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Light Rail Protests

Arizona’s Metro light rail operators waved picket signs and shouted, “boycott light rail” at the Central Station in Phoenix Thursday morning Oct 8.

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Oct.17, Shanxi price department decides to increase the coal transportation fees.


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Many famous foreign brands, like Mead Johnson, Pepsi has been blacklisted by China Customs because of their disqualification in a recent inspection.


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Two USC senior fellows discuss policy changes, brand extension as ways to raise funds at news organizations.


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Li Xiao-chao states that China Jan.-Aug. economic indices has laid a good foundation for maintaining an annual 8 percent economic growth.


Chinese banks to expand overseas business

After the economic crisis, a large number of Chinese commercial banks begin to step out.


China played key role in Copenhagen climate talks

China offered to cut back its greenhouse gas output for the first time ever at the recent Copenhagen climate change conference, and the United States made concessions to China and other developing countries.


China resorts to non-monetary retrenchment policy

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Papa Johns Lays Off... Ingredients

Papa Johns makes cut backs to help survive tough times. 5 of 14 specialty pizzas are no longer being offered.


Drop in pork price hits China market

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Low rainfall hits Indian cotton

Periamotur, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, India: “I have used our savings to cultivate this crop and haven’t gone to the moneylender. All three of my daughters are in school. How will we manage?” asks local farmer Vallikannan.


Connecticut's Courant faces uncertain future

Through bankruptcy of a parent company, layoffs, mergers, and new management, the Hartford Courant has emerged a radically different media outlet.


Financial regulation overhaul: The next big US debate?

The next big thing in reforms, after healthcare, could be financial regulation. And it could lead to a struggle over various regulatory issues. A Washington Pos


Obama calls for US to get serious about economic reform

Before a packed auditorium of cheering college students at Georgetown University, Obama detailed the steps his administration has taken to fix the economy but warned that there would be more "tough times" ahead.


Will the mortgage cramdown bill raise interest rates for future buyers?

The mortgage modification bill currently awaiting a Senate vote has incited a debate over whether the modifying of troubled home loans will increase the risk of raising interest rates for young homebuyers in the future.


GECAS makes Private airline Doxing suspend its operation


US mulls over how to repair student loan system

A proposal by the Obama administration to help lower the cost of college has rekindled the debate over how to repair the nation's broken student loan system.


Work at Home in Africa?

The times that we live in are fast paced and as jobs are hard to come by, innovation comes with necessity.This is the new Africa!


Where to go after graduation?

Ma Huiting is a broadcasting major in China and has been job-hunting since February, but the 45 CVs she sent out have come to no avail.


Donkey Owners Make a Plan Despite the Resession

Grahamstown is facing high levels of unemployment and severe poverty. This situation has resulted in the town Sheriff, Annerie Wolmarans, requesting that the local municipality makes donkey carts the official garbage collectors in the area. The programme is designed to uplift the community, create jobs and help clean the town during a difficult time.


El Paso’s print media struggles in a waning news industry

EL PASO — Tom Fenton still recalls the good old days of journalism in this historic border city in the early 1990s when after seven years as editor and publisher of the El Paso Times he saw the daily paper’s Sunday circulation hit 103,000.


US tax deadline

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A Tale of Chinese State-owned Enterprises

Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE) may be tinted in mystical color from outsiders’ lens. Even to the Chinese, there is something blurry about these privileged overlords. It’s about the whereabouts of their profits.


US Tax deadline

On April 15, the Farley Post Office in Mid-Manhattan was swamped with people trying to mail their income tax returns. Returns post-marked for the 15th would not be considered late, and last-minute filers flocked to the 24-hour post office to make the deadline.


Growers squeezed out by security, economic worries

Small farm operators in Maryland see dwindling opportunities for selling produce at local markets.


‘Interesting’ times ahead for China

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Melting Economy... Draining Confidence

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The CHEAPEST CAR ON THE ROAD

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Stock photo assignment: US postage rate increase

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Fannie, Freddie mortgages could go private

Congress should jettison its lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and let the private sector take over, said David Reiss, a Brooklyn Law School professor.


Waiting for happy days

Young adults work to make themselves "recession proof" in an unforgiving economy.


CANTEEN TAKE OVER


green property right breaks

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E-books on Campus

A look at the pros and cons of the growing number of E-books on college campuses


Saving the newspaper industry in America

The American newspaper industry has suffered the most in the recent economic downturn. This has generated a lot of comments and reactions from professionals, such as writers, editors and also financial analysts, on ways to save newspapers. Here is a summary on some of the proposed techniques to save the industry from falling apart.


Lessons in youth marketing during a recession

The weakened consumer confidence and spending in the U.S. have affected an age-group previously thought to be more recession-resilient.


'Network journalism' holds media future

The internet presents a mass of challenges and opportunities. As print media struggles to earn money online, new business models may hold the key.


Young residents struggle to keep city condos

Between job loss and family growth, many of Washington's urban condo dwellers are selling and heading for the suburbs.


Recession - the sounds-so-good word


Analysis: Precarious Outlook for the UK Economy

High Inflation Could Derail the UK's Economic Recovery


Paid or not, graduates seek opportunity in hard times

College students this year face one of the toughest labor markets in decades, and while internships have become a requisite part of the undergraduate experience in order to obtain an entry-level job, the number of paid ones are shrinking.


Bluestone market surprisingly successful in recession

Jason Sanford gets visibly excited when he talks about his job. Sanford says demand for bluestone has enabled him to do what he loves, every single day.


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Hejun's plan suggests financial services industry thrives in China now?


D.C. tourism evades recession's reach

Looks like someone forgot to deliver the “We’re in a deep recession” memo to D.C. visitors. While the rest of the country’s tourism industry faces a meltdown, event organizers in Washington are expecting figures consistent with those in years’ past. The National Cherry Blossom Festival, running through next weekend, could draw a million visitors over its two-week stretch, while hotel occupancy and rates are strongly outperforming U.S.-wide averages. The reasons? National excitement surrounding a new president, and a deep recession that has forced Americans to stay local instead of traveling overseas. In this piece, Medill business reporter Liam Martin pays a visit to the parade this past Saturday, the Blossom Festival's biggest draw. He speaks with Diana Mayhew, the president of the Cherry Blossom Festival, Destination DC vice president Victoria Isley, and a local restaurant owner who says sales are getting a boost early in the spring season.


NBC4 gives Washington news a facelift

Expecting a daily newspaper to deliver your news? How about those smiling talents on the morning news shows; waiting for them to give you world news and local reports? According to Jim Iovino, the online editor for News4 Washington, it’s not up to them anymore.


Tough times ahead for job seekers

National University of Singapore student journalist


From Wall Street to a Maryland Main Street

LAUREL, Md. - Main Street businesses have been hit hard by the credit crunch on Wall Street lately, but not all in the same way.  Merchants here describe their Main St. as a "shopper's street," but now, traffic is slow.


ASU to host one of the largest collegiate career fairs

Hundreds of employers will gather on the Tempe campus this week for ASU's Career Fiesta, interviewing and recruiting students for jobs and internships.


Troubled economy causes renewed self-examination for MBA programs

Applications for graduate-level business schools traditionally increase during a recession, and today's MBA programs are seeing that rise in the current financial meltdown. But in an economic crisis that has vilified Wall Street for being reckless, MBA programs face the need to address the pressing issues that have been raised in the financial sector and the shifting expectations of their incoming students.


Counselor Of The State Council (China): gap in income distribution retards the domestic demand's expending

Ren, Counselor Of The State Council (China), once explained why it is so difficult to expand China's domestic demand. Ren treats the increasing income gap as the main factor. Why? I am also confused. In this essay,the words will let we know the answer. At last, I will express my opinon on some viewpoints from my economic intuition.


China's Sanyuan hardens its stocks


antitrust actions for Coca Cola in China


Hejun consulting pledges to produce the counselors rather than the counseling services

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China wants to extend its Labor Day holiday


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Could Cannabis be a remedy for the ailing US economy?

How does an extra $6.2 billion injected into the economy sound? That's how much some economists and activists say stands to be made if marijuana is legalized, regulated and taxed like alcohol or tobacco.


New parking marshal system in the Grahamstown CBD


Motor industry awaits EU ruling over online sales

A European Union ruling could end an era of car manufacturers' control over supply to the online industry. But, will online car sales ever flourish?


Affection turns to Business

Namita Chhiba, a resident of Panchsheel runs her own garage at Ashrum. Despite being the daughter of RK Dhawan a busnessman of Vintage cars and rich enough to gift her daughter with a Mercedes Benz, the lady is happy to work day and night in the dingy atmosphere of the garage in order to aspire her father’s dream. Dhawan owns two garage set ups - one at Kilokri & the other at Noida under the name Engineer’s Corporation. Namita who has spent 20 years of her life with the garage workers, is a prominent example of Indian women in the busines sector. Even though a mother of two, her affection for the garage which she has been visiting since childhood has not lessened. She has now taken over her father’s business completely and spends most of the day in supervising both the set-ups.


Amidst confusion hope still flickers in Singur


Doors opened for the foreign publications in India


Illness = Bankruptcy?

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who is China's next target?

NOUVELLES D’EUROPE 27th, Pierre cardin beaute is reported to be on sale. And also in this paper, two private enterprises from Wenzhou and Guangzhou China show their interest in this transaction bill.


The blatant ‘trade-ducation’

Education, unanimously accepted as the backbone of any society has been plagued by the tainted interests of some people fitting the business class in India


Apprentices: the forgotten victims of the slowing economy

As the global financial crisis worsens, apprentices are concerned that their roles will become obsolete.


Washington rethinks old media models

Policymakers and interest groups are putting on their thinking caps and weighing alternatives to traditional business models for news, with an emphasis on solutions that do not include a direct government bailout of newspaper companies.


Economy: Unemployment, Housing Crisis (Images)

The health care industry seem's to be having a positive effect on the local econmies and the real estate market.


'Tis the season to be frugal for many shoppers

Holiday shopping is the latest victim of financial market madness. As sales drop and unemployment rises, some people are caught between penny-pinching and scuffling for extra money.


interview:BMW and future of Auto world

Although BMW’s reputation as one of the greatest automobile manufacturers can be mostly linked to models produced in the last two decades, its history stretches back almost 90 years and contains numerous achievements that have established it as the benchmark in the luxury car segment.


New Market for Old Houses

In the current Phoenix real estate market with more than 13,000* properties for sale, home buyers can get “more bang for their buck” by purchasing a historic house, said a local real estate agent.


Opinion: Will Bush's $700 billion bailout keep debt collectors at bay?

Like clockwork every weekday morning, my mother walks into my bedroom, wearing a look on her face that will soon turn to rolled eyes. She wakes me and says, “The telephone is for you.”


Distressed city weathers economic storm

In February, the unemployment rate in Newark hit 13.3 percent. Newark residents struggle to find work as local businesses close and the global recession takes its toll on the city.


Minsheng overseas assets slump

As a result, Dong Wenbiao, the new chairman of Minsheng has to try getting new evidence that Minsheng has good condition in cash flow.


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