News: Top Ten for First Half 2011

Econintersect: The following are the ten most popular News articles for the first half of 2011, with a total of 131,167 total page views. The News Blog has had half the total traffic of the entire GEI family.

1. Inflation Worries in Euroland (1/21)
2. Taiwan: Lowest Tax Burden in the World (1/28)
3. Ivory Coast: Gbadgo to Seize Banks While Cocoa Surges (1/26)
4. Saudi Rumors Rage (3/01)
5. News Flash: Japan is Part of North America (3/12)
6. GE’s Tax Avoidance (3/25)
7. USA Budget Deficit for 2011: $1.5 Trillion and Gets Worse in Following Years (1/27)
8. CBO: Ryan Budget Increases Deficit for Ten Years and Costs for Poor Elderly (4/07)
9. U.S. Earthquake Zones (3/18)
10. Unilever to Issue Renmenbi Bonds (3/28)

The News Blog started in December. The following two articles would have made the top ten list had they been included:

New Tax Law Signed (12/17)

Sad Changes are Coming to the Lives of Americans (12/11)

The following two December articles had more reads than the tenth place article on the list for the first half of 2011:

U.S. – The Working Poor (12/27)

Small Business Optimism Rises (12/14)