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There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere


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  • Cindy Perman

      News Editor at CNBC.com and the author of The Pony Blog (ponyblog.cnbc.com). She has also written a book, “New York Curiosities,” and does stand-up comedy.

  • Jane Wells

      CNBC business news reporter, based in Los Angeles, covering the defense and technology industries. She writes the CNBC.com blog Funny Business.

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ABOUT THIS BLOG

The news can get a little heavy sometimes, with debt crises, vicious markets and crappy earnings reports. So, we dispatched our crack reporters, Cindy Perman and Jane Wells, to find some levity amid all this seriousness. May we offer you a Keynesian cocktail with a side of bacon?

Why a Pony? To be clear, there were no ponies harmed in the making of this blog. The blog’s name, “There Must Be a Pony In Here Somewhere,” comes from an old joke, a favorite of Ronald Reagan’s, that essentially means, with a pile of you-know-what this big, there MUST be a pony—a bright side—in here somewhere!

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Recession Over? Tell That to the 15 Million Unemployed

Published: Monday, 12 Oct 2009 | 3:06 PM ET
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By: Cindy Perman
CNBC.com Staff Writer

Did you hear the news?

The recession may be over—but the Pony rides!

“The great recession is over!" Lynn Reaser, the president-elect of the National Association of Business Economists, declared today.

If you’re one of the 15 million people in this country who remain unemployed, your response to that might have involved your middle finger.

We hear you, buddy.

The name of this blog, "There's Got to Be a Pony in Here Somewhere," comes from an old joke, a favorite of Ronald Reagan’s, that essentially means, with a pile of you-know-what this big, there MUST be a pony—a bright side—in here somewhere.

And we know the pile is still pretty big—no matter what the economy wonks say.

So, we just wanted to let you know — while this started as a recession blog, and the recession has been declared officially over, this Pony isn’t going anywhere. We’ll just shift our focus a bit: You’ll hear less of the “R” word, and more about jobs, the housing market and ways that companies are juicing sales—like those elephants in Oregon who started a car wash.

There’s got to be a pony—an elephant, something—in here somewhere!

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