Thursday, December 24, 2009

Musician hosts Tower District charity event - Fresno Bee

Musician hosts Tower District charity event - Fresno Bee
As Christmas draws near, local groups continue to give food, gifts and toys to hundreds of Valley families in need. The Salvation Army gave food boxes and 10,000 toys to 1,500 pre-screened families at a giveaway on the Fresno Fairgrounds on Tuesday

Parents keep Christmas for children - LJWORLD
Tania Ramirez, 34, of Gaithersburg, Md., helps her children Sarah, left, Esteban and Cynthia wrap a present for their father. The couple is struggling to make payments on mortgage loans. Still, as Christmas approaches, the mother of five focuses on

Black advocates want more help for the unemployed - Delaware County Daily Times
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the battle against black unemployment, places like the Opportunities Industrialization Center are ground zero. Savory aromas wafted from a king-size kitchen one recent day as the instructor demonstrated a fish recipe to a

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Economics 101: How Little They Know - Patriot Post

Economics 101: How Little They Know - Patriot Post
Yes, says Larry Summers, the president's top economic adviser and a former secretary of the Treasury. He told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, "Everybody agrees that the recession is over." No, says Christina Romer, who heads the White House

How to navigate media traffic jams of the future? - Economic Times

How to navigate media traffic jams of the future? - Economic Times
No surprise that the recent recession saw the outdoor medium, which, in the absence of any measurement is sold speculatively just like real estate, lose the most amongst all media vehicles. The commuters will also need to plan their day and

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Politics and Budget Constrain Congress' Job-Creation Push - American Enterprise Institute

Politics and Budget Constrain Congress' Job-Creation Push - American Enterprise Institute
Though the Senate is currently consumed by health care reform, it needs to deal with other topics before the end of the year, including some authorizations and cleaning up the budget. In particular, Congress must focus on ways to create jobs, such as

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Inmate shot at hospital regains consciousness - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Inmate shot at hospital regains consciousness - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
of the increase in power prices would be linked to the recession, as the company seeks to spread its costs over a customer base that has been felled by factory cutbacks in Janesville, Beloit, Sheboygan, Kohler and Fond du Lac. Auditors at the

Third-Quarter U.S. Growth Revised Lower - New York Times
The United States economy grew at slower pace in the third quarter than previously reported, the government said Tuesday, as weak consumer spending and rising imports offset stimulus efforts. A separate report showed consumer confidence inched upward

US Job Losses to Bottom out Next Quarter: NABE - CNBC
While signs have pointed to the end of the recession, joblessness remains rampant. The national unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest in 26 years. About 9 million people currently receive unemployment benefits. The November

Sunday, November 8, 2009

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Wyatt Buchanan - San Francisco Chronicle

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Meg Whitman has reportedly pulled out of a fundraising event for a Republican gubernatorial in part: "At this critical juncture, we need leadership that drives economic growth through green-collar industry development. We need to put an end to

Tipped workers suffer in recession - Wausau Daily Herald
Rick Gehrke's income has never been a sure thing during his seven years as a taxi driver. Sometimes, a customer will extend a wad of bills over the back seat of his Crown Victoria cab, telling him to keep the change. Other times, he'll get a leftover

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boe adds 25 billion pounds in monetary expansion - The Associated Press

boe adds 25 billion pounds in monetary expansion - The Associated Press

Telegraph.co.uk

boe adds 25 billion pounds in monetary expansion
The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England's injection of 175 billion pounds ($289 billion) into the economy hasn't yet pulled Britain out of recession, ...
Quantitative easing rise expectedThe Press Association
Bank of England walks policy tightropeMarketWatch
MPC vote has the City on tenterhooks over further cash boostScotsman
CITY A.M. -Napa Valley Register -MyFinances.co.uk
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Fueled by stimulus, US economy grows - Philadelphia Inquirer

Fueled by stimulus, US economy grows
Philadelphia Inquirer
If shoppers retrench in the face of the rising joblessness and tight credit, the fragile recovery could tip back into recession, economists caution. ...

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Roubini: Commodities Due for a Correction - Seeking Alpha (blog)

Business Intelligence Middle East (press release)

Roubini: Commodities Due for a Correction
Seeking Alpha (blog)
That kept the world in recession when oil was at $145. Now, I feel that oil at $100 is going to tip the world into a double-dip recession. ...
Nouriel Roubini: The Coming Commodities CorrectionistockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Rogge: US TV deal planned after Vancouver Games - The Associated Press

Rogge: US TV deal planned after Vancouver Games - The Associated Press

The Associated Press

Rogge: US TV deal planned after Vancouver Games
The Associated Press
"They are respecting their master plan, all the schedules. They are working within budget and getting good revenue. I hear nothing alarming from the ...

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All eyes on 23rd Congressional District - Fulton Valley News (subscription)

All eyes on 23rd Congressional District
Fulton Valley News (subscription)
“In these trying economic times, Bill has a proven record of creating jobs…Last year, our movement won a historic election. But real change never comes ...

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Arch Coal, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha (blog)

Arch Coal, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha (blog)
It's just that these constraints have been overshadowed by the global economic recession and the rapid -- the resulting rapid decline in energy demand ...

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Times may be tough in PSL, but the city is attracting jobs during recession - Fort Pierce Tribune

Times may be tough in PSL, but the city is attracting jobs during recession
Fort Pierce Tribune
The 8200-acre master-planned community of Tradition, with a five-mile jobs corridor fronting along Interstate 95, has attracted internationally recognized ...

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Photography Secrets from One of the World's Top Shooters | CreativePro
Joe McNally, whose work has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and Time (to name a few), shares the stories behind some of his greatest shots as well as

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The Great Depression And The Great Recession - Forbes

The Great Depression And The Great Recession - Forbes

Boston Globe

The Great Depression And The Great Recession
Forbes
... economy's underlying problems than a cause of the Great Depression, it is still considered the day the worst economic crisis in American history began. ...
Great Depression, Great Recession: What 1929 can teach us about 2009Daily Finance (blog)
80th 'Black Tuesday' anniversary provides some perspective to the Great RecessionRedlands Daily Facts
Great Recession? This time it's differentCBC.ca
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Times may be tough in PSL, but the city is attracting jobs during recession - Fort Pierce Tribune

Times may be tough in PSL, but the city is attracting jobs during recession
Fort Pierce Tribune
Yet, through the criticism and some of the toughest economic times in US history, Port St. Lucie is doing what other cities are struggling to do — attract ...

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Governor says stimulus is working in California - Press-Enterprise

Governor says stimulus is working in California
Press-Enterprise
Biden said they reflect significant steps toward the end of "the greatest recession that we've had in modern American history, short of a depression. ...

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Friday, October 23, 2009

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Boom to last decades - Treasury - WA Business News (subscription)

Boom to last decades - Treasury - WA Business News (subscription)

Boom to last decades - Treasury
WA Business News (subscription)
The West The administrators of ABC Learning, backed by the deep pockets of the litigation funder IMF Australia, are investigating a billion-dollar damages ...

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Double-Dip Recession? Don't Count On It. - Motley Fool

Double-Dip Recession? Don't Count On It. - Motley Fool
Despite the stock market's 60% gain since March, a good number of investors continue to view Wall Street with a wary eye. The memory of the market's harrowing drop in late 2008 and early 2009 remains fresh in their minds, and many are convinced a

Barchart U.S. Morning Call - Inside Futures
The European DJ Stoxx 50 this morning is up +0.44% and Dec S&Ps are up 0.80 points (+0.07%). The main bullish factor overnight was the report from Amazon.com of stronger-than-expected earnings, which caused the stock to soar 14% in European trading

Sunday, October 11, 2009

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Tipping during a tight economy - Baltimore Sun

Tipping during a tight economy - Baltimore Sun
Tipping in a recession is a dilemma. Do you stick with the 18 to 20 percent formula or retreat to 15 percent? Do you skip an appetizer, a glass of wine or a dessert to lower your dining bill and thus your tip? It's a subject that millions of diners

From the Journal Gazette - FortWayne.com
Area’s job market shows healing signs Employers’ announcements indicate net employment gain in third quarter Marty Schladen The Journal Gazette Guy Sheets sands and buffs a vehicle at Fleetwood RV in Decatur. The company was bought out of

Area’s job market shows healing signs - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Guy Sheets sands and buffs a vehicle at Fleetwood RV in Decatur. The company was bought out of bankruptcy this summer by a private-equity group and plans to add hundreds of jobs. •Of the jobs added, 1,308 were in the manufacturing sector •Of the

Next asset bubble could be unexpected - Leaf Chronicle
A year after the collapse of home values triggered the financial crisis and Great Recession, another rapid and irrational rise in the price of assets — whether stocks, home values, oil or something else — would seem unlikely. After all, major

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Bankers and Workers - Huffingtonpost.com

Bankers and Workers - Huffingtonpost.com
Two new economic studies just came out that, especially taken in combination, are truly stunning and profoundly troubling. The first , by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (a DC-based think tank), reported that the federal government is

Bernanke May Accept Slow Recovery to Fight Inflation - Bloomberg

Bernanke May Accept Slow Recovery to Fight Inflation - Bloomberg

Bernanke May Accept Slow Recovery to Fight Inflation
Bloomberg
“Even though from a technical perspective the recession is very likely over at this point, it's still going to feel like a very weak economy for some time,” ...
Are 'recession's over' famous last words for Ben?The Daily Deal
The Fed Owns Most American Monetary EconomistsThe Market Oracle

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Unemployment rate edges up to 9.8% - San Francisco Chronicle

Unemployment rate edges up to 9.8%
San Francisco Chronicle
September marked the 21st consecutive month of losses in a recession that has eliminated more than 7.2 million jobs. Economist Nigel Gault with IHS Global ...

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UVM alumni offer job tips - BurlingtonFreePress.com

UVM alumni offer job tips
BurlingtonFreePress.com
He's watched his parents' business back home in Brunswick, Maine, get battered by the recession. “With the economy being so poor, I know it's difficult,” ...

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Next Week's Focus: GDP, Payrolls - Forbes

Next Week's Focus: GDP, Payrolls - Forbes
Gross domestic product, the most widely watched indicator of economic activity, and payrolls data will lead markets by the nose next week. The final GDP reading for the second quarter of 2009 is due out Wednesday, and Wall Street expects it to show

Cabernet's High End Proves Merely Ordinary - Wall Street Journal
As we wrote two weeks ago, we spent our summer vacation trying to find out for ourselves if it's true that there are INCREDIBLE VALUES on high-end American wines because there's such an oversupply. In terms of Chardonnay, the answer, sadly, is no, so

Games in one year ready or not - Lexington Herald-Leader
Exactly one year from Friday, the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will begin. For spectators, Friday means they can buy tickets and start making concrete plans. For organizers, Lexington officials, and people at the Kentucky Horse Park

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ABOUT FIRST READ - MSNBC Firstread

ABOUT FIRST READ - MSNBC Firstread
Secretary of State Clinton defended President Obama 's decision on missile defense saying, "This decision was not about Russia it was about IRAN and the threat its ballistic missile program poses." She said the change proposed by Obama will deploy

Census: Recession had sweeping impact on U.S. life - Thecalifornian.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities. A broad array of U

TSX lower as RIM disappoints, gold stocks retreat; N.Y. down following - News1130.com
A woman looks at the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo. Japan stocks fell sharply Friday as investors unloaded shares of Nomura Holdings Inc. after the country's leading brokerage announced its biggest ever equity sale. The

Filed under: Economic data , S and P 500 - Bloggingstocks.com
Now that we've covered a few of the fundamental reasons the market is likely headed down in October, let's turn to some of the technical reasons. First, the market is overbought by almost historical norms. And the rally, which began March 9, is

Wyatt Buchanan - San Francisco Chronicle

Wyatt Buchanan - San Francisco Chronicle
Gavin Newsom, the San Francisco Mayor and gubernatorial candidate, has launched an attack on a potential opponent, but it is not against Attorney General Jerry Brown, his likely challenger for the Democratic nomination. Instead, Newsom is going after

China's Shanghai is New York on steroids - McClatchy
SHANGHAI — Stephen Wong strolled out of the Porsche dealership with a bounce in his step, having just spent time looking over a silver beast of a sports car with beautiful lines and curves that made his 25-year-old heart ache. Standing on the

International Capsules: Tokyo readies for 2016 Olympic pitch - Brownsville Herald
TOKYO — If anything can make the busy citizens of Tokyo take notice of their city’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics, it’s a robot large enough to take on Godzilla. A fitting symbol of the technology for which Japan is famous, the moving, talking