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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Results taken from Company Reports: “GM Releases 2024 First-Quarter Results and Raises Full-Year Guidance,” General Motors Company GM Story Reported by William Gavin at Quartz: beats Wall Street’s expectations again for third-quarter earnings and raised its outlook for the full year GM is having a great year as it posts Q3 earnings beat General Motors […] The post GM Releases 2024 First-Quarter Results appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat One of the well-established long leading indicators is corporate profits. Typically they peak a year or more before the onset of a recession. And the reason makes sense: if there is profit pressure that lasts longer than a single quarter, i.e., it looks like it may be forming a trend, […] The post Are corporate profits stalling in Q3? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The question here is whether primary care can be commercialized more so than what it has been to date? Will profitability deliver a better healthcare model? Who will it serve? Can it survive without large healthcare institutions and hospitals supporting it? It might given where its location and the costs of utilizing it. Can Primary […] The post Can Retail Business Implement Primary Healthcare? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I am canvassing near Pittsburgh this week with a group of around 30.  The first few days have been relatively uneventful.  The weather has been beautiful.  A few of my co-canvassers reported useful conversations, like one woman who wanted to vote but wasn’t sure who the pro-choice candidate was.  I have had one conversation with […] The post Pennsylvania canvassing report appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A heads up on changes to Part D in 2025. Some you already know as a $2000 cap on Meds Part D. Premiums may increase. There is a chance for subsidies. Read on . . . These increases in Medicare part D premiums are for 2025 Medicare, a federal health insurance program, is vital for […] The post Medicare Part D Increases appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]SCOTUS: Actually, Presidents Are Kings – by Joyce Vance Civil Discourse One of the last lines in Joyce Vance commentary at Civil Discourse is the title I used for this lengthy (and it is) Post of hers. Why is it the men on SCOTUS are a bunch of cowards when it comes to Trump? What […] The post The only force holding Trump accountable for trying to interfere in the last election is the voters in the up coming one appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Recent WSJ subscription article on China and it trying to reverse its one-child per couple policy. Evidently the policy is leaving the country with a growing elderly population with no younger replacements to follow. It will now implement subsidies to encourage larger families to reverse the demographic decline of its own design. The Communist Party […] The post Opinion Piece “China’s One-Child Economic Disaster” appeared first on...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by New Deal democrat This week is another light one for economic data, so let me discuss a couple of points explaining why I am cautious, but not DOOOMing. Basically, because there are a lot of asterisks. Today let me follow up on initial jobless claims. The typical best way to look at these is […] The post A closer look at (why I’m not terribly concerned by) the recent elevated initial claims appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Many of you have noticed unwanted occurrences at Angry Bear. We have had four occurrences of down time. I am not sure why this is happening. Each time, Joel and I have alerted our present Server staff without being demanding or obnoxious. The latter serves no purpose. We need their help while we transition to […] The post Changes at Angry Bear appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Joyce Vance @ Civil Discourse This is not going to be one of those ho-hum, just like any other week kind of weeks. Over the weekend, Donald Trump talked about the size of Arnold Palmer’s penis and called Kamala Harris a “shit vice president” while an adoring crowd cheered. Harris’ response? She told MSNBC’s Al Sharpton, “the American people deserve so […] The post The Week Ahead...