American Energy: A Cure for the Recession?

Forty years ago this month, a well blowout in the Santa Barbara Channel forever changed the way America looks at oil--and launched the anti-oil ... That Could Pay For Stimulus Plans And RenewablesPlummeting stock and housing prices have triggered ... and the White House want a $1-trillion “stimulus” for the banking, auto and steel industries, roads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:39:00

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Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial

Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: ... singer. Historic bailout bill passes Congress; Bush signs Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan Oil slips after job report, $700B bailout AIG plans sale of business units to repay debt [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 00:04:21

THE CONTRACTING OUT CRISIS AT THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY…replacing unionized civil servant architects and engineers with non union consultants causes serious problems with public housing project construction and renovation work

from CITY LIMITS: AUDIT: NYCHA CAPITAL PROGRAM IN TROUBLEAn internal report by the inspector general over the Housing Authority says management lapses and cost overruns will severely curtail plans to repair the city’s aging stock of public ... s in-house construction management team that normally oversees jobs. NYCHA was attempting to improve [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:04:00

Legislative leaders file budgets leaving most of 'rainy day fund' unspent

Budget Senate.JPG House and Senate leaders just filed separate bills kicking off debate on what's expected to be a hold-the-line state budget this ... " by September 2011. The Senate plan proposes $3.7 billion of spending that's not covered by Combs ... from the Permanent School Fund, battered by recent stock market dips. The House's base budget would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 21:50:06

Two Major Projects Are Helping Transform Newburgh On-Hudson

Article Reprinted From : http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2008/10/10/2008-10-10_strong_housing_stock_picturesque_waterfr ... city with a housing stock in need of some love and care. Two projects are key to their plans [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 08:49:54

Silence

And so this is Christmas Day - yet again.  I sit here at my blank computer screen and try to entice various words to take shape before my eyes ... our batteries, take stock, renew the family bond, talk about old times, make plans, share hopes ... happily alone in the back lane behind our house in Railway View, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.  I could [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 15:00:00

Grateful - Winter Solstice Edition

Some of the things for which I’m grateful this week: I’m very grateful that it was only 20 below zero this morning. (and not 30 ... grown up in this climate and know how to deal with it. I have a house and resources to pay for heat ... to stock a non-organic variety Knowing the butcher and chatting about Christmas plans while picking [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 19:35:05

10 Books to Recession-Proof Your Life

Lay-offs, plummeting stocks, and crashing housing markets -- the news just keeps getting grimmer and grimmer ... lay down the facts -- and help you plan a healthier economic future. Bulletproof Your Job by Stephen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 16:24:47

12 Thoughts On The Economy In 2012…

As we near the end of the week when IDE editors offer you predictions – and actionable ideas – on the next four years, ... their retirement plans and investment accounts… these were people who understand that fear, like euphoria ... , everyone wants a piece of Vietnamese stocks or they’re buying into the hot luxury housing markets [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 12:59:27

Happy New Year!

Graphite Sketch of SlimIn the past few years I have come to view the holiday season as a time to take stock and be thankful for all that has occurred ... and during the past week to plan and establish some new goals.Typically this mental “cleaning house” also coincides with the physical cleaning and organizing of my desk and filing system [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 01:11:00

U.K. Expands Bank Rescue Plan

U.K. Expands Bank Rescue PlanUK launches second bank rescue planAsia stocks gain on Obama hopes LONDON (Reuters) ... WASHINGTON - Two days from the White House, President-elect Barack Obama joined a vast throng Sunday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 08:54:51

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