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Which Way For New Home Sales Data?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:15:28 GMT

GOOD MORNING. Stocks in Asia closed higher today; U.S. futures are pointing to a mixed open. The Census Bureau will release new home sales data today at 10 a.m. and expectations are the figure will rise slightly for October.
Source: Smartmoney.com

Census worker killed self, staged it as homicide

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:19:07 GMT

ATLANTA -- A Census Bureau worker found dead in rural Kentucky -- a death that sparked fear of anti-government violence in some quarters -- committed suicide, authorities said yesterday.
Source: Columbus Dispatch

Commerce City goes through industrial evolution

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:10:04 GMT

arsenal saw the city's fortunes begin to change.
Source: Denver Post

Housing Bubbles: Why are Americans Ignoring Reality?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:20:59 GMT

As at the 3rd Quarter 2009, Table 3 illustrates that there are an estimated 130.302 million housing units in the United States, of which 111.459 million (85.5%) are occupied, with 75.339 million (57.8%) owned and 36.119 million (27.7%) rented.
Source: New Geography

Census worker made death look like homicide

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:10 GMT

A Census Bureau worker in Kentucky found dead in September with "FED" written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said yesterday.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Census Bureau worker killed himself, police say

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:08 GMT

A Census Bureau worker in Kentucky who was found dead in September with "FED" written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Source: Contra Costa Times

KY: Officials say census worker staged suicide

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:25:56 GMT

“A Census Bureau worker in Kentucky who was found dead in September with ‘FED’ written on his chest killed himself and staged his death to look like a homicide, state and federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
Source: Rational Review

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Nov. 25

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:17:33 GMT

Profile America -- Wednesday, November 25th. One of the great figures of American industry, who rose from poverty to become the wealthiest man in the world, was born in Scotland on this date in 1835.
Source: PR Newswire

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:46 GMT

Quoted in 'Rove memory loss: Op-ed accuses Obama of "unusual" use of Friday news dumps'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:44:12 GMT

said in Media Matters for America:

Poverty rose and income levels declined in 2002 for the second straight year as the nation's economy continued struggling after the first recession in a decade, the Census Bureau reported Friday.

Quoted in 'Gallot: Lawmaker divisive on census 'illegals' question'

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:38:33 GMT

Rick Gallot said in The Monroe News Star:

It saddens me that we have individuals who have attempted to bring up this very divisive issue and somehow suggest that there is something new going on under this Obama Census Bureau, that they're somehow going to conduct this census in a way that is inconsistent with what's always been done

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:03:17 GMT

Merchandise is restocked under the rain at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. , Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009. Retail sales in the United States fell 1.5 percent in September, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

Photo from Getty Images

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:33:14 GMT

BRIDGEPORT, CT - SEPTEMBER 30: People walk by housing in a struggling section of town September 30, 2009 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.