The health care reform debate continues, and really, given the horse-trading and logrolling that’s likely to occur in the upcoming conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of each chamber’s health care reform bill, assuming each chamber approves them, to cite a phrase used by political science professor Larry Sabato , the party’s just begun. A bit jaded by it all

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Americans’ paying $1,354 health care ‘tax’ every second for uninsured

Filed under: Forecasts , Recession White House Economic Adviser Lawrence Summers is taking issue with those who are convinced the U.S. economy in the intervention era will achieve decidedly lower rates of GDP growth — the so-called ‘new normal’ economy

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Summers rejects ‘new normal’ slow U.S. GDP growth forecasts

Filed under: Good news , Employees , Economic data First-time claims for jobless benefits fell last week, hitting the lowest level we’ve seen since January .

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First-time jobless claims fall faster than expected

Filed under: Hasbro Inc (HAS) , Stocks to Buy I’m reiterating my Buy rating for Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS ), first recommended on June 22, 2009 at a price of $24.30, but there are qualifiers and conditions

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Hasbro: A high-risk play that’s not for the squeamish

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Filed under: Target Corp. (TGT) , Kohl’s Corp (KSS) , Economic data , Limited Brands (LTD) Consumers are finally spending more, with September posting the first gain in more than a year

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Consumers’ wallets peeking open

Filed under: Applied Materials (AMAT) All in all, this was a fairly quiet day.

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Closing Bell: The quiet bullish day (AMSC, AMAT, SVNT, SRZ)

Filed under: Delta Air Lines (DAL) Business travelers still aren’t coming back to the good seats, despite airlines ‘ best efforts. FareCompare.com reports that many business class tickets to Europe are going to be 33% to 66% cheaper this fall relative to last year. Companies are being careful with their cash - which means stacking people in coach rather than giving them a little leg room on overseas flights.

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Cheaper business class not helping airlines

Filed under: Management , Entrepreneurs In the hedge fund business, there are many who can post a few years of strong gains. But how many can beat the averages for three decades? Well, it’s a rare feat

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James Simons: Legendary hedge fund pro calls it quits