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Obama's new stimulus package creates jobs through green investments

Posted by mvpoff 361 days ago (http://www.plentymag.com)
Category: Green | Tags: economy green stimulus
In case you took a vacation this weekend, you missed Obama announcing a new economic stimulus plan which would invest in large-scale green initiative[...] read more »
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Thanks, Hank! Asian Pensioners are Latest Victims of Lehman's Bankruptcy

Posted by mvpoff 361 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bankruptcy economy hank paulson lehman
The impact of the Lehman Brothers collapse in September is becoming clearer. East Asian retirees are the latest casualty of the American recession. read more »
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The End of the Affair: America's Return to Thrift Presages a Long and Deep Recession

Posted by mvpoff 365 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumption economy recession
Household spending and debt - at historic highs for the past decade - are coming down, but with it the high consumption that has driven our economy. read more »
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Management Guru: Peter Senge

Posted by mvpoff 368 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business competition management
Peter Senge is hailed as one of the most brilliant management theorists, and is widely read among Fortune 500 executives. read more »
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Bigger, Wider, Deeper: Tax Cuts Make a Cross-Party Comeback, Thanks to Economic Woes

Posted by mvpoff 368 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy recession taxes
Britain's current debate on tax cuts is likely just the prelude to what's to come in America when Congress returns in January. read more »
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Dr. Keynes' Chinese Patient

Posted by mvpoff 369 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: china recession stimulus
A savvy discussion of how China's simple stimulus package will help prevent the 'rich' world from falling into a full-blown depression. read more »
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The ABC of Exchange Traded Funds

Posted by mvpoff 373 days ago (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: etf exchange traded funds
For all those beginner investors out there, this piece explains the nature of ETFs, which are index funds that allow the flexibility of being traded [...] read more »
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Hedge Fund Chiefs Blame the System for Financial Crisis

Posted by mvpoff 373 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis hedge fund recession wall street
Next in the chain of financial leaders and experts to testify to Congress about how the recession was the fault of everyone but themselves - this one[...] read more »
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The Combination of GM and Chrysler Hinges on Government Support

Posted by mvpoff 383 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: auto recession
Prospects are strong that the GM and Chrysler merger will be made to happen. But can it revive America's failing auto industry? read more »
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The Global Crisis Hits Africa's Economy But Not As Badly (Yet) As Elsewhere

Posted by mvpoff 383 days ago (http://www.economist.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: africa market recession
African markets - with the significant exception of South Africa - are integrated into the global credit market in only limited ways. So how is the c[...] read more »
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Will Green Progress Be Stalled or Speeded by Bad Economy?

Posted by mvpoff 383 days ago (http://www.time.com)
Category: Green | Tags: economy green investing
Green investing, usually seen as only viable in times of excess (when some profits can be sacrificed for environmental gains), could see a surge in t[...] read more »
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Wall Street Volatile as Money Market Strains Ease

Posted by mvpoff 383 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: money money market s&p wall street
Bad news on the release of quarterly economic data mixed with the good news of the money market improving to produce volatility on Wall Street. read more »
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Chrysler Axes 5,000 White Collar Jobs

Posted by mvpoff 393 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: chrysler crisis jobs recession
This recession is expediting the long, slow, painful death of America's auto industry. read more »
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PNC Gets National City in Latest Bank Acquisition

Posted by mvpoff 393 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: bank buy-out crisi
"PNC Financial scooped up National City on Friday in an all-stock deal valued at $5.2 billion, the latest in what is widely expected to be a series [...] read more »
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US to Host G20 Summit Over Crisis

Posted by mvpoff 394 days ago (http://www.ft.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: crisis recession summit
Apparently, the first summit with European leaders didn't produce tangible enough actions to move the global economy out of this crisis. read more »
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