Bismarck Tribune — “Oil field clothes can tear up a washing machine. Several Bismarck laundry businesses have had to close their doors to workers but others are building their businesses around the boom. A sign on the door of King … read more >

Since November 2002, Rasmussen has tracked partisan trends based on monthly surveys of 15,000 adults, and this is from the latest report on March 1: “The number of Republicans in the country was virtually unchanged in February, while the number … read more >

For 61 consecutive months starting in December 2006 and ending in December 2011, the monthly jobless rate for men exceeded the jobless rate for women, by as much as 2.7%.  That 2.7% gap was a post-WWII record and took place … read more >

There’s been a discussion in the last two issues of The Gartman Letter (subscription required) about the relative size of China’s economy on a per-capita basis, and then adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity.  Here are some contributions to that discussion: … read more >