U.S. Economy: Confidence Falls on Concern Over Jobs

U.S. Economy: Confidence Falls on Concern Over Jobs
Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell in December, restrained by concern that jobs will remain scarce in 2011.
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As fireworks go, so goes the economy

As fireworks go, so goes the economy
As a steady stream of SUV-loving chardonnay sippers inched along Highway 29, the dutiful members of local American Legion post were proudly pursuing a far more sober mission..
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Fixing the Current Economy is a Tall Task

With the US economy in turmoil, Senate members are scrambling to write a financial recovery plan that can be put into action as soon as President Elect, Barack Obama is sworn into office on January 20th. While only minor details of the proposed plan of action have been leaked to the news media, it appears [...]

For the U.s. Economy in the New Year, the Pain Will Precede the Promise

If there’s a proverb that captures the outlook for the U.S. economy in the New Year, it’s the one that says: “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”
Regardless of any formal announcement of whether or not the United States drops into an actual recession, the ongoing credit crisis guarantees a contraction of the American economy by [...]

The Economist Launches 2010 Event Series on the Ideas Economy

The Economist Launches 2010 Event Series on the Ideas Economy
Because human progress relies on the advancement of the best ideas, The Economist is launching a new series of events that bring together top thinkers from around the world to discuss and debate the most important ideas of our time. By focusing on Innovation, Intelligent Infrastructure, [...]

Smart Friends for the New Economy

My coworkers and I made this fake TV show credit sequence as a team-building exercise prior to a company retreat in spring 2000. We were all brand new hires at the NYC office of an SF-based technology and computer magazine that had been PC Computing but, at the time of our hire, was transitioning to [...]

Cheltenham Business Economy the Effects of the Recession 2009

Cheltenham and the Cotswolds although affluent areas, the region has not been immune from the recession as UK unemployment recently soared to over 2 million in the first time since 1997. One of Cheltenham and the Cotswold’s key businesses – tourism, on which the local hotel industry and smaller private businesses are dependent, fared as [...]