Global Manufacturing Activity - Cool Graphic
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/09/01/world-wide-factory-activity-by-country-17/tab/interactive/
US Economic Update
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-01/u-s-manufacturing-index-shows-expansion-is-continuing-defying-forecasts.html
Growing World Middle Class
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/09/middle-class
Mexico's Economic Rebound
http://www.economist.com/node/21526899
Brazil's Surprise Rate Cut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14743866
The Freelance Economy
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/09/the-freelance-surge-is-the-industrial-revolution-of-our-time/244229/