Nov
8
2010
When it comes to the American economy, things are not all doom and gloom as some forecasts suggest. At least according to Steven L. Rattner. “The U.S. economy might be struggling but it is not quite the basket case that dominates the public consciousness,” Mr. Rattner (pictured) said in an opinion piece in The Financial [...]
no comments | tags: 'Basket, Case:, doom and gloom, Economy, Main Category, public consciousness, Rattner | posted in financial
Nov
5
2010
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would buy up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an effort to trigger investment and economic growth. At the end of a two-day meeting, Fed officials said the $600 billion purchase, the second of its kind in two years, is [...]
no comments | tags: Billions, Bonds, Boost, Economy, fed officials, Federal, Main Category, Reserve, Treasury, treasury bonds | posted in Politics
Oct
25
2010
This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version. View the Original article
no comments | tags: Economy, Let's, Main Category, Ready, Tumble! | posted in Politics
Oct
14
2010
The economy may be reeling, but these are boom times for lectern manufacturers. Every night, over-rehearsed candidates square off in televised campaign debates and battle questions from doggedly serious local reporters and painfully earnest “ordinary” voters. In a political season dominated by 30-second attack ads, stealth candidates who rarely campaign outside TV studios (yes, Christine [...]
no comments | tags: Barbara, boom times, Boxer, Campaign, campaign debates, Cliches, Debates, Economy, Main Category | posted in Politics
Oct
14
2010
The mortgage industry, Wall Street financial firms and banks, and former President Bush top the list that Americans say did most to hurt the U.S. economy, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Oct. 7-10. Bloomberg asked the question this way:The U.S. avoided what many experts said could have been a major economic collapse in [...]
no comments | tags: Blame?, economic collapse, Economy, former president bush, Industry, Main Category, Mortgage, poll, Street | posted in Politics
Oct
13
2010
Polls of Florida’s gubernatorial race have bounced back-and-forth between having Democrat Alex Sink or Republican Rick Scott in the lead, but what the recent ones have in common is that this is a very close race. A new survey by Quinnipiac University underlines that point. Scott, the former chief executive of Columbia/HCA, had led Sink, [...]
no comments | tags: battle, Being, columbia hca, Economy, Ethics, Florida, Governor, Governor's, Main Category, quinnipiac university, Shaped | posted in Politics