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    Think There's a Strong Labor Market? Then Think Again - The economy is adding more workers, but they are working much fewer hours on average. Average Weekly Hours 2019-Present Across the board, people are work...
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    Stay away from popular tech stocks, part II - Last August, I wrote a blog post arguing that largest technology and internet companies -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft -- would never grow i...
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    Updating the HF Indicators - I posted this over on Seeking Alpha. Not much good seems to be happening, and I am concerned about the low pace of construction and a likely end to the sho...
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Friday, August 28, 2015

Cutting Edge Factory Automation

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