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Defying all the talk of a potential Social-Media bubble, Morgan Stanley AM has bought 2% of LinkedIn for approximately $147M. In a filing released on Thursday afternoon, the asset management arm of Morgan Stanley disclosed that it had purchased 2,044,717 shares, or 22.7 percent, of LinkedIn Class...

        Current Economic Conditions                              by Federal Reserve                           June 2011                                 Real Estate and ConstructionResidential real estate activity improved since the last report. Most Districts noted an increase in home sales and c...

  Employment in the nonfarm private business sector rose 38,000 from April to May on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report® released today.  The estimated change of employment from March 2011 to April 2011 was revised down slightly to 177,000 from th...

Consumer confidence among Floridians remained flat in May at 68. Among the five components two declined, one increased and two remained unchanged.  1.   Perceptions of personal finances now compared to a year ago fell four points to 52. 2.   Perceptions of personal finances a year from now incre...

Date                              Amount           Party 1                                    Party 2  10.  5/23/2011          $2,400,000      FIRST BANK                     LOVE A CHILD HOLDING LLC 9.   5/23/2011          $2,500,000      BARNES THOMAS C           JOHNSON MERCEDES TRUSTEE  8.   5...

  Since the GSEs were seized by the government in late 2008, they have completed modifications on 849,000 mortgages. The sale of these assets is one option being discussed as part of the agency’s strategy to shrink Fannie Mae  and Freddie Mac portfolios. Edward DeMarco, acting director of the Fed...

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little changed or slightly lower in April. Thirty nine states recorded unemployment rate decreases, three states and the District of Columbia registered rate increases, and eight states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re...

  More than four out of 10 (16.4 million or 43.7 percent) of those people who moved between 2009 and 2010, did so for housing-related reasons, such as the desire to live in a new or better home or apartment, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Geographical Mobility: 2010”. Other rea...

The Statistical Abstract of the United States was created in 1878, and is viewed by many as one of the most authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The Abstract is a convenient volume for statistical referenc...

The Statistical Abstract of the United States was created in 1878, and is viewed by many as one of the most authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The Abstract is a convenient volume for statistical referenc...