We’re all familiar with movie reviews, restaurant reviews, etc., but I didn’t know there were “blog reviews,” until I saw this recent blog review of Carpe Diem.

HT: E. Stables

From the Qliance website: “Traditionally, over 40¢ of every $1 you spend on health care goes toward insurance billing and overhead (see chart above). This means your clinician must work harder and faster, seeing more patients each day just to … read more >

CHICAGO FED — Led by improvements in production- and employment-related indicators, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index increased to –0.07 in March, up from –0.44 in February. Three of the four broad categories of indicators that make up the index … read more >

April 28 (Bloomberg) – Dow Chemical Co., the largest U.S. chemical maker, reported first-quarter profit that surged more than analysts estimated, boosted by higher sales of commodity plastics and rebounding demand in the U.S. and Europe. About 64 percent of … read more >

Gary Varvel.

These figures have been out for awhile, so this is a little outdated, but I’m using the chart for a talk tomorrow and thought I’d post it, with an explanation of the lag. Vehicle sales increased in March by 21.3% … read more >

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced today that March 2010 international scheduled air traffic showed continued strengthening of demand. Compared to March 2009, passenger demand was up 10.3%, while cargo demand grew 28.1%. Both are improvements from the 9.0% … read more >