Topic: Economic Issues

6 companies thriving in the recession

CBS 14 Sioux City (KMEG) - 4 hours ago
Times are tough, no matter what size a business is. Start-ups and corporate giants alike are struggling to stay afloat long enough for business to...

For migrant workers, community cooperation builds on individual strengths

EurekAlert! - 4 hours ago
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

ABC 6 Austin (KAAL) - 4 hours ago
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 ...

Lincoln National, Hartford fall on warrant auction

Boston Globe - 5 hours ago
Shares of Lincoln National Corp. and Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. fell Tuesday, after the U.S. government said it will auction warrants ...

Gov't Launches Plan To Help 'Underwater' Borrowers

NBC 8 Monterey (KSBW) - 5 hours ago
The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who ...

Did the U.S. create a million uncounted jobs?

Inc. Ink - 5 hours ago
The whole world has been keeping a close eye on U.S. employment growth this year. Why? Because it was the U.S. consumer's ebullience whose spending...

NBER Likely to say "Recession Ended" July 2009; Assessing the Real Time Probability US Back in Recession

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - 6 hours ago
One problem with the NBER recession dating analysis is that it is months and sometimes years late in making its assessments.Marcelle Chauvet...

Newspapers Still Falling, Just Not as Freely [MediaMemo]

All Things Digital - 6 hours ago
A reminder that the ad recession isn't over by any stretch, at least for some industries: The newspaper business saw ads drop 5.6 percent in Q2, an...

U.S. Delegation to the Fourth U.S.-China ICT Consultations

U.S. Department of State - 8 hours ago
On Tuesday, September 7, Ambassador Philip L. Verveer, U.S. Coordinator for Communications and Information Policy, will lead a U.S. delegation...

Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled

Boston Globe - 9 hours ago
Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will ...