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Wonk Watch 11.10.09
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 6:03pm
Barry Ritholtz picks up on a keen insight from Floyd Norris, who points out how last week’s unemployment figures were misleading. The official report said that unemployment had risen to 10.2 percent. Norris reports that due to seasonal adjustment, the figures were skewed and that the actual unemployment rate sits at 9.5 percent. Norris also found that the number of jobs grew by 80,000.
Even Microsoft’s Ad Agency Can’t Get People To Advertise Through Microsoft
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 4:04pm
The latest social media survey is making the blogosphere rounds this week. This one comes from RazorFish, Microsoft’s former digital ad agency, which the company sold to Publicis Groupe earlier this year.
