6 posts and columns on U.S. economy

Internet Advertisers Say Internet Advertising Keeps America Strong

in Media on June 11, 2009 at 9:08 am PT

Did you know that Internet publishing–Internet publishing supported by advertising, that is–creates millions of jobs in this country? It’s true, says a trade group, which is trying to convince Washington that all that is at risk if people start passing pesky laws.
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Welcome to 1945…

in News on January 9, 2009 at 6:35 am PT

The market was expecting the worst in the government’s latest monthly employment report and it was not disappointed. “Job losses were large and widespread across most major industry sectors,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The U.S. economy lost 524,000 jobs in December, closing out the worst year for job attrition since World War II, according to the BLS. Total job losses for 2008: 2.6 million, the largest decline since 2.750 million jobs were lost in 1945. A 16-year high. Congratulations, folks….

Sad Guys on Sand Hill Road

in News on October 15, 2008 at 2:05 pm PT

Sad Guys on Trading Floors may soon have some new photographs of dismay to catalog, if the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index is any guide. Released this morning, the index puts VC confidence at its lowest point in the five-year history of the survey.

Windows Cloud Rolling In

in News on October 2, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

August Chip Sales Clearly Quite a Bit Better Than September's Will Be

in News on October 2, 2008 at 7:41 am PT

The slow gutting of the U.S. economy hasn’t had as much of an impact on global semiconductor sales; they rose 5.5 percent in August from a year ago bolstered by strong demand for personal computers and handsets. Odd, since you’d assume that slowdown in the U.S. economy would reduce demand for electronics goods and, by extension, the chips on which they run.

August Chip Sales Clearly Quite a Bit Better Than September’s Will Be

in News on October 2, 2008 at 7:41 am PT

The slow gutting of the U.S. economy hasn’t had as much of an impact on global semiconductor sales; they rose 5.5 percent in August from a year ago bolstered by strong demand for personal computers and handsets. Odd, since you’d assume that slowdown in the U.S. economy would reduce demand for electronics goods and, by extension, the chips on which they run.