A comparison of stock markets and their growth since 2009.

A detailed look at the real facts surrounding the outsourcing of jobs. How Bad Is Outsourcing? It Depends On How You Look At the Numbers No U.S. job worker wants to hear that companies are outsourcing more of their jobs to foreign countries. This is especially unwelcome news today as the national...

A look at who is paying the least, and most amount of taxes around the world. A Taxing Situation: A Look at Tax Rates Across the Globe If you plan on making a lot of money, you might want to move to Switzerland. The Swiss don’t tax income all that heavily, charging an income tax of anywhere from...

Sums equal to these same bonuses could also pay for almost half of Medicare this year ($290 Billion!!).

Macro-economists have a saying: “When the U.S. gets a cold, the rest of the world gets pneumonia”. Collapse of the Global Housing Market If you’re trying to sell a home today, you’re probably not happy. According to the latest research from the National Association of Realtors,...

Over a lifetime, recession kids can expect to earn $100,000 less than their luckier cohorts. Odds Stacked Against “Recession Kids” What a difference a recession makes. Kids entering the job market during a recession – dubbed as “recession kids – earn an average of $100,000...

A interactive look at which cell phone companies have the largest subscriber base. (mouseover red circles to reveal figures) The World’s Largest Telecom Providers If you think AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are huge companies, you should check out the size of telecom providers in the rest of...

Breakdown of how each region’s external debt around the world has evolved through the decades, starting back in 1970, all the way until today. A Global History of Debt: National Debts Rise and Fall in the Last 10 Years We all read about the U.S. national debt, and whether we should be concerned...

A statistical look at big spending and the heavy hitting industries, clients and lobbyists that hope to influence the political landscape. Big Dollars on the Campaign Trail If you were a Democrat running for office in the 2010 election cycle, you had to have been a fan of lawyers, health professionals...

The Bureau of Labor statistics expects wage and salary employment in management, scientfic and technical consulting to increase by… If you’re a consultant, even a talented, successful one, you can’t help but be concerned that your job will end up overseas. The reason is simple: You...