephant Glut (Musical Tribute)

Oregon leaders shrug as pension crisis looms

The elephant in the room, the Oregon public pension system, is about to swallow an additional $1 billion-plus from school districts and other public employers over the next two years.

Does Monster's Acquisition Of Yahoo! HotJobs Matter If The Internet Is The Job Board?

The elephant in the room is that the economic jolt of September 2008 has permanently altered the job market and dramatically accelerated labor trends underway for many years, such as the growth in job turnover throughout a person's career.

The elephant in the room

Election of Republican senator may change politics in Mass.

It's the principal of the thing

The housing market has an enormous elephant in the room, and no one seems to be able to move it. If homeowners start walking away from their mortgages en masse, there’s little doubt the housing market will collapse and take the economy with it.

The elephant in the room named health care

Costs are exploding, and although the word “rationing” is gingerly avoided, that’s what the state is talking about, just as the federal government is, even with the current health plan stalled and perhaps doomed.

Exports have been U.S. blind spot: Commerce Sec.

"China is the elephant in the room," Cassidy said in an interview.

It's a circus. It's a show. Just dance until the music stops again. It's going to be okay.