NewsRack: newstrust/US-Economy/Recession

US, UK top debt ratings safe for now, Moody's says - AP Business

By PAN PYLAS — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) -- The United States and Britain are more likely than Germany and France to witness an embarrassing downgrade of their top debt rating, agency Moody's Investors Service said Monday....

Gender Equity - Portfolio.com: News and Markets

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A new regulation proposed by the Small Business Administration would potentially benefit some 76,000 women-owned businesses across America.

Oil falls below $81 in Asia as investors eye weak US crude demand, Fed meeting - Star Tribune: Business

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Asian Stocks Fall on U.S. Consumers' Gloomier Outlook - International Herald Tribune: Business

By REUTERS — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Asian stocks fell from near seven-week highs on Monday after weak U.S. consumer confidence data overshadowed strong retail numbers.

Ireland opens 'innovation center' in downtown San Jose - San Jose Mercury News: News

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The small island nation, for two decades an economic powerhouse, has been especially hard hit by the global economic downturn and its own housing crunch. It's hoping to grow an indigenous high-tech sector to help with recovery.

China Uses Global Trade Rules to Its Advantage - NY Times: Asia-Pacific

By KEITH BRADSHER — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

China uses rules on global trade to its advantage - San Jose Mercury News: National News

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

HONG KONG — With China's exports soaring, even as other major economies struggle to recover from the recession, evidence is mounting that Beijing is taking advantage of international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others, including the United States.

Big building woes - Star Tribune: Business

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Foreclosures are spreading in the Hennepin County commercial property market, and the trend is expected to continue this year.

Sovereign equity - Financial Times: Editorial

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Governments need new instruments for raising finance. There are good reasons to consider sovereign liabilities that look more like equity than debt

American's wealth rises for 3rd quarter in row - SFGate: Business & Technology

Jeannine Aversa,Dave Carpenter — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

American's wealth rises for 3rd quarter in row

Trade deficit, exports decline in January - SFGate: Business & Technology

Martin Crutsinger — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Trade deficit, exports decline in January

Federal Reserve to face fierce policy debate - Raw Story

Agence France-Presse — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The US Federal Reserve's policy makers are expected to maintain benchmark interest rates at virtually zero percent at their meeting this week amid intense debate on how soon the central bank should tighten monetary policy. More than a year after the central bank slashed the federal funds rate to an unprecedented zero to 0.25 percent, economists [...]

China vows to fight any new signs of economic crisis, chides US for 'disturbance' in relations - Star Tribune: Business

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Lure of for-profit schools can lead to unwieldy debt - Boston Globe: Nation

Peter S. Goodman, New York Times — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Lure of for-profit schools can lead to unwieldy debt

Denver programs helps homeless veterans - Denver Post: Local

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Denver programs helps homeless veterans

China's parliament approves economic policy, budget - Summary - Earth Times

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Beijing - China's nominal parliament on Sunday endorsed policies designed to bolster the economy against the global recession and approved an annual budget that included a 7.5-per-cent hike in military spending. Reports on the budget and economic per...

Grist: A German Town Battered by Potholes Holds Out Its Hat - NY Times: Week in Review

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

For a $68 donation, the town of Niederzimmern will patch a pothole and then attach the donor’s name to the newly filled hole.

Doctors Blame Economy for Drop in Plastic Surgery - NY Times: Week in Review

By NATASHA SINGER — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Cosmetic surgeries are down. Doctors blame the recession. But maybe it’s more than a pocketbook issue.

China's parliament approves budget, economic policy - Earth Times

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

China's parliament approves economic policy, budget - Update - Earth Times

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Utah economy sputters to life, but pain remains - Salt Lake Tribune

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Maybe the best that can be said about Utah's economy is that it is neither in deep recession nor in full-on recovery mode. Instead, the $110 billion amalgam of goods and services is in limbo, straddling an amorphous line between shadow and light, no longer shrinking rapidly but growing too

Diviners deeply divided over market's future - Salt Lake Tribune

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

New York » If you're confused about the outlook for the economy and stocks one year after the market hit bottom, then you've got good company -- the Wall Street economists and strategists who are supposed to have this all figured out.

Britain faces debt of Greek proportions - Salt Lake Tribune

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

London » Government debt is growing, as is the deficit. The economy is struggling to get out of recession and there is talk of spending cuts or higher taxes.

Analysis: NY politics goes from drama to tragedy - AP National

By MICHAEL GORMLEY — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York politics, which has consumed more than a dozen elected officials or top staffers in the past two years, has become a kind of bizarre "Survivor" show. And although careers have been ruined and some face prison sentences, none of them lost their jobs by actually being voted off this island....

For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid - NYT: Home Page

By PETER S. GOODMAN — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Long accused of overpromising and underdelivering, commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and more Pell grants.