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- Who's Your City: How Creative Class Cities Will Beat the Recession
- In this interview with BNET, Richard Florida explains why his latest book “Who’s Your City?” matters to workers during a recession and how a business's location affects not only the talent pool, but also its ability to innovate. ...
- Articles 2008-03-20
- Who's Your City: Top 10 Megaregions
- These ten megaregions generate the bulk of America's economic output and stand to be the biggest areas for job and economic growth, according to Richard Florida, author of Who's Your City? ...
- Articles 2008-03-19
- Who's Your City?: What Is a Megaregion?
- Forget the best cities to work in. Richard Florida envisions a world in which megaregions -- composed of several cities -- represent a new and powerful economic unit. Adapted from Florida's new book Who's Your City? Today, megaregions range in size from 10...
- Articles 2008-03-19
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- States of recession
- WHEN the economy enters recession, some regions are hit harder than others. Two things about the current episode merit especially close attention: the narrow geographic focus of the hardest times, and the uneven political distribution of the downturn. The nearby map illustrates current economic conditions and traditional voting...
- Articles 2008-05-19
- Fitch Comments on Ford and GM Outlooks
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has published the following comments regarding its Outlooks for Ford and General Motors GM following their first quarter (Q1) earnings. As economic conditions and high gas prices continue to erode North American unit sales at Ford and GM, the companies remain in the middle...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Small-business index dips again
- The Zions Bank Small Business Index for Utah fell in April, the fourth time in the past five months that it showed a decline. The index, released Tuesday, registered 92.1 in April, down from a revised 92.5 in March. The March figure was the lowest the index...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Fitch Downgrades Chrysler's IDR to 'B'; Outlook Negative
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Issuer Default Rating IDR of Chrysler LLC to 'B' from 'B+', with a Negative Rating Outlook. Fitch has also downgraded the senior secured bank facilities as listed below, based on the downgrade of the IDR and Fitch's recovery rating methodology. The downgrade reflects...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Small Businesses Remain Optimistic Despite Bleak economic conditions, Opinion Research Corporation Study Finds
- Hopes are High for Future Prospects PRINCETON, N.J. -- America's small business community remains positive in the face of its toughest challenge in decades, according to a new study from Opinion Research Corporation, an infoUSA company (NASDAQ:IUSA). While more than two-thirds of small business owners and managers claim...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Services sector slows to five-year low
- Hopes for a cut in interest rates were raised yesterday after lower than expected figures for the UK's service sector - accounting for 70 per cent of the economy - suggested that the economy is slowing faster than had been feared. Activity in the services sector plunged...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: Preliminary Figures for Financial Year 2007/2008
- * Sales and operating result down on last year * Business hit by struggling global economy and strong euro * No market improvement on horizon for current financial year 2008/2009 * First quarter 2008/2009: Sales are expected to be down on previous year's figure;...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Steel Partners Japan Comments on Meeting with Sapporo Holdings; Urges Management to Discuss Terms of Friendly Transaction
- TOKYO -- Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund Offshore, L.P. ("SPJSF") issued the following statement regarding its meeting with the Board of Directors and management of Sapporo Holdings Limited (2501.JP) ("Sapporo" or the "Company") held on May 2, 2008. During the meeting at Sapporo's headquarters in Tokyo, SPJSF reiterated...
- Articles 2008-05-07
- Prudential Relocation's New eValuator Minimizes Cost in Home Selling Process
- Web-Based Tool Provides Reliable and Timely Real Estate Data to Help Clients Make More Strategic Decisions NEWARK, N.J. -- Prudential Relocation, a business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), announced today the launch of eValuatorSM, a new real estate market-based website providing relocation clients with current comprehensive data...
- Articles 2008-05-06
- The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures Award $100K Grant to Engineers Without Borders - USA
- NEW YORK -- The Quercus Trust and 21Ventures announced today that they have awarded a $100,000 grant to the non-profit humanitarian organization Engineers Without Borders - USA (EWB-USA). EWB-USA partners with developing communities around the world to implement environmentally, economically, and culturally sustainable projects while providing training and experience for...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Demos and Center for American Progress Announce Findings of 'The Economic State of Young America' and Analysis of Polls on Young Voter Attitudes About Economy
- Presidential Candidate Surveys on Young Voter Economic Concerns Also to be Published NEW YORK -- Demos and the Center for American Progress today released the following advisory. WHAT: Briefing for journalists on "The Economic State of Young America," a new databook/report from Demos examining...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- FEI Study: Financial Executives' Salaries Up 5%
- - Advertising, Metals Industries Saw Largest Salary Increases - FLORHAM PARK, N.J., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial executives on average reported nearly a 5% salary increase, according to a new study by Financial Executives Research Foundation FERF, the research affiliate of Financial Executives International FEI. The...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- NL Reports First Quarter Results
- DALLAS, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NL Industries, Inc. today reported a net loss of $.3 million, or $.01 per share, in the first quarter of 2008 compared to net income of $5.8 million, or $.12 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2007. Component products...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Americans Divided Over Whether Rebate Checks Will Stimulate the Economy
- Paying Down Debt and Adding to Savings Are Top Places the Checks Will Be Used ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Rebate checks began hitting bank accounts last week and will be arriving in mailboxes with the hope that they will stimulate the economy. Americans, however, are split on whether they...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Eaco Corporation Reports First Quarter Results
- ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Eaco Corporation (OTCBB:EACO), today reported revenues and operating results for the three months ended April 2, 2008. The net loss for the quarter ended April 2, 2008 was $508,300 ($0.13 per common share) compared to the net loss of $626,900 ($0.17 per common share) for...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Swiss Re first quarter profit down 53 percent
- ZURICH AFP — Swiss Re, the world's largest reinsurance group, on Tuesday said first quarter net profit fell 53 percent year-on-year to 624 million Swiss francs (382.61 million euros/ 593.86 million dollars). "The reduction in profit was attributable to the continuing turmoil in the financial markets and the...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- Jobless rate falls as dollar rises
- WASHINGTON -- The economy showed off unexpected signs of resilience Friday as job losses slowed, the dollar gained a bit of muscle for a change and there were even indications that food prices may be easing. The unemployment rate dipped, though that may not last. ...
- Articles 2008-05-03
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