Topic: Economic Development

Fostering community cooperation, building on skills and strengths, and getting strangers to work together -- these are fundamentals of community...

Obama to push for business tax breaks

NEW MOVES TO AID ECONOMY: President Barack Obama will call on Congress to pass new tax breaks for businesses, a move aimed at spurring more ...
The EU's Nabucco gas pipeline received a boost on Monday as the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and ...

NAC in hurry, need more time: Rural ministry

A conflict has risen between the National Advisory Council (NAC), chaired by Ms Sonia Gandhi, and the rural development ministry over the...

Greg Wilcox: The tale of the Black Octobers

Call them the Black Octobers. . The ones in 2005 and 2009 may end up sharing a unflattering bond - the start of sales slumps in the housing market...
Several organizations focused on entrepreneurship will host a networking breakfast and panel discussion among Detroit business owners, according to...

One in five older teens quit education: StatsCan

A newly released study has found that one in five older Canadian teenagers were no longer pursuing a formal education in 2008.. . The 20 per cent...

Fighting for all workers

The reasons you might want to be in a union are clear: Better wages: Wages of union members are, on average, 27% higher than those of nonunion...

Carbon mapping breakthrough

By integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department...
destinyland writes "In the Central African Republic, broadband internet service costs 3891% of the average monthly income. 'Put another way, a...