National Consumer Protection Week: It’s Up to You (Sorry!) (via Credit.com) [Free Resource: Check your credit for free before applying for a credit card] This year, in particular, no one really wants a restrained consumer; and by no one I mean not your Occupy Wall Street-friendly local small business, nor the largest of American corporations, …
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India’s growth seen to retard to two-year low in Q3 (via AFP) India is expected to post Wednesday its slowest quarterly growth in over two years for the final months of 2011, hit by aggressive interest rate hikes and a sluggish global economy, analysts said. Asia’s third-largest economy likely grew 6.3 percent year-on-year during the …
US creates new trade unit, targets China (via AFP) The US took direct aim at China Tuesday with the establishment of a new agency to crack down on what Washington judges unfair practices by its major trade partners. President Barack Obama ordered the creation of the Interagency Trade Enforcement Center charged with “robust monitoring and …
Clinton pledges ‘Jobs Diplomacy’ for economy (via AFP) Hillary Clinton promised Tuesday to put the force of her State Department behind US businesses, calling for “jobs diplomacy” to help boost exports and jumpstart a still wobbly economy. With jobs the key issue for November elections, Clinton pledged that she would meet business leaders on every …
So who are the top 1% of wage earners in America? By Holly A. Bell What are their lives and households like and what do they do? The New York Times recently published an article that gives us some real insights into the highest 1% of income earners. You might be surprised who they are. …
By Holly A. Bell I had an opportunity to meet Steve Forbes Wednesday and hear him discuss the economy, the Presidential election, healthcare, and government’s role in the economy. I decided he and I would get along just fine. This was actually not my first encounter with Mr. Forbes. The first was when he and …
Healthy competition is one thing, but… By Holly A. Bell I recently attended an ice hockey game that caused me to believe the Roman Empire still exists. They had simply moved The Colosseum from Rome to Anchorage. I kept wondering which side Spartacus played for and why they’d traded swords and shields for hockey sticks …
