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• US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates at record low

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Washington, Dec 17 (DPA) The US Federal Reserve Wednesday kept interest rates at their historic low of near 0 percent and noted signs that the world’s largest economy is recovering from recession.The central bank’s board said economic conditions “continued to pick up” since its last meeting in November but ...
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• Bucco: Governor Corzine Must Honor His Obligation to Identify Budget Savings

  
  New Jersey Senate Republicans — Authority: 127
  Senate Republican Budget Officer Anthony Bucco issued the following statement regarding the Corzine Administration’s refusal, to date, to identify the promised $400 million in budget savings that were due at the beginning of the month. “My colleagues and I are disappointed that the governor has not honored his ...
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• Economic Recovery Continues in 2010

  
  Ad Operations Online — Authority: 510
  Manufacturing Growth Expected in 2010; Revenue to Increase 5.7%; Capital Expenditures to Decrease 4%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 70.1%Non-Manufacturing to Maintain Slight Growth; Revenue to Increase 1.3%; Capital Expenditures to Decrease 6.7%; Capacity Utilization Currently at 81.3%TEMPE, Ariz. – Economic ...
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• German investor confidence down again in December

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 540
  BERLIN, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — Germany’s declining investor confidence fell again in December, according to a key indicator released by the ZEW Center for European Economic Research on Tuesday. The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for Germany decreased slightly by 0.7 points in December 2009, standing at 50.4 ...
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• Housing Construction and Economic Growth in Pakistan

  
  Haq's Musings — Authority: 419
  Housing construction is one of the largest sectors of most major economies in the world. In the United States, for example, housing is a significant contributor to the American economy, providing millions of Americans with jobs and generating hundreds of billions of dollars of economic output each year. It is also ...
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• Port of Quincy Holds Important Rural Economic Development Summit

  
  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 491
  
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• New York considers a more frugal way of life

  
  Chemicals & The Economy — Authority: 127
  The blog continues to believe that the current downturn is a transition period, at least in the West, towards a more frugal way of life. And its theory has received a boost from a New York Times feature which suggests this might be happening in the bastion of consumerism, New York.The NYT suggests the key question ...
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• Government Pretends to Punish the Bankers

  
  The Daily Reckoning Australia — Authority: 522
  Its open season on bankers. But the hunters are shooting blanks! First, Britain said it would impose a 50% super-tax on their bonuses. Then, Sarkozy said he would do the same thing. Angela Merkel merely said that she found the idea charming. As for the US, the argument goes on. Goldman has tried to head it off with ...
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• The China Bubble

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 549
  In Forbes , Gady Epstein writes that “a fast-growing pile of dicey debt” is responsible for China’s surging economy, but the bubble may soon burst: Signs of the times: government bureaucracies funding themselves by foisting debt on state-owned business enterprises; local governments raising capital by selling ...
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• Last To Know?

  
  Vermont Tiger — Authority: 139
  The Perfect Storm is gathering as property taxes, already at unacceptable levels, continue to rise, there are 23 percent more people working in public education with 12 percent fewer children since 1997 (soon to be well in excess of 20 percent), as the business community struggles valiantly with the recession, and ...
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• Rating agency to analyse credit worthiness

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 145
  http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/15/busi.html#1 Rating agency to analyse credit worthiness Asif Showkat Executives of Standard & Poor’s, an international agency for credit rating, will arrive in Dhaka at the end of next month on a two-week visit to analyze Bangladesh’s financial health and ...
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• One Way to Measure the Value of Economic Growth

  
  voluntaryXchange — Authority: 132
  We’re taller – an average of 4 inches in the last 150 years. Via Tim Worstall . Technorati Tags: height , economic , growth
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• Hurling BRICs Through Western Economic Windows

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 615
  It’s open season on bankers. But the hunters are shooting blanks! First, Britain said it would impose a 50% super-tax on their bonuses. Then, Sarkozy said he would do the same thing. Angela Merkel merely said that she found the idea ‘charming.’ As for the US, the argument goes on. Goldman has tried to head it ...
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• Time to tax hot money | Dean Baker

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The US should join Britain, France and other rich countries in supporting a tax on international financial speculation There is a growing movement in both the US and around the world for taxing financial speculation . The logic is simple: even a very small tax on trades in stocks, options, credit default swaps and ...
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• 40 Other States Have Better Business Climates Than Iowa

  
  Iowa House Republicans — Authority: 118
  On November 3, 2009, Governor Chet Culver released his second campaign ad of the year titled: “Stronger than Ever.” The ad highlights the “tough” decisions Governor Culver has made throughout his first term in office and proclaims that “Iowa is one of the best states to do business.” However, a recent ...
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• Obama summons bankers to White House for candid talk on failings

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Heads of nine leading banks go to Washington for summit • President airs irritation about lack of support for reform • Small business loans, mortgage relief and bonus payouts are among concerns covered in very, very serious discussion The heads of the leading US banks were summoned to the White House ...
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• Paul Samuelson obituary

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  A pivotal figure in postwar economics, he advised US presidents and won a Nobel prize America divides its economists into two camps – the freshwater monetarists hailing from the University of Chicago and the Keynesian-leaning saltwater economists from the colleges on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Paul ...
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• Deindustrialisation - 10 US Industries in Jeopardy

  
  Economics — Authority: 138
  A fascinating analysis from Business Insider highlights 10 major industries that have been a core part of the US economy which seem to be in terminal decline.  A great resource to begin a lesson looking at issues of business costs, competitiveness and the impact of globalisation on manufacturing. It would be ...
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• A LOOK ON WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

  
  WERI CHANNEL — Authority: 112
  When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged, environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental degradation.   When habitats are destroyed, biodiversity is lost, or natural resources are depleted, the environment is hurt.     A habitat is a more permanent ecosystem ...
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• Why We CAN Succeed

  
  Vermont Tiger — Authority: 139
  by Tom Evslin After Governor Douglas’ press conference last week, therewas the usual scrum of reporters and administration officials in the hallway ofthe fifth floor of the Pavilion Building in Montpelier. The Governor had justsaid that Vermont cannot and must not sit around waiting for another StimulusBill ...
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