Unemployment Falls to 10%

This is finally some good news in the employment market as job cuts were only 11,000 in the latest report by the Labor Department.   The unemployment rate fell to 10%.

Market-Ticker has some helpful technical analysis of the job market and it is encouraging.  According to Denninger, next month’s trend will be critical.  We may get confirmation that the economy and the job market has actually turned for the better.

Worlds Tallest Building Set to Open – Burj Dubai Tower

At 160 stories and 2700 feet tall, Dubai is set to open the world’s largest sky scraper this January.  It comes at a time when Dubai is facing financial troubles.  This looks like an incredible building, but I can’t imagine how difficult it will be to fill it with enough tenants to pay for itself.  For example, apparently it has the world’s largest indoor shopping center with room for 1200 shops.