Tag: economy
group name: news
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January 23, 2008 09:40 PM EST --
http://www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=9448121
The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com
U.S. in role of wounded giant at Davos
By Mark Landler
Wednesday, January . . . more
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January 06, 2008 11:16 AM EST --
The candidates swimsuit competition was held at an undisclosed location provided by Dick Cheney. The event, where no cameras or media is allowed, has a past veiled in secrecy, but can be traced back to . . . more
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November 05, 2007 09:46 PM EST --
When I was in the sixth grade, I liked nothing better than to bring a pad of paper and a clipboard to school, and poll my classmates. Pen in hand, I thought I was acting the part of a girl reporter as . . . more
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June 19, 2008 05:39 PM EDT --
The War for Wealth , the upcoming feature book for McGraw-Hill Books , addresses the issue of globalization and the problems it presents. Is it a force for good or an attempt to destroy the U.S.'s . . . more
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July 23, 2008 03:15 AM EDT --
It used to be the things we do for love. Now, it seems, we are prepared to do it for gasoline. With gas prices approaching $5 a gallon, it's become a luxury item and some folks will do anything . . . more
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March 13, 2007 09:22 AM EDT --
The 1960’s saw the birth of the Federal Minimum Wage and from then on the fight has been on. The Republicans see it as socialism run amok. Democrats see it as an unfortunately necessary step to try . . . more
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February 06, 2008 04:28 PM EST --
Macy's reorganization sends Mpls. duties to New York
Department store operator Macy's Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 2,300 management jobs as it consolidates three regional . . . more
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August 04, 2008 04:47 PM EDT --
The new trend in books seems to be economics . That is why economists Thomas L. Friedman and Steven D. Levitt have best sellers. We read them because something strange is going on in the . . . more
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January 10, 2008 10:37 AM EST --
OK, here's the blue economy scenario for 2008. Housing prices keep falling. Credit stays tight. Consumers choke. In retailing, restaurants, travel and more, jobs vanish. In real estate, construction . . . more
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February 10, 2008 11:11 AM EST --
Many people remember getting an "incomplete" on a school assignment. This meant that, while all of what you sent in may have been very good, you will recieve no credit.
The following is . . . more
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May 21, 2008 06:47 PM EDT --
Earlier in the week I had a problem going back to sleep in the middle of the night. Sometimes my answer for this is to turn on MSNBC on the bedside TV, turn away from the TV, listen to . . . more
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November 14, 2007 02:32 PM EST --
Unless you live and work in a walkable city with good public transportation, you are probably dependent on your car (and the gas that runs it) for everything from earning your bread and butter to driving . . . more
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July 11, 2008 08:25 AM EDT --
Phil Gramm, retired Senator from Texas and advisor to the McCain campaign, put his foot in it this week in an interview with the Washington Times:
"We have sort of become a nation of whiners. . . . more
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July 11, 2008 11:07 AM EDT --
John McCain adviser, former Senator Phil Gramm had this to say in an interview with the Washington Times:
"You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," Gramm, . . . more
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December 02, 2007 10:24 AM EST --
The Taxpayers League in Minnesota wants to bring capitalism to the public sector, another unnamed group wants to bring socialism (government regulation) to the private sector. The problem is not that either . . . more
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February 28, 2008 12:29 AM EST --
The price of gas is going up, and up, and up.
With it, the price of food and other things are rising, because of the cost of transportation.
Some experts have said that the price of a gallon of gas . . . more
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April 05, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
This tale begins with nothing much on TV.
Governor Tim Pawlenty was on the local public affairs show on the PBS channel this Friday night. Five minutes into the interview, the subject of education, . . . more
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May 29, 2008 01:34 PM EDT --
This week has been a busy one for me, trying to wrap up half a dozen assignments due by month's end. So, today's The Bottom Line blog will focus on a few of the news stories that have crossed . . . more
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March 08, 2008 03:54 PM EST --
Hillary Clinton -- First Communitarian President/VP of the United States?
http://nord.twu.net/acl/hilary.html
My take on it is that libertarians, frustrated that libertarianism was being mocked . . . more
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May 22, 2008 11:55 PM EDT --
I had to do something today, I didn't want to do, but I've got to be flexable.
I knew I'd eventually have to, but I held out as long as I could.
I called payroll at the main office, . . . more
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