May 24, 2016
The Onion: Your Horoscopes — Week Of May 24, 2016
Virgo | Aug. 23 to Sept. 22
You will quickly accomplish every goal set out for you at your job this week, which will once again spell peril for 1,200 Detroit autoworkers.
Very funny. Not gonna happen though. The economy is too strong, too resilient, and we all know satirical astrology has no basis in fact. We only read it for the humor.
May 24, 2016
GM will lay off 1,600 workers at 3 factories
About 700 workers at GM's pickup plant in Pontiac will be furloughed starting Feb. 1, while another 500 at the Detroit-Hamtramck sedan factory will be laid off starting Jan. 12, spokesman Chris Lee said Thursday. In addition, 400 workers at a two-seat sports car assembly plant in Wilmington, Del., also will be out of work starting Dec. 8.
Oops. My bad. Pontiac is close to Detroit, isn't it? Sigh.
New Home Sales Increase to 693,000 Annual Rate in March; Median New Home
Price is Down 13% from the Peak
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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: New Home Sales
Increase to 693,000 Annual Rate in March
Brief excerpt:
The Census Bureau reports Ne...
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