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Blowback from the Education Bubble: University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, has proposed dropping 13 majors in the humanities and social sciences — including English, philosophy, history, sociology and political science — while adding programs with “clear career pathways” such as chemical engineering, graphic design, and fire science as a way to address declining enrollment and a multimillion-dollar deficit.I’m all in favor of eliminating curriculums such as “social studies” – or any degree that includes the word “studies” for that matter: women’s studies, gender studies, black studies, race studies, ethnicity studies etc. Gender Studies MajorsIf that’s your area of interest save...

Ed Yardeni, Dr. Ed's Blog September 29, 2014 Over the past few years, there has been lots of buzz about the coming manufacturing renaissance in the US. The central concept is that plentiful and cheap natural gas will convince manufacturers to expand or to move production to the US to cut their energy costs. Labor is still cheaper overseas, but it isn’t as expensive as it once was in the US. Besides, the IT revolution has increased factory productivity with more automation, including robots and the “Internet of Things.” The recent strength in the dollar could be a spoiler if...

Dr. Frank Jobe, a pioneering orthopedic surgeon who was the first to perform an elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless major league pitchers, died Thursday. He was 88.

Initial Jobless Claims Still Way Too High And Stagnant At 456,000 Joe Weisenthal Jun. 10, 2010, 8:30 AM Another disappointing weekly report. Initial jobless claims came in at 456,000, which was worse than what economists were looking for (at 448K), and more importantly initial claims are still stagnant, moored right around this 450K number. For awhile the markets were ignoring this stagnation, but with last week's bad jobs report, suddenly it's back in focus.[snip]