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Obama’s Stance on Offshore Drilling
02/09/2010|Happy Hour on FOX Business
The Institute for Energy Research’s Patrick Creighton on whether Mr. Obama has changed his mind on expanding U.S. drilling projects.
Larry Summers on Job Growth, Economy
02/09/2010|FOX Business
White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers on increasing job growth through incentives to small businesses and investing in energy and infrastructure.
Can Private Companies Profit From Space?
02/09/2010|FOX Business
Spacex Chief Counsel Tim Hughes on how private companies can profit from the Obama Administration’s space budget.
President Pushes Passage of Jobs Bill
02/09/2010|FOX Business
FBN’s Rich Edson on the Administration’s push to boost job growth.
Global Budget Deficits a Growing Concern
02/09/2010|FOX Business Morning
BGC Partners’ David Buik on the global risks posed by budget deficits in countries such as Greece and Spain.
Did Minimum Wage Hike Hurt Economy?
02/08/2010|Happy Hour on FOX Business
Ball State’s Michael Hicks on why an increase in minimum wage cost the economy half a million jobs.
Social Security Surplus Evaporates
02/08/2010|Bulls and Bears
Diversified Financial Consultants' Dominic Tavella on preparing for retirement without banking on Social Security.
The Manhattan Institute’s Josh Barro argues the upper class won’t be the only ones seeing their taxes rise in the near future.
Ducati Unveils New Touring Bike
02/08/2010|FOX Business
Ducati North America CEO Michael Lock on the Multistrada 1200.
St. Louis Fed Pres. on Inflation, Boosting the Fed
02/08/2010|FOX Business
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on potential inflation and boosting the Fed to prevent another financial crisis.
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Senate Jobs Bill Includes Tax Incentives for Hiring
| FOXBusiness| Markets
infrastructure and an extension of unemployment benefits. The price tag is $85 billion ..... include a three-month extension of unemployment insurance and COBRA health benefits ..... mainly from closing tax loopholes. With unemployment still hovering just below 10%, the
Story|02/09/2010
RESEND: Xanadu Looks For 11th Hour Savior As State Turns Up Heat
| Dow Jones Newswires| Markets
500 million. The current financing shortfall also comes as New Jersey grapples with its own economic woes. The state's unemployment rate is currently 10.1%, above the national average of 9.7%. Meanwhile, the commercial real estate industry remains
Story|02/09/2010
UPDATE: ECB's Weber: Liquidity Withdrawal Depends On Markets - TV
| Dow Jones Newswires| Markets
Weber also said he doesn't expect "a very strong rise in unemployment ." "Whatever will be the effect of the very hard winter ..... effect in the second quarter," Weber said, adding that the unemployment numbers in coming months can be expected to be volatile from
Story|02/09/2010
Celanese Counts On Cigarette Smoking, Soda Drinking To Raise Earnings
| Dow Jones Newswires| Markets
environment for 2010 is likely to remain challenging as many consumers continue to be under economic pressure based on high unemployment ," Michael Szymanczyk, chairman and chief executive of Altria, said during an earnings conference call Jan. 28. Pepsi
Story|02/09/2010
MillerCoors U.S. Venture Sees Adjusted Profit Fall
| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets
while a measure of pricing rose 2.3%. "It's tough out there, and we saw the effect of ongoing economic pressure and unemployment on beer sales, especially in the fourth quarter," said MillerCoors CEO Leo Kiely. Full-year cost synergies were $245
Story|02/09/2010
U.S. Job Openings, Layoffs Rise In December
| MarketWatch Pulse| Other Stories
Compared with a year earlier, job openings fell 22.5%, separations declined 14.5%, and hiring fell 9.6%. With unemployment at 15.3 million in December there were 6.1 job openings for every person looking for a job. Copyright © 2010 MarketWatch
Story|02/09/2010
Protectionism worries Indian outsourcers
| IDG.net| Personal Finance
billion. Indian industry is however worried by protectionism in the U.S., for example, which has suffered a high number of job losses as a result of the recession. U.S. President Barack Obama said in January in his State of the Union Address that it is
Story|02/09/2010
PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Affirms Canton Of Zurich 'AAA'
Dow Jones Newswires| Markets
well above the national average and Switzerland's GDP per capita is 65% higher than the EU27 average. Zurich's current unemployment rate is at 4.4%, in line with national average. Applicable criteria are 'Tax Supported Rating Criteria', dated 21
Story|02/09/2010
UPDATE:McDonald's Same-Store Sales Up 2.6% In Jan; US Down 0.7%
| Dow Jones Newswires| Markets
negative territory after rising slightly in December. High unemployment continues to challenge the industry, and McDonald's recently ..... food industry turn a corner. "While we might think that unemployment is getting less bad, that's not enough to get us to positive
Story|02/09/2010
Fed's Bullard: Fed Could Keep Interest Rates Low Until 2012
| FOXBusiness| Markets
recession, which some analysts fear, because “just statistically, it just doesn’t happen very often.” --the drop in unemployment to 9.7% in January, from 10% in December, was “welcome news.” But he said “it will take time” for the economy
Story|02/08/2010