The Traderszone Network

Jeb Bush said America can grow at a 4% rate and you know what? He’s right, says Larry Kudlow.

The review highlights Chief Executive Lisa Su’s determination to consider every possible option to turn the company around. Su, however, who took over as CEO last October, judged that there is merit for the company to at least consider such a possibility again, the people added. AMD, which has a market capitalization of around $2 billion, has competed with much larger Intel since the 1980s, and at times has made inroads with its PC and server chips.

On Monday, the National Association of Realtors is expected to report strong growth in existing home sales for May. On Wednesday, Lennar (LEN.N), the No. 2 U.S. homebuilder is expected to report that it had a strong second quarter. U.S. permits for future home construction surged to a near eight-year high in May, a sign of a buildup of momentum, but housing starts fell. Broadly, shares of housing stocks have reflected this.

Jason Smith is trained in physics, and has recently tried his hand at economics blogging.  Perhaps inspired by Matt Yglesias and Britmouse, Jason noticed that an economics degree is not required to do good economic analysis.  But he went even further than the other two, creating a revolutionary new type of economics called “Information Transfer Economics.”  Although I’ve tried to understand his model, it’s all way over my head. He knows a lot more math than I do.

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Submitted by Daisy Luther via The Organic Prepper blog,

With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods.

Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies.

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