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Fixing America's Water Infrastructure: No Better Time Than Now

Gretchen W. McClain | Posted 01.14.2013 | Impact
Read More: Infrastructure, Video, Sponsored Content, Percentage, Hurricane Sandy, Water, Bblog-Xylem, Xylem, Gretchen W. Mcclain, Index, Poll, Value of Water, Impact News
Gretchen W. McClain

As the recent devastation from Hurricane Sandy has made tragically visible, our country's water infrastructure is in critical need of greater investments and modernization. And what better time to revitalize our infrastructure than now, in the wake of this month's elections -- with a second administration for the President and a new Congress on the way?

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Measuring Opportunity For The American Dream: Opportunity Nation

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 01.04.2012 | Impact
Read More: American Human Development Project, Opportunity Index, Opportunity, Opportunity Nation, American Dream, Middle Class, Summit, Index, Economic Mobility, Impact News

NEW YORK -- As of Friday morning, every state and nearly every county in the U.S. has been given an "opportunity score" to determine where in the coun...

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U.S. Credit Rating Downgrades Are a Surprise? Forget AA+

Simon Dixon | Posted 10.08.2011 | Business
Read More: Debt, Stock Market. Congress, Economy, Triple A, Deal, Jobs, Rating Agency, Aa, United States, Obama, Dow Jones, AA+, S P, US S&P Downgrade, Unemployment, Ceiling, Finance, 1917, Nyse, Trillion Dollars, Standard and Poors, Index, Crisis, New York Stock Exchange, Downgrade US Credit Rating, S&P, Aaa, Senate, Crash, AA Plus, Business News
Simon Dixon

When did a credit rating stop becoming a credit rating? So the world and our politicians seem to be surprised with the announcement that Standard and...

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