With so many of us facing the prospect of hunting down a new job, I thought it would make sense this week to focus on how to get the most out of your job search. First topic to tackle: the sticky question of when, if ever, to tell a prospective employer what you want to earn. Laurie Ruettimann at Pu...

During all 2008, America has been losing jobs: today we have past December publication, and that will bring the number close to 2 million people, remaining the biggest concern of the American economy. With the  ADP survey (published a few days ago) getting more accurate month after month, today we ...

Before we get to the rest of the links, I have to call my own number. I’ve got a new article up at Hardball Times that looks back at some old projections I did here at Ducksnorts many moons ago. Good fun… Lots to cover this morning: Padres experienced relative success in Moores Era (San ...

Jake Peavy isn’t going to the Cubs… for now. And just when I was starting to like the names being mentioned. Did you notice how the rumored packages went from being awful, to decent, to pretty good? At the very least, Kevin Towers deserves credit for not jumping on any old deal, like som...

I’m a little behind in my links, so some of these might be oldish. Hey, better late than never… Organization free of bad contracts and long-term financial obligations (San Diego Union-Tribune). Good stuff from Tom Krasovic: The Padres certainly are familiar with toxic player contracts...

The Canadian employment situation has been just published showing a deep fall in jobs, but a better than expected unemployment rate; Canadian dollar is falling not really hard, but falling. Well, usually Canadian data gives us a good advance of what to expect for the U.S report. Numbers tend to move...

The Rate Cut Merry-Go-Round Just Keeps On Spinning In a throwback to an earlier time, the Bank of England cut its key lending rate 100bp. to 2.0%, the lowest level since 1939. If they were to cut it to below 2.0%, it would be the first and only time since the Bank of England came into existence in 1...

Greg Mankiw looks at an article by Paul Krugman on the current economic problems. The essence of Paul’s argument is that the economy of the Great Depression was in a liquidity trap, which implies that the AD curve is vertical, which in turn implies that policies that adversely shift the AS cur...

Nothing has happened yet, but all indications are that life is about to get real interesting around these parts. With that in mind, here’s a little something to help you through as we move forward into the unknown… Q: What the heck is going on with the Padres? A: Principle owners John an...

The bleeding continues at McClatchy. The troubled newspaper chain revealed  that it is reducing its workforce nationwide by a further 10 percent in an effort to shave some $70 million a year in operating costs. This news was hardly unanticipated around here, given our earlier reports about McClachy...