Productivity surges, job growth should follow

The Labor Department said on Thursday that productivity surged at a 9.5 percent annual rate, the quickest pace since the third quarter of 2003, as companies squeezed more output from a smaller pool of labor to hold the line on costs. “We expect the pace of efficiency gains will soon begin to fade,” said Michelle  Read more ➝

Insider Sell-Offs

The October 26th, 2009 issue of Business Week reports of an increase in insider selling of stock.  “We’ve never seen a market bottom when there weren’t significant levels of insider buys, and we’ve never seen a top without significant selling”.  Click the photo to the left to view the entire article on businessweek.com.