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NEWS@NIGHT - VIDEO: NewsWrap - Holocaust survivor, soldier who helped free him meet
A Holocaust survivor and a soldier who liberated him from Germany's infamous Buchenwald Concentration Camp met for the first time today at Wappingers Junior High School. Plus, a group opposed to the Fortis Inc. purchase of CH Energy Group hold a conference in Kingston and Gov. Andrew Cuomo visits SUNY New Paltz to...
poughkeepsiejournal.com (12 minutes ago)
Small business driving Denver's economic rebound
Denver's economy continues to gain traction, with some of the strongest population, employment and home-price gains in the country, said Jeff Romine, chief economist with the Denver Office of
denverpost.com (36 minutes ago)
Euro bank chief sees UK improvements
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi, visiting London, says he sees "encouraging signs of tangible improvements" in the UK economy.
bbci.co.uk (37 minutes ago)
Real-estate developer challenges Chafee proposal to cut R.I. tax credit program
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Over the years, as one of Rhode Island's most prominent companies has expanded, Scott A. Gibbs and several nonprofit real-estate development firms he has led have sold land and buildings to CVS Caremark Corp. Now president of the Economic Development Foundation of Rhode Island, in Cumberland,...
providencejournal.com (40 minutes ago)
Another project helps prime economic pump
The announcement by St. Mary’s Hospital Thursday that it will soon embark on the next phase in completion of its 12-story Century Project is welcome news, both for the health care system in western Colorado and for the local economy.
gjsentinel.com (41 minutes ago)
Chart Of The "Keynesian Normal": America's Tragic Divergence
There is a saying that debt can't buy growth. When it comes to the US, that saying is absolutely correct: only lots and lots of debt can "buy growth." As the chart below shows, since officially leaving the gold standard in 1971, annual GDP growth has outpaced the growth of federal debt on just 11 occasions, and of...
zerohedge.com (1 hour ago)
UN sees weak economic recovery this year
THE UN has revised downward its forecast for the world economy to 2.3 per cent growth this year, followed by 3.1 per cent in 2014.
news.com.au (1 hour ago)
Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recovery
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected....
ap.org (1 hour ago)
Why worry? Less aid by Fed would point to recovery
Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected.
miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)
Former R.I. House Whip O'Neill proposes new economic policy office
PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- A former House majority whip who broke ranks with the current leadership, Rep. J. Patrick O'Neill has proposed an alternative way of improving the state's oft-criticized economic-development efforts. O'Neill proposes a Governor's Office of Economic Policy Coordination, in the hope "that putting...
providencejournal.com (2 hours ago)
County, state gearing up for increased traffic this holiday
The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority is ramping up for a busy tourist season, and has added a tool to its website that allows visitors to check vacancies at local accommodations. Travelers can visit www.historichendersonville.org and click on the “Check out room vacancies” link to view accommodation...
blueridgenow.com (2 hours ago)
British economy returns to growth in 1Q
UK gross domestic product (GDP) grew in the January-March period, after falling by 0.3 percent in the final three months of 2012.
news.com.au (2 hours ago)
World economy set for weak recovery: UN
United Nations revises down world GDP forecast, warns Japan on pump-priming spending.
businessspectator.com.au (2 hours ago)
Triple dip dodge fails to calm economists
While the nation’s official statisticians confirmed yesterday that the economy managed to avoid a triple-dip recession, a more detailed picture...
thetimes.co.uk (2 hours ago)
As The Dow Increases, So Does Business Travel
Photo: Bombardier Business Aircraft The economy took its toll on business travel, but the worst appears over. By all accounts, business aviation providers are experiencing a strong uptick in business coinciding with buoyancy in the Dow Industrials. Fractional ownership provider, Flexjet, reported an 83 percent...
forbes.com (2 hours ago)
The Most Popular Country In The World Is...
France may be the most-visited nation in the world, but that doesn't make it the most popular country. That title belongs to Germany, according to the results of the BBC's annual Country Ratings Poll. The international poll, released Thursday, asked 26,000 people to rate 16 countries and the European Union (in its...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Buffalo Niagara factories got busier in April
The outlook brightened a bit for the Buffalo Niagara region’s manufacturers during April.A new survey of local purchasing managers found that growth picked up to a five-month high last month, fueled by a surge in the flow of new orders.The National Association of Purchasing Management said Buffalo’s index of...
buffalonews.com (3 hours ago)
Greeks to see no tax relief until budget improves
Greece's conservative-led government can't lower taxes before the public deficit falls further, the prime minister said Thursday, but he pledged to eventually slash the corporate tax rate to a flat 15 percent. Antonis Samaras made the promise at a meeting in Athens with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whose country...
foxnews.com (3 hours ago)
Famous Opera House Reacts To Crisis
MILAN — La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy's economic crisis, the theater's general manager said Thursday. The program for next season announced by Stephane Lissner comprises 10 operas instead of the usual 13, and there will be just eight new productions...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
More Than 100 Conservative Economists Say Immigration Reform Will Help Economy
Immigration reform is good for the economy, says pretty much everyone. More than 100 conservative economists signed a letter from the American Action Forum, a conservative think tank, arguing that immigration reform is good for the economy. The letter, which included signatures from former Bush adviser Glenn...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Linda Buzzell: Career Opportunities in the Emerging Sustainable Society
You're thinking about your career at a unique point in history. One system is dying as another is being born. We're in the middle of a huge transition as the old, unsustainable ways are collapsing but the new, sustainable economy is just starting up. We're all part of the Make or Break Generation: Will we destroy...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
South Africa Holds Rates Amid Clouds
The plummeting value of South Africa's rand obliged the central bank to keep interest rates on hold Thursday, despite the storm clouds gathering over the continent's largest economy.
wsj.com (3 hours ago)
Richard Koo Warns Of "Beginning Of The End" For Japanese Economy
The surge in Japanese long-term interest rates is likely causing some lost sleep among bond market participants and policymakers (despite their ignorance of the moves in the BoJ minutes) as Nomura's Richard Koo notes, if this trend continues (now added to by the collapse in stock prices) it could well mark the...
zerohedge.com (4 hours ago)
Abbott will 'rescue' economy: Costello
Former treasurer calls Abbott's budget reply speech 'best in decades'.
businessspectator.com.au (4 hours ago)
British economy returns to growth
British economy avoids triple-dip recession in Q1.
businessspectator.com.au (4 hours ago)
Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady
WASHINGTON - The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way. He's getting no significant uptick in approval from gains in housing, jobs and the stock market. Likewise, he has so far seen no downtick from the recent...
bostonherald.com (4 hours ago)
UBS On Japan - Are You 'Abe'liever?
Authored by Duncan Wooldridge via UBS, We totally get why many are excited by the recent cyclical improvement in the Japanese economy. However, just because industrial production is turning up on the back of exports and 1Q GDP grew more than expected doesn’t mean Abeconomics is working. Our colleague, Paul Donovan,...
zerohedge.com (4 hours ago)
John Kerry makes unscheduled shawarma sandwich stop in West Bank
It's enough to give the healthy eating lobby a heart attack. US secretary of state John Kerry made an unscheduled pitstop in his diplomatic circuit on Thursday, darting into a fast-food restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah for a shawarma sandwich, a staple snack all over the Middle East. Shawarma – shavings...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Conservation agency approved cull of endangered birds, documents show
Tens of thousands of endangered birds have been shot, trapped and poisoned on one of England's largest shooting estates with the approval of the government agency responsible for protecting the species, a Guardian investigation has found. The government has licensed an annual cull of lesser black-backed gulls on the...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
George Osborne puts his pride before the national interest | Ed Balls
The International Monetary Fund is not usually known for racy language and dramatic press releases. When IMF chiefs come to national capitals, diplomacy is normally the order of the day. So no one should be surprised that in London this week there was no public repeat of the IMF's previous comments that George...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
